[3][4][5] Naturopathic programs have been accused by critics of misrepresenting their medical rigor and their ability to train primary care clinicians.

[9][10] The National University of Natural Medicine is the oldest programmatically accredited naturopathic medical school in North America.

NUNM began in the early 1950s, in response to the termination of the naturopathic program at Western States Chiropractic College.

[citation needed] The first physical location owned by the college was the Market Street campus in southeast Portland.

[citation needed] In June 2016, the school changed its name to the National University of Natural Medicine.

[1] In 2024, Oregon Public Broadcasting reported that students who pursued doctorates of naturopathic medicine typically took on high levels of debt.

[citation needed] The Princeton Review reports that naturopathic medicine program had an acceptance rate of 82% with an average undergraduate GPA of 3.38.

[14] The NUNM Health Center is a teaching clinic where licensed naturopathic doctors and acupuncturists work with and train students.

[23] The naturopathic curriculum has been criticized for teaching pseudoscience and quackery, as courses in homeopathy, herbalism, acupuncture, and other alternative treatments without a solid evidence basis are taught as "primary care medicine".