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.

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	Florida College of Integrative Medicine	34	100%	N/A
14	Tri-State College of Acupuncture	34	100%	N/A
15	Atlantic Institute of Oriental Medicine	34	50%	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	American College of Acupuncture and Oriental Med	22	81%	N/A
22	New York Chiropractic College	22	19%	N/A
23	New York College of Health Professions	21	14%	$16,251
24	National University of Health Sciences	21	34%	N/A
25	Acupuncture and Integrative Medicine College-Berkeley	21	100%	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	Virginia University of Integrative Medicine	11	100%	N/A
38	Institute of Taoist Education and Acupuncture	11	100%	N/A
39	Daoist Traditions College of Chinese Medical Arts	11	100%	N/A
40	Southern California University SOMA	11	100%	N/A
41	American Institute of Alternative Medicine	10	6%	$15,790
42	Southwest Acupuncture College-Santa Fe	10	100%	N/A
43	Seattle Institute of East Asian Medicine	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	Wongu University of Oriental Medicine	3	100%	N/A
48	American Academy of Acupuncture and Oriental Medicine	3	100%	N/A
49	Northwestern Health Sciences University	2	3%	$11,796
50	Midwest College of Oriental Medicine-Racine	1	5%	N/A
51	Arizona School of Acupuncture and Oriental Medicine	1	20%	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.