[7][8] As of 2023, the NYIT College of Osteopathic Medicine has a 100 percent match rate, with all members of the Class of 2023 placed into residencies.
The college was granted accreditation by the American Osteopathic Association (AOA), and was chartered under New York State law through the efforts of Gov.
[11] An honorary Doctor of Laws degree was awarded to W. Kenneth Riland, who was honored for his role in the establishment of the college.
[11] The W. Kenneth Riland Academic Health Care Center, completed in 1984, is located on campus and serves as a clinic and teaching hospital.
In 2001, the building opened for basic and pre-clinical science lectures, as well as the osteopathic manipulative medicine laboratory.
The New York Institute of Technology College of Osteopathic Medicine has clinical affiliations with hospitals throughout Long Island, Brooklyn, Bronx, Queens, Upstate New York, New Jersey and Connecticut, most of which are also members of the College of Osteopathic Medicine Educational Consortium (NYCOMEC) for osteopathic post-doctoral education[4] The college provides physicians educated in countries other than the United States the opportunity to obtain medical training in the United States through its Advanced Program for Emigre Physicians (APEP).
After completion of the 4-year APEP program, physicians with foreign credentials receive the Doctor of Osteopathic Medicine (D.O.)