Texas College of Osteopathic Medicine

What Texas College of Osteopathic Medicine does

Texas College of Osteopathic Medicine (TCOM) is one of four colleges within UNT Health Fort Worth (formerly the University of North Texas Health Science Center), a public state-funded institution in the UNT System. TCOM delivers osteopathic medical education — including a Physician Assistant Studies program and Public Health graduate offerings — and operates as part of a one-university, four-college model alongside the College of Biomedical and Translational Sciences, the College of Pharmacy and Health Professions, and the College of Nursing. The college's clinical training and patient care are delivered through the UNT Health Clinical Practice Group, which operates 13 primary and specialty care clinics (including a dedicated Osteopathic Manipulative Medicine specialty), supported by Medfusion patient portal and Phreesia payment integrations.

TCOM is anchored by the Gibson D. Lewis Health Science Library, which serves as the federally designated Regional Medical Library for NNLM Region 3 (covering seven states) and provides access to PubMed, Scopus, ClinicalKey, the McGraw-Hill Access suite, UpToDate, Lexidrug, Micromedex, VisualDx with DermExpert AI-assisted dermatology, the Cochrane Library, EndNote, and other point-of-care resources. Research is concentrated in six centers/institutes (Center for Human Identification, North Texas Eye Research Institute, Institute for Health Disparities, Center for Anatomical Sciences, Institute for Translational Research, Center for Older Adults), and faculty have secured competitive grants including an American Heart Association Predoctoral Fellowship. Operations extend off-campus through community programs such as the Pottsboro Library rural telehealth partnership and the Sprouting Change food insecurity initiative.

The business model combines tuition and fees from approximately 2,446 students across UNT Health's four colleges, clinical services revenue from the 13-clinic practice group, federal grants (NLM/NIH NNLM Region 3 funding, plus project-level awards), tiered library membership and interlibrary loan fees for non-affiliates, and donations/alumni giving channeled through give.unthealth.edu. As a public state university, TCOM has no private shareholders; governance rests with the UNT System Board of Regents. TCOM has been named among the top 50 U.S. medical schools for primary care by U.S. News & World Report and the parent institution has earned Best Place for Working Parents recognition for six consecutive years.

Name

Texas College of Osteopathic Medicine

Legal name

Texas College of Osteopathic Medicine (a college of UNT Health Fort Worth, formally University of North Texas Health Science Center at Fort Worth)

Website

https://unthsc.edu

Company type

Private

Founded year

1975

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

501–1,000 employees

Short description

Texas College of Osteopathic Medicine (TCOM), part of public UNT Health Fort Worth, trains osteopathic physicians and physician assistants via a four-college academic model and 13-clinic clinical practice group, with research supported by six institutes and a federally designated regional medical library.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

Osteopathic Medical Education

NAICS

Colleges, Universities, and Professional Schools (611310), Technical and Trade Schools (6115), Offices of Physical, Occupational and Speech Therapists, and Audiologists (62134)

SIC

Services-Educational Services (8200), Services-Health Services (8000), Services-Medical Laboratories (8071)

akta.pro primary industry

Medical Schools (MD/DO Granting) (EDAHAGAB)

akta.pro secondary industries

Technical Community Colleges (Applied/CTE-Focused) (EDAHADAD), Healthcare & Life Sciences (EDAAAPAA)

Keywords

• Osteopathic medical education
• Physician assistant training
• Primary care clinical services
• Biomedical research institute
• Health sciences library

Headquarters

HQ city

Fort Worth

HQ country

United States

HQ region

North America

Offices3 records

Markets served

GTM type

B2C

Offering type

Services

Cost components

Personnel, Operations, Infrastructure, Technology or R&D, Marketing or Sales

Revenue model

1. Tuition and Fees: Primary revenue stream from student enrollment across TCOM and other colleges; includes funding for education, financial aid administration, scholarships, and net price calculation tools.
2. Clinical Practice Revenue (UNT Health Clinical Practice Group): Revenue from 13 primary and specialty care clinics including Osteopathic Manipulative Medicine, Cardiology, Dermatology, Gastroenterology, Pediatrics, Family Medicine, Geriatrics, Neuropsychology, Performing Arts Medicine, and Priority Care.
3. Federal Grants and Outreach Funding: Grant funding from National Library of Medicine / National Institutes of Health (NNLM Region 3) including Health Information Outreach Award ($25,000), Professional Development Award ($2,000), Student Development Award (up to $3,000), and other funded projects.
4. Library Membership Fees: Annual guest membership fees for Lewis Library access ($25 annually for general public), replacement badge fees ($25), and tiered interlibrary loan fees ($0–$40 base) for non-UNT Health affiliates.
5. Donations and Alumni Giving: Donations solicited through give.unthealth.edu supporting community health work, scholarships, and rural medicine initiatives.

