Bachelor of Science - Health Sciences Pre-Professional Program

If you aspire to a career as a physician, physician’s assistant, dentist, optometrist, veterinarian or another health professional, Wilkes University’s Health Sciences Pre-Professional Program can provide the guidance and experiences you need to advance no matter your academic major.

Hands-on research, personalized attention, and tailored advising for health sciences students prepare you for the competitive application process and rigours of medical, dental and other professional schools.

Wilkes University has a long tradition of educating students who become health care professionals in various community settings. Our strengths in the sciences and the humanities can make you a competitive candidate for professional schools.

The Health Sciences Program at Wilkes offers you a broad choice of professions:

Medical Laboratory Science

Pre-Dental

Pre-Medical: Allopathic of Osteopathic

Pre-Occupational Therapy

Pre-Optometry

Pre-Physical Therapy

Pre-Physician Assistant

Pre-Podiatry

Pre-Veterinary

More than 90% of students who have strong academic and service records, complete the premedical core, and receive letters of evaluation from the Health Sciences Committee, are accepted into professional schools.