USMLE & COMLEX Tutor in Oklahoma

Oklahoma has two medical schools, both public. The University of Oklahoma College of Medicine (MD, founded 1900) is in Oklahoma City, and the Oklahoma State University Center for Health Sciences College of Osteopathic Medicine (DO, founded 1972) is in Tulsa (school list). Each also teaches at a second site: Tulsa for the OU college, Tahlequah for the OSU college.

The OU college received 2,590 applications for 202 first-year places in 2025-26, and 55% of its entering class came from Oklahoma (AAMC FACTS). Clerkships happen in 19 teaching hospitals in ten Oklahoma cities on the CMS list, five each in Tulsa and Oklahoma City (CMS teaching hospital list).

Medical schools in Oklahoma

Several of these schools teach students at more than one site: University of Oklahoma College of Medicine also lists Tulsa, Oklahoma; Oklahoma State University Center for Health Sciences College of Osteopathic Medicine also lists Tahlequah, Oklahoma.

School list: LCME and COCA accreditation lists, via the list of medical schools in the United States, checked October 2026.

Teaching hospitals in Oklahoma by city

• Tulsa: Hillcrest Medical Center; OSU Medical Center; Saint Francis Hospital; St. John Medical Center; Southwestern Regional Medical Center
• Oklahoma City: Integris Baptist Medical Center; St. Anthony Hospital; OU Medical Center; Integris Southwest Medical Center; Surgical Hospital of Oklahoma
• Norman: Norman Regional Hospital Authority; Griffin Memorial Hospital
• Durant: Alliancehealth Durant
• Enid: Bass Baptist Health Center
• Bartlesville: Jane Phillips Medical Center
• Mcalester: Mcalester Regional Health Center
• Stillwater: Stillwater Medical Center
• Lawton: Comanche County Memorial Hospital
• Tahlequah: Northeastern Health System

Facts about Oklahoma

Accreditation: LCME directory; applications, places and in-state share: AAMC FACTS, Table A-1.

ABIM internal medicine certification exam by residency program: ABIM residency program pass rates; ABIM says to read rates from under 25 takers with caution.

• Oklahoma State University College of Osteopathic Medicine reports a 98.75% first-time pass rate on COMLEX Level 1 for 2025-2026. (Oklahoma State University)
• OSU-COM reports first-time pass rates of 96.15% on COMLEX Level 2-CE for 2025-2026 and 98.66% on COMLEX Level 3 for 2025. (Oklahoma State University)
• OSU-COM's class of 2025 had 168 graduates, and the college reports a 100% placement rate in graduate medical education. (Oklahoma State University)
• The University of Oklahoma College of Medicine allows three attempts to pass Step 1, and students on both its Oklahoma City campus and its Tulsa School of Community Medicine track must take it before June 15, at the end of second-year classes. (University of Oklahoma College of Medicine)
• On OU's Oklahoma City campus, all Step 1 attempts must be complete by May 1 of the calendar year after second-year courses; in Tulsa, where third year is a year-long longitudinal integrated clerkship, a student who misses June 15 takes a leave of absence until the next entry point. (University of Oklahoma College of Medicine)
• OU students in the 3-Year Accelerated MD pathway must take USMLE Step 2 CK no later than May 31 of their third year. (University of Oklahoma College of Medicine)
• OSU describes its College of Osteopathic Medicine at the Cherokee Nation, in Tahlequah, as the nation's only tribally affiliated medical school, in an 85,000-square-foot building with a simulation center. (Oklahoma State University)
• The Tahlequah campus graduated its inaugural class of 46 in May 2024; about 20% of the class are Native American, and about 35% matched with a rural or tribal residency program. (Oklahoma State University)
• OSU-COM's class of 2026, its 50th graduating class, had 153 graduates; half will train in primary care residencies and 55% matched to a residency in Oklahoma. (Oklahoma State University)
• In the 2025 Main Residency Match, programs in Oklahoma offered 378 residency positions in 18 specialties, the most in family medicine (90), internal medicine (66), and pediatrics (45). (NRMP)

Sources: LCME, directory of accredited U.S. programs (checked October 29, 2026); AAMC FACTS, Table A-1, 2025-2026 (checked October 29, 2026); Oklahoma State University, College of Osteopathic Medicine graduates (checked October 29, 2026); University of Oklahoma College of Medicine, MD Program Education (catalog) (checked November 1, 2026); Oklahoma State University, OSU COM at the Cherokee Nation (checked November 1, 2026); Oklahoma State University, inaugural Cherokee Nation class graduates (2024) (checked November 1, 2026); Oklahoma State University, OSU-COM celebrates 50th graduating class (2026) (checked November 1, 2026); NRMP, 2025 Main Residency Match by state and specialty (checked October 29, 2026); ABIM, residency program pass rates 2023-2025 (checked October 29, 2026).

