Program Overview
Pre-Health
Prepare for a career in the health professions through personalized advising, hands-on experiences, and a liberal arts education that builds the foundation for graduate and professional study.
Personalized Advising
Receive one-on-one guidance tailored to your academic interests, career goals, and professional school timeline.
Hands-On Experience
Build meaningful clinical, research, volunteer, and community-based experiences that strengthen your preparation for healthcare careers.
Strong Outcomes
Join generations of Wooster graduates who have successfully continued their education in medicine, dentistry, veterinary medicine, and many other health professions.
Why Explore Pre-Health at Wooster?
At Wooster, pre-health advising is more than course planning. It's a partnership that helps you prepare academically, professionally, and personally for the next step in your education.
You'll work closely with advisors who help you:
- Develop a personalized academic plan.
- Identify clinical shadowing, volunteer, research, and leadership opportunities.
- Build meaningful healthcare experiences throughout your four years.
- Prepare competitive applications through guidance on personal statements, interviews, and admissions timelines.
- Take advantage of the breadth of a liberal arts education while completing prerequisite coursework.
Wooster students have an outstanding record of admission to graduate programs in the health professions. Explore detailed applicant outcomes, acceptance rates, and graduate school destinations:
- Medical School (M.D.) Applicant Outcomes (link to PDF: MD-data)
- Medical School (D.O.) Applicant Outcomes (link to PDF: DO-data)
- Dental School Applicant Outcomes (link to PDF: Dental-data)
Wooster's Signature Health Coach Program
One of Wooster's signature opportunities is the Health Coach Program. Made possible through our partnership with the Wooster Community Hospital Health System’s Community Care Network, this program allows students to gain supervised clinical experience while working with community members to support their health and wellness goals. Rather than simply observing healthcare, students become active participants in patient-centered care while working alongside healthcare professionals.
Build experience that matters.
Preparing for a health profession requires much more than completing prerequisite courses. Throughout your time at Wooster, you'll have opportunities to connect classroom learning with real-world practice through clinical experiences, research, service, and community engagement.
Students participate in physician shadowing, health-related volunteer work, undergraduate research, and the Health Coach Program, gaining firsthand experience with patients while developing communication, leadership, and problem-solving skills.
Students interested in specific healthcare professions can also pursue specialized advising for medicine, dentistry, veterinary medicine, physician assistant studies, and other health careers.
Students interested in dentistry may also explore Wooster's accelerated Seven-Year Pre-Dental/D.D.S. partnership with Case Western Reserve University.
Ready to Explore Pre-Health?
Whether you're just beginning to explore healthcare careers or already know exactly where you want to go, Wooster's Pre-Health Advising Program provides the mentorship, experiences, and individualized guidance to help you prepare for the next step.
Career Opportunities
Wooster’ Pre-Health Advising prepares students for graduate and professional programs leading to careers across the healthcare field.
Wooster graduates have continued their education at institutions including Case Western Reserve University School of Medicine, Duke University School of Medicine, Ohio University Heritage College of Osteopathic Medicine, The University of Toledo College of Medicine and Life Sciences, New York University College of Dentistry, and The Ohio State University College of Veterinary Medicine, among many others.
Because students can major in nearly any discipline, they enter healthcare careers with broad perspectives, strong communication skills, and the ability to think across disciplines.
Students pursue careers such as:
Physician (M.D. or D.O.)
Dentist
Veterinarian
Physician Assistant
Physical Therapist
Occupational Therapist
Nurse
Optometrist
Public Health Professional
Genetic Counselor
And many other health professions
