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Commission on Osteopathic College Accreditation COCA Meetings

COCA Meetings

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Upcoming and past COCA meetings

COCA reviews site visit reports, change requests and other items pertaining to the accreditation of osteopathic medical schools.

The Commission on Osteopathic College Accreditation (COCA) is recognized by the U.S. Department of Education as the accreditor of colleges of osteopathic medicine. COCA members meet periodically to review site visit reports, change requests and other items pertaining to the accreditation of osteopathic medical schools.


Upcoming meeting

August 25-27, 2022

The COCA will meet August 25-27, 2022.

The COCA will consider and adjudicate applications for change in location monitoring, additional locations, new candidate applications, planned class size increases, change in curriculum, comprehensive and focused site visits, mid-cycle reports and progress reports.

Colleges of Osteopathic Medicine (COMs) that will be reviewed at the August 2022 meeting:

Burrell College of Osteopathic Medicine
Change of Ownership Monitoring
Mid-Cycle Report

Des Moines University College of Osteopathic Medicine
Comprehensive Site Visit
Planned Class Size Increase Application

Idaho College of Osteopathic Medicine
Change in Ownership Monitoring

Kansas College of Osteopathic Medicine
Focused Site Visit

Liberty University College of Osteopathic Medicine
Mid-Cycle Report

Michigan State University College of Osteopathic Medicine
Progress Report

Midwestern University Arizona College of Osteopathic Medicine
Progress Report

Pacific Northwest University College of Osteopathic Medicine
Mid-Cycle Report

Proposed Baptist Memorial Candidate Application

Rocky Vista University College of Osteopathic Medicine
Mid-Cycle Report

Touro College of Osteopathic Medicine
Additional Location

University of Pikeville Kentucky College of Osteopathic Medicine
Change in Curriculum Application

The open session portion of the meeting will be open to the public and broadcast in a non-interactive live stream webinar format. Executive session portions of the meeting will be closed to the public.


Third-Party Comments

Third party comments are now closed.


Future Meetings

2022 Meeting Dates

Dec. 1-3, 2022

2023 Meeting Dates

April 19-22, 2023

June 23, 2023

August 23-26, 2023

November 30 – Dec 2, 2023


Past meetings

June 10, 2022

Executive Session

May 5-7, 2022

Virtual Meeting (Zoom)

December 2-3, 2021

Virtual Meeting (Zoom)


Final actions

View all final actions taken by the commission at past meetings dating back to 2011:

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