Outcomes

Graduate Outcome Data

WVSOM pays very close attention to the performance of its graduates. The charts below provide the past five (5) year performance of WVSOM graduates in the following areas: Graduation, Retention, and Graduate Medical Education Residency Match.

Graduation Rates

Time Frame	Entered Fall 2016 Expected Graduating Class of 2020	Entered Fall 2017 Expected Graduating Class of 2021	Entered Fall 2018 Expected Graduating Class of 2022	Entered Fall 2019 Expected Graduating Class of 2023	Entered Fall 2020 Expected Graduating Class of 2024
4-Year Graduation Rate	81%	78%	87%	83%	84%
5-Year Graduation Rate	90%	88%	93%	90%	N/A
6-Year Graduation Rate	91%	88%	94%	N/A	N/A

Retention Rates

Entering Class	Graduated or Still Enrolled at WVSOM at the start of the 2024–25 Academic Year
Entered Fall 2019 Expected Graduating Class of 2023	91%
Entered Fall 2020 Expected Graduating Class of 2024	94%
Entered Fall 2021 Expected Graduating Class of 2025	95%
Entered Fall 2022 Expected Graduating Class of 2026	98%
Entered Fall of 2023 Expected Graduating Class of 2027	98%

Graduate Medical Education (GME) Residency Placement (Match)

Total applicants includes graduates eligible to begin training on July 1 of graduation year and graduates from the previous year who were not eligible for the match in their graduation year.

Time Frame of Graduates receiving a D.O. degree	Total applicants applying for placement during timeframe	Number (percent) applied to and obtained or were offered placement	Number (percent) who applied but were unable to obtain placement
July 1, 2023–June 30, 2024	188	188 (100%)	0 (0%)
July 1, 2022–June 30, 2023	181	181 (100%)	0 (0%)
July 1, 2021–June 30, 2022	192	190 (99%)	2 (1%)
July 1, 2020–June 30, 2021	178	171 (96%)	7 (4%)
July 1 2019–June 30 2020	194	192 (99%)	1 (1%)

National Boards (COMLEX-USA) Pass Rates

	2020-2021	2021–2022	2022–2023	2023–2024
Level 1 (NBOME cohort May 1 – April 30)
1st Attempt	90.10%	93.30%	89.53%	91.49%
Overall	93.70%	92.20%	90.58%	91.97%
Level 2 - CE (NBOME Cohort June 1 – May 31)
1st Attempt	91.53%	96.95%	93.18%	93.72%
Overall	96.54%	95.06%	94.49%	98.87%
Level 3 (NBOME cohort Jan. – Dec.)
	2020	2021	2022	2023
1st Attempt	94.18%	96.43%	94.95%	91.75%
Overall performance is not calculated as the period to pass Level 3 extends beyond the indicated testing window.

Last update 10/28/24. Data source: NBOME website/Annual Reports and WVSOM Office of National Boards.