# AACOM US Osteopathic Medical College Directory Scraper (`jungle_synthesizer/aacom-us-osteopathic-medical-college-directory-scraper`) Actor

Scrapes the AACOM Choose D.O. Explorer directory to extract all US Colleges of Osteopathic Medicine (COMs) including campus details, location, tuition, accreditation status, year founded, and official website links from aacom.org.

- **URL**: https://apify.com/jungle_synthesizer/aacom-us-osteopathic-medical-college-directory-scraper.md
- **Developed by:** [BowTiedRaccoon](https://apify.com/jungle_synthesizer) (community)
- **Categories:** Education, Lead generation
- **Stats:** 2 total users, 1 monthly users, 100.0% runs succeeded, 0 bookmarks
- **User rating**: No ratings yet

## Pricing

from $0.40 / 1,000 record scrapeds

This Actor is paid per event. You are not charged for the Apify platform usage, but only a fixed price for specific events.
Since this Actor supports Apify Store discounts, the price gets lower the higher subscription plan you have.

Learn more: https://docs.apify.com/actors/running/actors-in-store.md#pay-per-event

## What's an Apify Actor?

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For examples already wired to this Actor's own input schema, see the [API](#api) section below.

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# README

## AACOM US Osteopathic Medical College Directory Scraper

Extracts the complete directory of US Colleges of Osteopathic Medicine (COMs) from the [AACOM Choose D.O. Explorer](https://www.aacom.org/explore-med-schools/choose-do-explorer) — the authoritative source for all DO medical programs in the United States.

### What it scrapes

The actor crawls the AACOM listing (~74 entries: 29 main COMs plus branch campuses) and their individual profile pages to extract:

- **College name** — full name including parent university
- **Location** — city and state
- **Campus type** — Main Campus or Branch Campus
- **Parent institution** — university or health system affiliation
- **Year founded**
- **Official website** URL
- **AACOM profile URL** — link to the AACOM detail page
- **Logo URL** — COM logo image
- **Institution type** — Private, Public, Non-Profit
- **In-state and out-of-state tuition**
- **COCA accreditation status** — text from the Accreditation & Affiliation section
- **Campus setting** — Rural, Suburban, Urban

### Use cases

- **Pre-med advising platforms** — build DO program databases alongside MD/LCME directories
- **Education data aggregators** — complete US osteopathic medicine coverage
- **Healthcare research** — COM landscape analysis, geographic distribution, tuition benchmarking
- **College comparison tools** — pair with LCME data for full US med-school coverage

### Input

| Parameter | Type | Default | Description |
|-----------|------|---------|-------------|
| `maxItems` | integer | 10 | Maximum number of college records to return |

Set `maxItems` to a large number (e.g. 100) to retrieve all ~74 entries.

### Output

Each record in the dataset contains:

```json
{
  "college_name": "Alabama College of Osteopathic Medicine",
  "aacom_profile_url": "https://aacom.org/detail-pages/com/alabama-college-of-osteopathic-medicine",
  "logo_url": "https://www.aacom.org/images/default-source/explorer/com-icons/acom_seal.png",
  "city": "Dothan",
  "state": "AL",
  "institution_type": "Private Institution",
  "in_state_tuition": "$61,788",
  "out_of_state_tuition": "$61,788",
  "campus": "Main Campus",
  "parent_institution": null,
  "year_established": 2010,
  "campus_setting": "Suburban",
  "website": "https://www.acom.edu/",
  "accreditation_status": "The Alabama College of Osteopathic Medicine (ACOM) is accredited by the Commission on Osteopathic College Accreditation (COCA)...",
  "scrapedAt": "2026-06-10T22:15:29.073Z"
}
```

### Notes

- The AACOM listing includes both main campuses and branch campuses, totaling ~74 entries for 29 COMs.
- Profile URLs on the listing page are base64-encoded; the actor decodes them automatically.
- The actor respects the site's crawl-delay and uses polite concurrency (3 concurrent requests).

# Actor input Schema

## `sp_intended_usage` (type: `string`):

What will this data feed? E.g. lead lists, KYB checks, price tracking.

## `sp_improvement_suggestions` (type: `string`):

Provide any feedback or suggestions for improvements.

