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Commission on Osteopathic College Accreditation COCA Meetings

COCA Meetings

Leading the way

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.

The next meeting of the COCA will take place on Dec. 4-5, 2025. The non-voting agenda is now available. The open session portion of COCA meetings are open to the public and broadcast in a livestream webinar format via Zoom. Executive sessions are closed to the public.

The following site visits and reports are coming before the COCA at its December 2025 meeting:

  • Pacific Northwest University of Health Sciences College of Osteopathic Medicine: Comprehensive site visit
  • Kansas Health Sciences University – Kansas College of Osteopathic Medicine: Focused site visit
  • Proposed University of Northern Colorado College of Osteopathic Medicine: Pre-accreditation site visit
  • Proposed The Valley College of Osteopathic Medicine: Pre-accreditation site visit
  • Baptist Health Sciences University College of Osteopathic Medicine: Monitoring report
  • Des Moines University College of Osteopathic Medicine: Progress report, midcycle report
  • University of the Incarnate Word School of Osteopathic Medicine: Monitoring report, midcycle report
  • Proposed Niazee College Of Osteopathic Medicine: Candidate status application
  • Proposed Indiana University – Pennsylvania College of Osteopathic Medicine: Pre-accreditation application
  • Proposed Xavier University College of Osteopathic Medicine: Pre-accreditation application

Third-party comments for the December 2025 COCA meeting are now closed. View instructions on submitting third-party comments for the future.


Future meetings

Upcoming 2025 meetings

  • Dec. 4-5, 2025

Upcoming 2026 meetings

  • April 30 – May 1, 2026
  • June 12, 2026
  • Aug. 27-28, 2026
  • Dec. 10-11, 2026

Past meetings

Previous 2025 meeting dates

  • Oct. 9, 2025
  • Aug. 28-29, 2025
  • June 20, 2025
  • April 16-18, 2025

Previous 2024 meeting dates

  • Dec. 5-6, 2024
  • Aug. 29-30, 2024
  • June 21, 2024
  • April 11-12, 2024

Final actions

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

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