USMLE & COMLEX Tutor in Tulsa

In Tulsa, the osteopathic college is the home school and the MD program is the branch. Oklahoma State University Center for Health Sciences College of Osteopathic Medicine (OSU-COM), founded in 1972, has its main campus here (school list). The University of Oklahoma College of Medicine, founded in 1900, teaches in Tulsa from a branch campus, with its main campus in Oklahoma City (school list). Both are public.

OSU-COM's class of 2025 had 168 graduates, and the college reports a 100% placement rate in graduate medical education (OSU-COM graduates page). Five Tulsa hospitals are on the CMS teaching hospital list: Hillcrest Medical Center, OSU Medical Center, Saint Francis Hospital, St. John Medical Center and Southwestern Regional Medical Center (CMS list).

Facts about Tulsa

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 OU-TU School of Community Medicine, an integrated track within the OU College of Medicine, offers all four years of the MD program and a 30-month physician assistant program on the OU-Tulsa Schusterman Campus. (OU School of Community Medicine)
• OU began teaching medicine in Tulsa in 1974 with 17 third- and fourth-year students; its first four-year class, 27 students, started in 2015, when the school became the OU-TU School of Community Medicine. (OU School of Community Medicine)
• A $50 million George Kaiser Family Foundation gift in 2008 turned the College of Medicine-Tulsa into the first formally named School of Community Medicine in the nation. (OU School of Community Medicine)
• The OSU College of Osteopathic Medicine at the Cherokee Nation, in Tahlequah on the W.W. Hastings Hospital campus, is an extension of the Tulsa college; it opened on July 31, 2020 as the nation's first tribally affiliated medical school, with 54 first-year students. (Oklahoma State University)
• Students on OSU-COM's rural medical track do their third-year core rotations at community-based primary care residency sites and at least two sub-internships at a primary care residency site early in the fourth year. (OSU College of Osteopathic Medicine)

Sources: Oklahoma State University, College of Osteopathic Medicine graduates (checked October 29, 2026); OU School of Community Medicine, About (checked November 1, 2026); Oklahoma State University, OSU Ceremony Opens First Tribally Affiliated Medical School (checked November 1, 2026); OSU College of Osteopathic Medicine, Rural Medical Track (checked November 1, 2026); ABIM, residency program pass rates 2023-2025 (checked October 29, 2026).

Two schools, two exam series, one city

Tulsa trains doctors on both sides of the MD-DO line. The University of Oklahoma started teaching medicine here in 1974 with 17 third- and fourth-year students; since 2015, when its first four-year class of 27 began, the OU-TU School of Community Medicine has offered all four years of the MD program on the OU-Tulsa Schusterman Campus (OU School of Community Medicine). In 2008 a $50 million George Kaiser Family Foundation gift made it the first formally named School of Community Medicine in the nation (OU School of Community Medicine).

OSU's osteopathic college reaches past the city too. Its extension at the Cherokee Nation, on the W.W. Hastings Hospital campus in Tahlequah, opened on July 31, 2020 with 54 first-year students as the nation's first tribally affiliated medical school (OSU). Its students take COMLEX-USA like those in Tulsa.

In practice that means two exam plans in one city: OU-TU students follow Step 1, the shelf exams, Step 2 CK and Step 3, while OSU-COM students follow COMLEX Level 1, Level 2-CE and Level 3, and many add USMLE Step 1 or Step 2 CK. We tutor both, and help DO students decide whether the extra USMLE sitting is worth it for the programs they want.

Rotations across rural Oklahoma

Third year does not keep every OSU-COM student in Tulsa. On the OSU-COM rural medical track, students do their third-year core rotations at community-based primary care residency sites and at least two sub-internships at a primary care residency site early in the fourth year, rotations that often double as residency auditions.

Those months are when COMLEX Level 2-CE preparation happens, often far from classmates and campus study rooms. Tutoring by live video (Zoom or Google Meet) goes with the student, so the same tutor and the same schedule carry from one rotation town to the next.

Medical schools in Tulsa

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

Teaching hospitals in Tulsa

On the CMS teaching hospital list (October 2026):

• Hillcrest Medical Center, 1120 South Utica, Tulsa, OK 74104
• OSU Medical Center, 744 West 9th Street, Tulsa, OK 74127
• Saint Francis Hospital, 6161 S. Yale, Tulsa, OK 74136
• St. John Medical Center, 1923 South Utica Avenue, Tulsa, OK 74104
• Southwestern Regional Medical Center, 10109 East 79th Street, Tulsa, OK 74133

The exams Tulsa students take, in order

OSU-COM students take COMLEX-USA. The college 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-COM graduates page).

The University of Oklahoma College of Medicine's Tulsa campus follows the MD route, which starts with Step 1, pass/fail since January 26, 2022 (Step 1 guide). Shelf exams close each core clerkship, then come Step 2 CK and, in residency, Step 3. DO students often add USMLE Step 1 as well; our Level 2 vs Step 2 CK guide helps with the choice that follows.

Internists finish with the ABIM exam after residency. In 2023-2025, 97% of 30 first-time takers from the University of Oklahoma School of Community Medicine (Tulsa) program passed, and so did 94% of 17 from the Oklahoma State University Center for Health Sciences program (ABIM). ABIM says to read rates from fewer than 25 takers with caution, which covers the second group (ABIM).

Oklahoma board rules for Tulsa graduates

Tulsa graduates who stay in Oklahoma fall under the state medical board, which allows 3 attempts at each USMLE Step (FSMB). That is one fewer than the USMLE program's own cap of 4, so for the University of Oklahoma's Tulsa students the state sets the lower ceiling (USMLE eligibility rules).

OSU-COM graduates face a different rule set. Oklahoma lists a separate osteopathic board, and our Oklahoma page sets its rules beside the medical board's.

How much Tulsa searches for board prep

Tulsa is listed for one term, “COMLEX Level 2”: 14th among US metro areas, with a score of 26 out of 100 (Google Trends, United States, past five years, retrieved October 2026). That fits a city whose osteopathic college has its main campus here and whose students sit Level 2-CE as their second COMLEX exam. The score is relative interest, not a headcount of students.

• “COMLEX Level 2”: number 14 among US metro areas, score 26 of 100