## `sp_contact` (type: `string`):

We'll personally help with your use case. No spam.

## `resumeCursor` (type: `string`):

Leave empty for a fresh crawl. To CONTINUE a previous run where it stopped — without paying again for records you already received — paste the `resumeCursor` value from that run's Output (the run's OUTPUT key). Resume promptly: the previous run's data expires with your account's retention window (free tier: your ~10 most recent runs).

## `maxItems` (type: `integer`):

Maximum number of college records to return. Defaults to all ~74 entries.

## Actor input object example

```json
{
  "sp_intended_usage": "Describe your intended use...",
  "sp_improvement_suggestions": "Share your suggestions here...",
  "sp_contact": "Share your email here...",
  "maxItems": 10
}
```

# Actor output Schema

## `results` (type: `string`):

No description

# API

You can run this Actor programmatically using our API. Below are code examples in JavaScript, Python, and CLI, as well as the OpenAPI specification and MCP server setup.

## JavaScript example

```javascript
import { ApifyClient } from 'apify-client';

// Initialize the ApifyClient with your Apify API token
// Replace the '<YOUR_API_TOKEN>' with your token
const client = new ApifyClient({
    token: '<YOUR_API_TOKEN>',
});

// Prepare Actor input
const input = {
    "sp_intended_usage": "Describe your intended use...",
    "sp_improvement_suggestions": "Share your suggestions here...",
    "sp_contact": "Share your email here...",
    "maxItems": 10
};

// Run the Actor and wait for it to finish
const run = await client.actor("jungle_synthesizer/aacom-us-osteopathic-medical-college-directory-scraper").call(input);

// Fetch and print Actor results from the run's dataset (if any)
console.log('Results from dataset');
console.log(`💾 Check your data here: https://console.apify.com/storage/datasets/${run.defaultDatasetId}`);
const { items } = await client.dataset(run.defaultDatasetId).listItems();
items.forEach((item) => {
    console.dir(item);
});

// 📚 Want to learn more 📖? Go to → https://docs.apify.com/api/client/js/docs

```

## Python example

```python
from apify_client import ApifyClient

# Initialize the ApifyClient with your Apify API token
# Replace '<YOUR_API_TOKEN>' with your token.
client = ApifyClient("<YOUR_API_TOKEN>")

# Prepare the Actor input
run_input = {
    "sp_intended_usage": "Describe your intended use...",
    "sp_improvement_suggestions": "Share your suggestions here...",
    "sp_contact": "Share your email here...",
    "maxItems": 10,
}

# Run the Actor and wait for it to finish
run = client.actor("jungle_synthesizer/aacom-us-osteopathic-medical-college-directory-scraper").call(run_input=run_input)

# Fetch and print Actor results from the run's dataset (if there are any)
print(f"💾 Check your data here: https://console.apify.com/storage/datasets/{run.default_dataset_id}")
for item in client.dataset(run.default_dataset_id).iterate_items():
    print(item)

# 📚 Want to learn more 📖? Go to → https://docs.apify.com/api/client/python/docs/quick-start

```

## CLI example

```bash
echo '{
  "sp_intended_usage": "Describe your intended use...",
  "sp_improvement_suggestions": "Share your suggestions here...",
  "sp_contact": "Share your email here...",
  "maxItems": 10
}' |
apify call jungle_synthesizer/aacom-us-osteopathic-medical-college-directory-scraper --silent --output-dataset

```

## MCP server setup

```json
{
    "mcpServers": {
        "apify": {
            "type": "http",
            "url": "https://mcp.apify.com/?tools=fetch-actor-details,jungle_synthesizer/aacom-us-osteopathic-medical-college-directory-scraper"
        }
    }
}
```

The hosted server signs you in with OAuth on first connect, so no API token belongs in this config. Clients without OAuth support can send an `Authorization: Bearer <APIFY_API_TOKEN>` header instead, using a token from API & Integrations in Apify Console (https://console.apify.com/settings/integrations).

## OpenAPI specification

Download the OpenAPI definition: https://api.apify.com/v2/actors/N7jjIk1k9cf0l3mcF/builds/nUBCo75AmQb0aWMx2/openapi.json