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Most Popular Schools for Acupuncture and Oriental Medicine Major & Degree Program

A program that prepares individuals for the independent professional practice of acupuncture, a Chinese system of health care and healing based on the use of pulse diagnosis, acupuncture point selection, and needle insertion, as well as herbs and other Asian treatment modalities. Includes instruction in basic Western medical sciences, Asian philosophy, Chinese medical anatomy and physiology, Chinese herbs, diagnostic techniques, patient observation and communication, acupuncture points and point selection, acupuncture techniques, acupuncture treatment of disease, pain management, practice management, and professional standards and ethics.


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Rank School Name Students % of Total Total On-Campus Cost
1 South Baylo University 109 100% N/A
2 Pacific College of Oriental Medicine-New York 91 72% $11,849
3 University of East-West Medicine 74 100% N/A
4 Oregon College of Oriental Medicine 67 100% N/A
5 Pacific College of Oriental Medicine-San Diego 64 40% $10,317
6 Maryland University of Integrative Health 61 14% N/A
7 New York College of Traditional Chinese Medicine 48 73% N/A
8 Bastyr University 45 21% N/A
9 MCPHS University 45 3% $55,120
10 Five Branches University 41 100% N/A
11 AOMA Graduate School of Integrative Medicine 37 100% N/A
12 Acupuncture and Massage College 34 45% $11,116
13 Atlantic Institute of Oriental Medicine 34 50% N/A
14 Florida College of Integrative Medicine 34 100% N/A
15 Tri-State College of Acupuncture 34 100% N/A
16 Texas Health and Science University 29 64% N/A
17 Dongguk University-Los Angeles 26 100% N/A
18 National University of Natural Medicine 24 29% N/A
19 Pacific College of Oriental Medicine-Chicago 23 55% $7,630
20 California Institute of Integral Studies 23 8% N/A
21 New York Chiropractic College 22 19% N/A
22 American College of Acupuncture and Oriental Med 22 81% N/A
23 Acupuncture and Integrative Medicine College-Berkeley 21 100% N/A
24 New York College of Health Professions 21 14% $16,251
25 National University of Health Sciences 21 34% N/A
26 Phoenix Institute of Herbal Medicine & Acupuncture 20 100% N/A
27 Alhambra Medical University 20 100% N/A
28 University of Bridgeport 20 1% $55,583
29 Eastern School of Acupuncture and Traditional Medicine 18 72% N/A
30 Jung Tao School of Classical Chinese Medicine 18 100% N/A
31 Southwest Acupuncture College-Boulder 17 100% N/A
32 Academy of Chinese Culture and Health Sciences 16 100% N/A
33 Colorado School of Traditional Chinese Medicine 14 47% N/A
34 Academy for Five Element Acupuncture 13 100% N/A
35 Won Institute of Graduate Studies 13 45% N/A
36 Institute of Clinical Acupuncture & Oriental Med 13 100% N/A
37 Daoist Traditions College of Chinese Medical Arts 11 100% N/A
38 Institute of Taoist Education and Acupuncture 11 100% N/A
39 Southern California University SOMA 11 100% N/A
40 Virginia University of Integrative Medicine 11 100% N/A
41 American Institute of Alternative Medicine 10 6% $15,790
42 Seattle Institute of East Asian Medicine 10 100% N/A
43 Southwest Acupuncture College-Santa Fe 10 100% N/A
44 Dragon Rises College of Oriental Medicine 7 100% N/A
45 Southern California University of Health Sciences 7 12% $8,408
46 Midwest College of Oriental Medicine-Evanston 6 27% N/A
47 American Academy of Acupuncture and Oriental Medicine 3 100% N/A
48 Wongu University of Oriental Medicine 3 100% N/A
49 Northwestern Health Sciences University 2 3% $11,796
50 Arizona School of Acupuncture and Oriental Medicine 1 20% N/A
51 Midwest College of Oriental Medicine-Racine 1 5% N/A

This list indicates the number of students that completed the Acupuncture and Oriental Medicine program at the schools above.
It is not necessarily an indicator of academic rigor or quality of education.
Note that some schools do not have enough data to be ranked, and these schools will not appear in our lists.