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Post Bacc Premed Information


A post baccalaureate premed program offers college graduates the undergraduate science courses necessary to prepare for application to medical school and other related professional schools (dentistry, veterinary medicine, pharmacy, and podiatry etc.). A post bacc premed program is designed for those who earned a non-science undergraduate degree and would like to pursue a career in medicine, and those seeking to strengthen their academic record in science courses.

Additionally, a post bacc program can be a platform for individuals interested in exploring other paths:  

  • PhD programs in the sciences

  • Academic research

  • Public Health

  • Non-clinical healthcare opportunities:

    • Healthcare Administration 

    • Genetic Counseling

    • Patient Advocacy

    • Community Health education

    • Health Analytics or Health Informatics

Two Standard Pathways

Career Changers
Students needing to take prerequisite coursework for the first time in preparation for standardized tests and application to medical and other professional health programs. Career changers have earned a bachelor’s degree from an accredited university in a major and/or minor outside the sciences with an undergraduate GPA of 3.2 or greater. Students may have professional experience outside the field of medicine and have recently decided to pursue a career in medicine or another healthcare specialty. 

Academic Enhancers
Students seeking to improve their overall and science GPAs to prepare for standardized tests. Students applying through this pathway have earned a bachelor’s degree from an accredited university in any major with an undergraduate GPA of 3.2 or greater. Academic enhancers will repeat science courses and/or enroll in upper-level science courses to strengthen their academic foundation before applying to a health professions school. 

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Compiled by the Bureau of Labor Statistics. Includes a brief summary of healthcare fields and the median salaries.

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Premed Tracks

Based on student's selected specialty, a premed program is customized to meet that goal. Each premed track includes core courses and recommended courses based on professional school requirements. 

Students should research specific requirements of health professional schools they are interested in to ensure that they have all the required courses needed for the program. Health professional schools typically update their required and recommended courses on an annual basis. 

In addition to the required science courses for each track, premed students may be encouraged to take courses in English, philosophy, psychology, sociology, and courses in other academic areas to enable them to be as competitive as possible when applying to medical school and other health professional schools. The courses listed in the “Recommended Courses” table might be required or strongly recommended by different institutions. Many of these courses have content that will support preparation for standardized tests.

As a career changer, if you've taken one or more of the course requirements, other courses may be substituted to strengthen your academic record.  

Students working toward improving academic performance will be aligned with courses to improve current grades, along with supplemental coursework to achieve success in their track. 

Select a health specialty to see required and recommended courses.

Pre-Medicine 
Includes the specialties of medicine, podiatry, chiropractic and naturopathic medicine.

Pre-Dentistry

Pre-Veterinary

Pre-Pharmacy  

Pre-Optometry 

Pre-Physical Therapy & Occupational Therapy

Pre-Physician Assistant 

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