ATSU ranked among nation’s top graduate schools
Posted: April 1, 2006KIRKSVILLE, Mo. (Apr. 1, 2006 ) – US News & World Report recently ranked A.T. Still University’s Kirksville College of Osteopathic Medicine (ATSU-KCOM) #16 in the nation for its rural medicine emphasis in their “America’s Best Graduate Schools 2007” edition.
Experts also recognized ATSU-KCOM for being one of the largest medical schools (39 of 126) and one of the cheapest private schools (15 of 53). ATSU-KCOM received high praise for its higher-than-average levels of financial aid awards compared to other private medical schools (7 of 50). The medical school rankings include 126 allopathic and osteopathic medical schools in the United States.
“The national ranking of the Kirksville College of Osteopathic Medicine of A.T. Still University as 16th among all medical schools [in Rural Medicine] is a tribute to the outstanding administration and faculty of the school,” said ATSU President James McGovern, Ph.D.
In addition, the Physician Assistant Studies program at ATSU’s Arizona School of Health Sciences (ATSU-ASHS) was ranked #25 in the nation.