Class Profile & Statistics

The following information presents statistics about the Class of 2026 for the four-year OD program, the Class of 2025 AODP program, and the Class of 2024 ASIP program.

Four-year OD Program: Class of 2026

  • Applications: 854
  • Acceptance Rate: 43%
  • Enrolled Students: 130
  • Average GPA: 3.47
  • Average Science GPA: 3.38
  • Gender: 76% Female, 24% Male
  • Average OAT:
    Academic Average OAT = 331
    Total Science Average OAT = 327
  • U.S. States Represented: 21
  • Canadian Provinces Represented: 6
  • Countries Represented: U.S., Canada, Panama, China, India Sri Lanka

Accelerated OD Program: Class of 2025

  • Enrolled Students: 6
  • Average GPA: 3.3
  • Gender: 3 Females, 3 Males
  • Countries: Canada, China, U.S.

Advanced Standing International Program: Class of 2024

  • Enrolled Students: 7
  • Average GPA: 3.5
  • Gender: 6 Females, 1 Male
  • Countries: Canada, India, The Bahamas, and Singapore

NBEO Pass Rates

2018-2019 2019-2020* 2020-2021
NBEO Pass Rates for all first-time takers of NBEO Parts I, II, and III # of all first-time takers Pass rate (%) of first-time takers # of all first-time takers Pass rate (%) of first-time takers # of all first-time takers Pass rate (%) of first-time takers
Part I
Applied Basic Science
August and March administrations
117 85.47 143 76.22 131 76.34
Part II
Patient Assessment and Management
December and April administrations
119 93.28 138 92.03 132 90.91
Part III
Clinical Skills Examination
July through June administrations
117 91.45 125 83.2 129 76.74

*Due to Covid-19, the following administration dates were included in 2020 results: Part I – July 2020, November 2020, January 2021; Part II – December 2019, July 2020.

Graduating Cohort
NBEO Ultimate passage rate for each cohort graduating within each of three previous academic years 2019 2020 2021
Ultimate passage rate 92.68% 92.20% 89.39%

NECO Graduates in Residencies

Year # NECO Graduates Graduates Accepted to Residency Programs Graduates Accepted to NECO Residency Programs
2021 133 27% 13%
2020 138 27% 14%
2019 125 28% 14%
2018 129 26% 12%
2017 144 27% 15%
2016 123 26% 14%