Private nonprofit · Community college
Lake Erie College of Osteopathic Medicine
Erie, Pennsylvania · Small city
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Lake Erie College of Osteopathic Medicine is a private nonprofit certificate-granting institution in Erie, Pennsylvania (small city setting), enrolling 4 undergraduates. Admission is open to all applicants.
About Erie, Pennsylvania
Erie is a city on the south shore of Lake Erie and the county seat of Erie County, Pennsylvania, United States. Sommerheim Park Archaeological District in Millcreek Township, west of the city, includes artifacts from the Archaic period in the Americas and the early and middle Woodland Period, roughly a span from 8,000 BCE to 500 CE. The Erie Art Museum is the city's main art gallery, located in the Old Customshouse on State Street. Its collection has an emphasis on folk art and modern art, and it hosts a popular blues and jazz concert series. (Wikipedia)
- Setting
- Small city
- Highest degree offered
- Graduate
- Nearest big city
- 4 miles to Erie, PA
- To Great Lakes shore
- 3 miles
- Nearest airport
- 3 miles to Erie International Tom Ridge Field (ERI)
How Lake Erie College of Osteopathic Medicine compares
Lower than 99%
Larger than 1%
Percentiles compare Lake Erie College of Osteopathic Medicine with the nation's 3,519 two-year and certificate schools, among schools reporting each statistic. State ranks count two-year and certificate schools in Pennsylvania.
Student body
Undergraduate vs. graduate
- Undergraduate40%
- Graduate4,129100%
Undergraduates by race / ethnicity
- White50%
- Hispanic25%
- Asian25%
Graduate gender splits aren't published in this data, so the gender chart covers undergraduates only.
By the numbers
- Undergraduate enrollment
- 4
- Graduate enrollment
- 4,129
- Student–faculty ratio
- 2 : 1
- Pell Grant recipients
- 0%
- First-generation students
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- Students over 25
- 60%
- Avg faculty salary (academic year)
- $97,920
- Endowment
- $5,029,560
Colleges don't publish true class-size data; student–faculty ratio (IPEDS) is the closest public measure of it.
Outcomes
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- Students with federal loans
- 100%
Campus life & athletics
- On-campus housing
- No
- Application fee
- $50
Housing and fees: IPEDS 2023–24. Athletics rosters: Equity in Athletics data, 2024–25. Dorm capacity can include graduate and family housing, so the share of undergrads can top 100%.
Campus safety
- Safety grade
- C
- Reported offenses per 1,000 students
- 2.2 / year
- Violent offenses (2022–2024)
- 24
- Property offenses (2022–2024)
- 3
On-campus criminal offenses reported under the Clery Act, 2022–2024, across 5 campuses (4,133 students). Counts reflect reports, not convictions — schools with strong reporting cultures often show more, so a higher count doesn't simply mean a more dangerous campus.
Reported offenses in an average year
The same 2022–2024 Clery Act reports, divided down to one year.
By offense type, per year
Averages, not a forecast — a single year can run well above or below this. Bars are scaled against this campus's most-reported offense, so they compare types here rather than against other schools.
Campus climate
- Summer high
- 81°F
- Winter low
- 21°F
- Annual rain
- 43″
- Annual snow
- 104.3″
Average temperature
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NOAA 1991–2020 climate normals, Erie Intl AP, PA US station (3.9 mi from campus).
What Lake Erie College of Osteopathic Medicine graduates study — and earn
Median earnings of this school's own graduates 1 and 5 years after finishing each program, and median federal-loan debt at completion (College Scorecard). Small programs are privacy-suppressed (—). Click a major to compare colleges nationally.
Colleges near Lake Erie College of Osteopathic Medicine
Erie Institute of Technology Inc
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Great Lakes Institute of Technology
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Gannon University
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Pennsylvania State University-Penn State Erie-Behrend College
Erie, PA · Public · Bachelor's · 3,240 students
Allegheny College
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University of Pittsburgh-Titusville
Titusville, PA · Public · Associate · 33 students
Kent State University at Ashtabula
Ashtabula, OH · Public · Associate · 1,290 students
Source: US Department of Education College Scorecard (most recent cohorts), IPEDS institutional characteristics, Equity in Athletics (EADA) data, Clery Act Campus Safety and Security data, and NOAA US Climate Normals. Distances are straight-line from campus coordinates. Percentiles compare schools of the same level (four-year vs. two-year) that report each statistic.