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Student Population

Student Population at Des Moines University-Osteopathic Medical Center

Total Enrollment

1,527 (all graduate)

Graduate

1,527

Online Enrollment

146

Men Students

706

Women Students

821

For the academic year 2023-2024, a total of 1,527 students have enrolled at Des Moines University-Osteopathic Medical Center (all graduate).

By gender, 706 male and 821 female students are attending Des Moines University-Osteopathic Medical Center. By attendance status, there are 1,392 full-time students and 135 part-time students.

The number of students at Des Moines University-Osteopathic Medical Center is average compared to Private (not-for-profit), 4-Years Colleges in Iowa.

Des Moines University-Osteopathic Medical Center offers online degree/certificate programs and 146 students enrolled in online programs.

*Gender, Race, Age, and Online population based on 2022-2023 data.

Enrollment Comparison Chart

The below chart compares the student population between Des Moines University-Osteopathic Medical Center and similar colleges.

Enrollment by Gender/Attending Status

By gender, there are 706 male and 821 female students attending Des Moines University-Osteopathic Medical Center. The male-to-female student ratio is 0.86 to 1 and the ratio is than national average (the national average is 0.75 to 1).

The following table and chart show the student population by gender and attending status at Des Moines University-Osteopathic Medical Center.

Population by Gender/Attending Status at Des Moines University-Osteopathic Medical Center
	Total	Full-time	Part-time
Total	1,527	1,392	135
Men	706	673	33
Women	821	719	102

Enrollment by Race/Ethnicity

By race/ethnicity, there are 1,094 White students (71.64%) and 228 Asian students (14.93%) at Des Moines University-Osteopathic Medical Center(top 2 most races/ethnicities). The following table summarizes the population diversity by race at Des Moines University-Osteopathic Medical Center.

Population by Race/Ethnicity at Des Moines University-Osteopathic Medical Center
	Total	Men	Women
American Indian or Alaska Native	4	3	1
Asian	228	113	115
Black or African American	42	15	27
Hispanic	84	35	49
Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander	0	0	0
White	1,094	504	590
Two or More Races	40	20	20
Race/Ethnicity Unknown	30	14	16
Total	1,527	706	821

Online Student Population

At Des Moines University-Osteopathic Medical Center, 721 students (47.22% of total enrollment) take online classes to get their degrees. Among them, 146 students enrolled exclusively in online classes (i.e. no off-line attendance required) and others are taking online courses with off-line courses. The following tables describe the number of students who enrolled in one or more online courses.

By location of enrolled students, 62 students live in Iowa where Des Moines University-Osteopathic Medical Center is located in and 83 students have enrolled from other states.