The University of North Texas Health Science Center at Fort Worth’s Texas College of Osteopathic Medicine maintained its elite status in 2024 as U.S. News & World Report ranked the college on Tuesday as a Tier 1 medical school for primary care in its best medical school rankings.
Among all medical schools, TCOM is one of only 15 nationwide to receive the prestigious ranking. This follows the No. 11 ranking the school received in 2023 from U.S. News.
“This is a remarkable accomplishment and recognition for TCOM and a credit to the amazing work and dedication of our faculty, staff, alumni and students,” said Dr. Frank Filipetto, TCOM dean and Everett Endowed Professor. “Commitment to our osteopathic foundational principles has propelled TCOM’s growth into the premier medical school in Texas and nationwide. This is something with which everyone associated with TCOM can be proud.”
Since 2020, TCOM’s rankings have steadily risen from 72nd in 2020, to 57th in 2021, 36th in 2022, 11th in 2023 and a Tier 1 university in 2024. TCOM is one of only two schools in Texas to achieve the Tier 1 ranking and one of only two osteopathic schools in Tier 1.
“Our TCOM faculty and staff have worked tirelessly to create an exceptional learning experience for the next generation of physicians,” said Dr. Sylvia Trent-Adams, HSC president. “This year’s ranking is a testament to their continuous hard work. I could not be prouder of our TCOM students, faculty and staff as they continue to pave the way for the future of primary care.”
TCOM is leading the way in addressing the primary care physician shortage in Texas. The Class of 2024 had 66% of its students match in primary care, up from the 62% who matched in primary care in the Class of 2023.
U.S. News medical school rankings are newly presented this year in evaluative tiers in lieu of ordinal rankings. Each school’s tier was derived from its overall score, calculated as always by summing the weighted normalized values generated across several factors of academic quality. There are four tiers, with Tier 1 medical schools being the highest-performing and Tier 4 the lowest-performing.