Lake Erie College of Osteopathic Medicine
Erie, Pennsylvania · Also known as LECOM · Website
Lake Erie College of Osteopathic Medicine is a private nonprofit 4-year college in Erie, Pennsylvania with 4 undergraduates and 4,129 graduate students.
Updated Oct 10, 2026 · June 2026 data
Net price
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A year, after grants
Tuition and fees
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Admission rate
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Completion rate
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Median debt
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Earnings at 10 years
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Cost
What a year costs: posted prices and the average after grants
- Students with a need-based grant
- 0%
- Students with federal loans
- 100%
Net price is what students who get aid pay on average after grants.
Tuition and net price by year
School years 2018-19 to 2024-25. The year on the chart is the year the school year starts.
Yearly cost
Dollars a year
Admission and students
- Undergraduates
- 4
- Graduate students
- 4,129
- Part-time students
- 0%
- Women
- 100%
- Students per teacher
- 2
- Highest degree
- Graduate degree
- Programs
- 17
- Endowment
- $5.03M
Earnings and debt
Compared with the medians of the colleges of its state, of colleges of the same kind and of all US colleges
| Measure | College | PA median | Same kind | US median |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Net price | - | $19,970 | $22,320 | $17,138 |
| Tuition in-state | - | $19,182 | $31,170 | $11,837 |
| Admission rate | - | 81% | 74% | 78% |
| Completion rate | - | 66% | 57% | 58% |
| Retention rate | - | 78% | 77% | 75% |
| Median debt | - | $17,500 | $24,287 | $13,271 |
| Earnings after 6 years | - | $42,275 | $44,392 | $35,656 |
| Earnings after 10 years | - | $49,700 | $52,928 | $40,813 |
Best-paid programs
Median earnings 1 year after graduation
Same kind: US private nonprofit 4-year colleges. Earnings and debt are medians of former students who received federal student aid.
Programs
17 fields of study and credentials, with graduates, debt and earnings
| Field of study | Graduates | Median debt | Earnings 1 yr | Earnings 4 yr | US median 4 yr | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| MedicineProfessional | Professional | 510 | $240,729 | $63,605 | $138,038 | $112,460 |
| Pharmacy, Pharmaceutical Sciences, and AdministrationProfessional | Professional | 237 | $167,522 | $108,351 | $133,364 | $138,348 |
| Health/Medical Preparatory ProgramsMaster's | Master's | 132 | $48,076 | $34,640 | Withheld | $72,125 |
| DentistryProfessional | Professional | 104 | $356,049 | $138,744 | $201,666 | $170,812 |
| Public HealthOnlineMaster's | Master's | 41 | $36,007 | $70,472 | $142,151 | $82,751 |
| Education, OtherOnlineMaster's | Master's | 32 | Withheld | Withheld | Withheld | $65,348 |
| Health/Medical Preparatory ProgramsOnlineCertificate | Certificate | 8 | Withheld | Withheld | Withheld | $54,229 |
| Health/Medical Preparatory ProgramsOnlineGraduate certificate | Graduate certificate | 7 | $35,068 | $43,984 | $72,581 | $69,507 |
| Health and Medical Administrative ServicesOnlineDoctoral | Doctoral | 6 | Withheld | Withheld | Withheld | - |
| Health Professions Education, Ethics, and HumanitiesOnlineMaster's | Master's | 5 | Withheld | Withheld | Withheld | - |
| Biology, GeneralMaster's | Master's | 2 | Withheld | Withheld | Withheld | - |
| Cell/Cellular Biology and Anatomical SciencesDoctoral | Doctoral | 2 | Withheld | Withheld | Withheld | - |
| Health Professions Education, Ethics, and HumanitiesOnlineDoctoral | Doctoral | 2 | - | - | Withheld | - |
| Microbiological Sciences and ImmunologyDoctoral | Doctoral | 0 | Withheld | Withheld | Withheld | - |
| Pharmacy, Pharmaceutical Sciences, and AdministrationDoctoral | Doctoral | 0 | Withheld | Withheld | Withheld | - |
| Registered Nursing, Nursing Administration, Nursing Research and Clinical NursingMaster's | Master's | 0 | Withheld | Withheld | Withheld | - |
| Health/Medical Preparatory ProgramsPost-bachelor certificate | Post-bachelor certificate | - | Withheld | Withheld | Withheld | $63,593 |
In the area
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Questions and answers
What are the most popular majors at Lake Erie College of Osteopathic Medicine?
Medicine (510 professional graduates), Pharmacy, Pharmaceutical Sciences, and Administration (237 professional graduates), Health/Medical Preparatory Programs (132 master's graduates) had the most graduates in the newest year, out of 17 programs.
Official public data, June 2026 release. Net price is for first-time, full-time students who get aid. Completion counts first-time, full-time students who finish within 150% of the normal time. Debt and earnings are medians of students who received federal student aid, measured a few years after they left, in the dollars of the year measured; earnings count former students who work and are not enrolled, including those who did not finish.