New York Institute of Technology College of Osteopathic Medicine at Arkansas State University (NYITCOM at A-State) is celebrating that its Class of 2023 has earned a 100% Match rate.
Medical schools across the country recently celebrated Match Day, an annual event through which soon-to-be medical school graduates learn where they’ll perform their post-graduate specialty training, known as residency.
Every member of the NYITCOM at A-State Class of 2023 matched, a significant achievement for the Jonesboro-based medical school.
“It’s incredibly exciting,” said Shane Speights, DO, dean of NYITCOM at A-State. “It speaks to the continual hard work these future physicians have done to not only complete medical school, but to make themselves highly qualified candidates for residency programs throughout the state, region, and country. I can’t say enough about how proud I am of these students. Likewise, it also speaks to the dedication and commitment of the faculty and staff at our medical school.”
The Class of 2023 is the fourth class for the Jonesboro-based medical school, which opened in 2016, and every student who has graduated from NYITCOM at A-State has earned post-graduate placement.
NYITCOM at A-State was established to train medical students to help address a growing physician shortage in Arkansas and the Mississippi Delta region. This year, 63 percent of NYITCOM at A-State graduates were placed into programs that will keep them in Arkansas, a targeted-Delta state, or a state contiguous to Arkansas. This year, 21 students placed in Arkansas programs, and an additional 15 matched into programs that are within 100 miles of the Arkansas border.