VCOM 2025 Annual Report

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Louisiana Campus Statistics

609 medical students currently enrolled Classes of 2026-2029 99 % of VCOM-Louisiana

V COM began recruiting students from Louisiana to the Auburn campus in 2018, prior to opening the VCOM-Louisiana campus in 2020. VCOM has long made it a priority to recruit osteopathic physicians to the state, and VCOM-Louisiana alumni will begin to return to the state to practice in 2027.

Impact of VCOM Alumni Upon Louisiana Osteopathic Physician Growth

VCOM Alumni All Other DO's

students come from the VCOM Target Region Classes of 2026-2029

1000

222% Total Increase in DO’s Statewide

800

27 HPSP medical students Classes of 2026-2029

600

400

200

Total Active Practicing Osteopathic Physicians

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17 students are currently pursuing a DO degree with research distinction Classes of 2026-2029

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Physician data and chart created by VCOM's National Center for the Analysis of Healthcare Data and reflects all actively practicing Osteopathic physicians, including alumni/residents from our enhanced state licensure dataset. March 2026