OU's June 15 deadline and three-attempt rule

The University of Oklahoma sets its Step 1 date by policy: at the end of second-year classes, students on both campuses must take Step 1 before June 15, and passing it is the condition for promotion to third year (OU College of Medicine catalog). The school allows three attempts in all, and a third failure means dismissal.

The two campuses handle a late or failed exam differently. In Oklahoma City, every attempt must be complete by May 1 of the calendar year after second-year courses. In Tulsa, the School of Community Medicine's third year is a year-long longitudinal integrated clerkship, so a student who misses June 15 takes a leave of absence until the next entry point, while one who sits by the deadline and fails can finish third year but cannot start fourth until a pass is reported (OU College of Medicine catalog).

The three-attempt school rule lines up with the state: Oklahoma's medical board also allows three attempts at each USMLE Step (FSMB). An OU student who fails once has one spare attempt by both counts, so the second sitting needs a different plan, not just more weeks. We start from the score report's weak disciplines and a fresh NBME, and set the retake date only when practice scores support it.

Tahlequah: a DO campus in the Cherokee Nation

Since 2020 the OSU college has had a second campus in Tahlequah, the capital of the Cherokee Nation, which OSU describes as the nation's only tribally affiliated medical school (OSU COM at the Cherokee Nation). Its inaugural class of 46 graduated in May 2024; about 20% were Native American, and about 35% matched with a rural or tribal residency program (OSU news, 2024).

Across both campuses OSU-COM's class of 2026, its 50th graduating class, had 153 graduates; half are headed to primary care residencies and 55% matched in Oklahoma (OSU news, 2026). For these students COMLEX is the licensing series, and many add the USMLE for programs that ask for it; we help them decide whether the second series is worth the time.

Residency in Oklahoma

Oklahoma programs offered 378 positions in 18 specialties in the 2025 Main Residency Match, led by family medicine (90), internal medicine (66) and pediatrics (45) (NRMP). Family medicine leading the list fits a state whose osteopathic college sends half a class into primary care.

Which board exams Oklahoma students take

The University of Oklahoma College of Medicine grants the MD, so its students follow the USMLE route: Step 1 before June 15 of second year, Step 2 CK in fourth year (by May 31 of third year on the 3-Year Accelerated MD pathway), then Step 3 in residency (OU College of Medicine catalog).

The OSU college in Tulsa and Tahlequah grants the DO, so its students take COMLEX-USA (NBOME). OSU reports first-time pass rates of 98.75% on Level 1 and 96.15% on Level 2-CE for 2025-2026, and 98.66% on Level 3 for 2025 (OSU College of Osteopathic Medicine).

Oklahoma licensing rules that affect your exam plan

Oklahoma has separate medical and osteopathic boards, and FSMB lists different rules for each. The medical board allows three attempts at each USMLE Step and ten years to complete the exams; the osteopathic board lists no time limit on COMLEX and gives no attempt number (FSMB).

Oklahoma Medical board

Oklahoma Osteopathic board

Source: FSMB state licensure requirements, checked October 2026; confirm with the board before relying on them.

What Oklahoma's rules mean for how you study

• MDs: three attempts per Step at the board, three at OU for Step 1. Treat the first attempt as the one that has to pass, and keep our guide for students who did not pass close (FSMB, USMLE eligibility rules).
• DOs: the osteopathic board's FSMB entry says only “Contact the board for information” on attempts, so ask it about retakes before you schedule a Level, and see our failed COMLEX guide (FSMB).
• The medical board's ten years to complete the USMLE can run down during a research year or leave; the osteopathic board lists no COMLEX time limit (FSMB).
• International graduates need two years of postgraduate training before a first Oklahoma medical license, against one year for everyone else; the osteopathic board lists one year (FSMB).

Many Oklahoma students rotate, interview or match next door. Oklahoma's neighbors on our list: Arkansas (2 MD, 1 DO), Colorado (1 MD, 1 DO), Kansas (1 MD, 1 DO), Missouri (4 MD, 2 DO), New Mexico (1 MD, 1 DO), Texas (13 MD, 3 DO).

How much Oklahoma searches for board prep

Oklahoma's best Google Trends result is “COMLEX”, ranked 16th of 51 over the five years to October 2026, well ahead of every other term. Its USMLE terms sit between 32nd and 38th (“USMLE Step 2” 32nd, “USMLE Step 1” 35th, “USMLE” 38th), and “shelf exam” is last of the five at 42nd. A rank is a share of the state's own searches, not a count of students.

Source: Google Trends, United States, past 5 years, retrieved October 2026; ranks show relative interest, not student numbers.