As of 2022, it is the only fully public podiatry medical school in the U.S.[3] The college is located in Independence, Ohio, south of Cleveland, approximately 30 miles (48 km) from the main KSU campus in Kent.

The college remained at that location for over 50 years, until its demolition due to continued expansion of Case medical center.

[9] This building housed full chemistry, histology, pathology and bacteriology labs as well as 4 lecture halls (100 seat capacity), library, clinic and operating suite.

This building, one of Cleveland's last remaining art deco masterpieces, was a comprehensive medical college giving its students more room and resources for clinical, scientific, and research based education.

[32] The College decided to suspend the remaining games of the '41 season, and they subsequently withdrew from further intercollegiate NCAA sports.

The original course of study was 8 months in length including night classes,[8] and the degree granted was the Doctor of Surgical Chiropody (D.S.C.).

In 1938 the college began requiring applications to have at least one year of full-time study in the liberal arts or sciences from an accredited university prior to being admitted[8] and a decade later the D.S.C.

[35] On December 15, 2011, Kent State University announced that its Board of Trustees passed a resolution to officially acquire OCPM within six months of the January 1, 2012.

[36][37] The merger between the two institutions has provided students at the college of podiatric medicine the opportunity to complete additional degrees such as Masters in Public Health and Ph.D. programs in various sciences, while enrolled in the D.P.M.

In order to achieve this, didactic and hands on laboratory courses are combined to give students a solid foundation in fields such as biochemistry, histology, gross anatomy, neurobiology and physiology.

Gross anatomy is taught by Stephanie J. Belovich, PhD and neuromuscular is led by Michael A. Landers, DMD.

Coursework during the second year focuses more on both variations and abnormalities that affect the organ systems of the human body, and ways to recognize and treat such pathology.

[41] These clinical rotations are through the college's affiliations with:[42] During the fourth and final year, students set out on up to six (6) 4-week externships in podiatric medicine and surgery at hospitals across the country.