Pricing tiers

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Core offering

Texas College of Osteopathic Medicine (TCOM) trains osteopathic physicians (DO) and physician assistants through patient-centered academic programs, supported by hands-on clinical training at UNT Health's 13 primary and specialty care clinics including a dedicated Osteopathic Manipulative Medicine specialty. The college also operates six research centers and institutes focused on translational medicine, health disparities, and anatomical sciences, with the Gibson D. Lewis Health Science Library providing research infrastructure and serving as the federally-designated Regional Medical Library for NNLM Region 3.

Product overview

Texas College of Osteopathic Medicine (TCOM) is one of four colleges housed within the UNT Health Fort Worth (University of North Texas Health Science Center) ecosystem, alongside the College of Biomedical and Translational Sciences, the College of Pharmacy and Health Professions, and the College of Nursing. TCOM delivers osteopathic medicine education (including the Physician Assistant Studies program and Public Health graduate programs) supported by UNT Health's 13-clinic Clinical Practice Group, the SaferCare Texas patient safety division, multiple research centers and institutes (Center for Human Identification, North Texas Eye Research Institute, Institute for Health Disparities, Center for Anatomical Sciences, Institute for Translational Research), and the Gibson D. Lewis Health Science Library. The library underpins research and clinical workflows with access to databases (PubMed, Scopus, ClinicalKey, VisualDx with DermExpert AI, AccessMedicine suite, Lexidrug, UpToDate, Micromedex, STAT!Ref, Cochrane Library), EndNote citation management, Interlibrary Loan, and serves as the Regional Medical Library for NNLM Region 3. Outreach extends beyond the campus via the Whole Health Initiative, the Sprouting Change community nutrition project, and the Pottsboro Library Telehealth Community of Practice.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Products and services

• Texas College of Osteopathic Medicine (TCOM) Academic Program Doctor of Osteopathic Medicine (DO) academic program providing patient-centered osteopathic medical education with focus on whole-person care, including dedicated Osteopathic Manipulative Medicine training. For prospective medical students pursuing osteopathic physician careers.
• Physician Assistant Studies Program

Quantifiable outcome

• 14,520 alumni network across UNT Health Fort Worth colleges
• +4 more outcomes

Named customers2 records

Ideal customer profiles3 records

Technology focussed No

API detail

Has API

No

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Core technology

AI maturity

App detail

Integration29 records

AI capability5 records

Feature4 records

Scale indicators8 records

Recent moves6 records

Expansion highlights5 records

Direct peers

• Philadelphia College of Osteopathic Medicine (PCOM): Private osteopathic medical school with a comparable mix of osteopathic medicine, PA, and biomedical graduate programs and affiliated clinical practice; the most direct private-sector analog to TCOM's structure.
• Touro University (Touro College of Osteopathic Medicine): Private osteopathic medical school with multiple campuses and a comparable portfolio of DO, PA, and biomedical graduate programs, similar to TCOM's academic scope.
• Des Moines University Medicine and Health Sciences: Private osteopathic medical school with a multi-program health sciences structure (DO, PA, PT, podiatry) and clinical operations, comparable to TCOM's four-college health-science model.
• Kansas City University (KCU): Private osteopathic medical school with DO and PA programs and a clinical footprint, comparable to TCOM in scale and program mix.
• Ohio University Heritage College of Osteopathic Medicine: Public osteopathic medical school operating multi-campus clinical training sites across Ohio, directly comparable to TCOM's structure as a state-funded DO college within a larger public health science university.
• Michigan State University College of Osteopathic Medicine: Public, state-funded osteopathic medical school comparable to TCOM's public-state-university model, with a research-intensive mission and statewide clinical footprint.
• A.T. Still University (Kirksville College of Osteopathic Medicine): One of the founding osteopathic medical schools in the U.S., directly comparable as a DO-granting college with a clinical practice component and research centers, offering similar osteopathic medical training and graduate outcomes.

Broad incumbents

• Baylor College of Medicine: Top-tier Texas-based private medical school and research institution; broad incumbent competing with TCOM for Texas applicants, federal research funding, and clinical partnership opportunities in the Houston/Texas market.
• UT Southwestern Medical Center: Large Texas-based academic medical center with medical school, research enterprise, and clinical operations that dwarfs TCOM; the dominant broad incumbent competing for the same faculty, students, and research dollars in the North Texas market.
• University of North Texas Health Science Center (UNT Health Fort Worth): TCOM's direct parent institution and the broader four-college health science university; relevant as the system in which TCOM is embedded, providing shared clinics, library, and research infrastructure.

Market position

Strengths5 records

Weaknesses5 records

Competitive moat5 records

Key risks5 records

Key highlights7 records

Customer concentration

• Xx.com/unthsc
• YouTubeyoutube.com/@UNTHealth
• Facebookfacebook.com/unthsc
• LinkedInlinkedin.com/company/unthsc
• Instagraminstagram.com/unthealthftw

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