DO Osteopathic Medical Schools in Florida
7 osteopathic DO programs in our catalogue for Florida. Compare MCAT/GPA profiles, AACOMAS strategy, and osteopathic manipulative medicine (OMM) emphasis.
About Florida: Pop. ~22.6M; Miami, Orlando, Tampa, and Jacksonville each host major medical training centres. One of the most competitive in-state applicant pools due to Florida's large population and the University of Florida, USF, and FIU programs.
In-state context: Florida's public schools (UF, USF, UCF, FIU, FAU) strongly favour Florida residents; in-state seats typically 80–95% of intake. Nova Southeastern (DO) admits broadly from Florida and the Southeast. Out-of-state applicants to Florida public programs face very limited availability.
Major health systems: HCA Healthcare (FL region) · AdventHealth · Tampa General Hospital · Jackson Health System · UF Health · Mayo Clinic (Jacksonville)
MD vs DO in Florida
DO graduates are fully licensed physicians in the US and have competed in the same NRMP residency match as MD graduates since the 2020 merger. DO programs use AACOMAS for the primary application (not AMCAS). Many applicants apply to both MD and DO programs in the same cycle. Learn more about MD vs DO →
7 DO Programs in Florida
- Nova Southeastern University KPCOM (DO)
Davie, FL
Nova Southeastern University's Dr. Kiran C. Patel College of Osteopathic Medicine (NSU-KPCOM), established in 1979, is one of Florida's primary DO training institutions. Located in Davie (Fort Lauderdale area), the school has campuses in Fort Lauderdale/Davie and the Tampa Bay Regional Campus in Clearwater, and is part of NSU's comprehensive health professions university. NSU-KPCOM emphasises global health, diverse patient populations, and primary care, serving South Florida's multilingual, multicultural community.
MCAT 505GPA 3.585.0% acceptanceDO · AACOMAS - Burrell College of Osteopathic Medicine — Florida (DO)
Melbourne, FL
Burrell College of Osteopathic Medicine Florida is the Florida campus of Burrell College of Osteopathic Medicine, located in Melbourne, Florida — the Space Coast region of Brevard County. The Melbourne campus is collocated on the campus of the Florida Institute of Technology (Florida Tech) under a BCOM–Florida Tech affiliation agreement, with the medical school governed and operated by BCOM and housed in Florida Tech's L3Harris Commons. It was established to extend Burrell's mission of training osteopathic physicians for medically underserved communities to the Central Florida region, which includes significant rural and underinsured populations inland from the Space Coast, and its inaugural class of 100 students matriculated in July 2024. The campus leverages Florida's growing healthcare infrastructure and Orlando-area clinical affiliates.
MCAT 503GPA 3.506.0% acceptanceDO · AACOMAS - LECOM Bradenton (DO)
Bradenton, FL
Lake Erie College of Osteopathic Medicine (LECOM) Bradenton is one of LECOM's campuses (Erie, PA; Greensburg/Seton Hill, PA; Elmira, NY; Bradenton, FL; Jacksonville, FL) and one of two LECOM campuses in Florida, alongside Jacksonville. Located on Florida's Gulf Coast in Bradenton, the campus serves Florida's large and growing population with particular attention to geriatric care, tropical medicine, and diverse community health. LECOM offers students multiple curriculum tracks including traditional lecture-based, Problem-Based Learning (PBL), and independent study options.
MCAT 505GPA 3.715.2% acceptanceDO · AACOMAS - LECOM at Jacksonville University (DO)
Jacksonville, FL
LECOM at Jacksonville University is a forthcoming Florida campus of the LECOM system, developed in partnership with Jacksonville University and built in JU's Medical Mall on the Arlington campus. Announced in November 2022, the project broke ground in March 2025 and is scheduled to enrol its inaugural Doctor of Osteopathic Medicine class in fall 2026 — the first medical school in the city of Jacksonville. The campus is not yet operational; planned figures below are projections, as no class has matriculated. Once open it will leverage LECOM's established curriculum and Jacksonville's extensive hospital and community health system.
MCAT 505GPA 3.526.5% acceptanceDO · AACOMAS - LMU-DCOM Florida (DO)
Orange Park, FL
LMU-DCOM Orange Park is a forthcoming third location of Lincoln Memorial University DeBusk College of Osteopathic Medicine, in Orange Park, a suburb of Jacksonville in Northeast Florida. Announced in February 2024 and approved by the COCA to recruit in December 2024, the campus is scheduled to matriculate its inaugural class in fall 2026 and is not yet operational. It will extend LMU-DCOM's mission to train osteopathic physicians for underserved communities into the Florida context, with access to Jacksonville's large healthcare ecosystem.
MCAT 504GPA 3.536.2% acceptanceDO · AACOMAS - NSU-COM (DO)
Fort Lauderdale, FL
Nova Southeastern University Dr. Kiran C. Patel College of Osteopathic Medicine (NSU-COM), founded in 1981, is one of the largest and most established private osteopathic medical schools in the United States. Located on NSU's Fort Lauderdale (Davie) campus in South Florida, NSU-COM benefits from NSU's comprehensive health sciences infrastructure, including schools of pharmacy, dental medicine, nursing, optometry, and public health. The school trains physicians for South Florida's exceptionally diverse patient population.
MCAT 506GPA 3.584.8% acceptanceDO · AACOMAS - Orlando COM (DO)
Winter Garden, FL
Orlando College of Osteopathic Medicine (Orlando COM) is one of the newest osteopathic medical schools in the United States, opening its inaugural class in August 2024 in Winter Garden, Florida (the Horizon West area of Orange County) within the greater Orlando healthcare corridor. The school was established to address Florida's growing physician shortage and Central Florida's rapid population growth. As an independent private institution, Orlando COM has a strong community health mission and has built clinical partnerships with Orlando-area health systems.
MCAT 504GPA 3.528.0% acceptanceDO · AACOMAS
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