The map below shows something remarkable. Graduates of Covista’s American University of the Caribbean School of Medicine and Ross University School of Medicine are delivering direct patient care in communities stretching from the coastlines to the interior of the country—across all 50 states and Puerto Rico. Urban hospitals. Rural clinics. Over 17,000 physicians, embedded in the fabric of America’s healthcare system.

The Shortage Is Real

According to the Covista Care Capacity Monitor, 76% of clinicians and 73% of healthcare executives report that staffing shortages are already affecting their ability to deliver high-quality care. Half of executives say those shortages have reduced their capacity to serve patients altogether.

More than 702,000 healthcare job vacancies are posted every month in the U.S., with fewer than 306,000 unemployed healthcare workers available to fill them. For every unemployed healthcare worker, employers are posting more than two new job openings a month.

Outcomes by Design

AUC and Ross University School of Medicine were built to address this kind of staffing gap. Compared to the national average of all U.S. medical school graduates, AUC and Ross Med physicians over-index in: 

• Primary care: more than 55% of AUC and Ross Med graduates in direct patient care practice primary care medicine, compared to roughly 40% of U.S. medical school graduates nationally.
• Family medicine: nearly 29% of combined AUC and Ross Med graduates practice family medicine—a discipline facing some of the most severe shortages in the country.
• Shortage areas: AUC and Ross Med graduates practice in federally designated Health Professional Shortage Areas and Medically Underserved Areas at higher rates than their peers from U.S. medical schools.

Qualified, motivated students who don't get a seat at a U.S. medical school deserve a path forward. We have always believed that—and we’re proud to see AUC and Ross Med graduates practicing across every state in the country.

A New Generation Steps In

Earlier this month, AUC and Ross Med students celebrated Match Day—learning where they’ll complete their residency training and take their next step toward becoming practicing physicians. It’s one of medicine’s most meaningful traditions, and for the communities that will eventually welcome these residents, it’s the beginning of something that matters deeply.

The physicians we celebrate were once those students. The students who just matched will one day be on a map like this one.

*Comparison data is based on the 2026 American Medical Association Physician Masterfile