Our Story | Covista

Our approach

America faces a workforce shortage across the sectors that matter most: healthcare, veterinary medicine, education and business. We don't have enough professionals to meet growing demands. Organizations are investing in technology and innovation, but technology alone won't solve this crisis. Meaningful progress requires people—and higher education models built for how they actually live and work.

The future lies in education built for working adults who bring the maturity and real-world experience healthcare needs. The challenge is building these pathways at scale.

We exist to solve this challenge.

Every year, our five accredited institutions graduate more than 24,000 healthcare professionals—more than any other educator in America. We're unlocking exceptional talent at scale through a fundamentally different model—one that both expands access and prepares practice-ready graduates.

Expanding access to healthcare careers

We make quality education accessible to working adults, career changers and non-traditional students that conventional education misses, unlocking talent the healthcare system needs but hasn't been able to access.

Preparing practice-ready professionals

Our graduates enter the workforce ready from day one—clinically skilled, hands-on prepared and comfortable with AI-powered tools. For employers, this means professionals who can hit the ground running.

Connecting students to careers

We partner directly with hospitals and healthcare providers to build programs that lead to employment after graduation.

Serving communities that need care most

We place our graduates in underserved rural and urban communities, improving patient outcomes by increasing the number of healthcare providers who can work closer to home, among the people that know them best.

Powering our purpose together

We foster a purpose-driven culture that empowers our 10,000 faculty and colleagues to develop new skills, build meaningful careers that match their ambitions and have a tangible impact on health education and workforce development.

"The workforce shortage is intensifying. We're removing barriers to education and expanding pathways at scale—so more people can join the solution."

Steve Beard
Chairman and CEO

Our name

Covista (pronounced co-vis-tah) blends two powerful ideas: "co" standing for community, collaboration and partnership and "vista" referencing future and vision.

Together, Covista communicates a shared vision of the future.

What drives us forward

Explore the principles that ground our existence, guide our actions and bring our company to life.

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Meet our leaders

The executive team and Board of Directors expanding access to healthcare careers and delivering workforce solutions at scale.

Our leaders

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AI-ready graduates

We’re embedding AI into clinical education across all five institutions, preparing graduates to apply AI tools in practice from day one.

Our innovative edge

What is Covista?

Covista is America's largest healthcare educator, serving more than 100,000 students through five accredited institutions: American University of the Caribbean School of Medicine, Chamberlain University, Ross University School of Medicine, Ross University School of Veterinary Medicine and Walden University. Through personalized, tech-enabled education powered by 10,000 faculty and colleagues, we expand access to healthcare careers and address the U.S. healthcare workforce shortage at scale.

Is Covista a good company?

Our purpose is to open doors and unlock potential—developing skilled, compassionate professionals who strengthen healthcare and improve patient outcomes in their communities. More than 24,000 healthcare professionals graduate annually from our programs joining a community of 385,000 alumni—290,000 of whom are healthcare professionals who deliver care across the country.

Our outcomes demonstrate this commitment: a 97% first-time residency attainment rate* at our medical schools, #1 and #3 rankings for our nursing schools (Chamberlain and Walden) and the #1 provider of DVM graduates (Ross Veterinary). Through partnerships with hospitals and healthcare providers, we’re connecting education directly to employment pathways and building sustainable workforce pipelines that support America’s healthcare needs.

What makes Covista different?

We reach students that traditional programs miss—working adults, career changers, and non-traditional students who thought healthcare careers were closed to them. We design education around students' lives—offering flexible pathways that make healthcare careers accessible to people who thought that door was closed.

Our graduates are practice ready from day one. Through partnering with leaders such as Google Cloud and, Hippocratic AI, we work to integrate AI and technology directly into clinical education. Students develop skills in our simulation labs and complete clinical rotations at hundreds of partner hospitals and healthcare systems—learning the workflows, technology and protocols they'll use in practice. This is how we deliver workforce solutions at scale.

*Percent of students attaining a 2026-27 residency position out of all graduates or expected graduates in 2025-26 who were active applicants in the 2026 NRMP match or who attained a residency position outside the NRMP match

America's largesthealthcare educator