Ashland University provides excellent preparation for multiple health-related careers. We offer a number of strong pre-professional programs designed to prepare students for careers in medicine, physical therapy, and other health fields including:
- Pre-Medicine
- Pre-Physical Therapy
- Pre-Veterinary Medicine
- Pre-Dentistry
- Pre-Optometery
- Pre-Pharmacy
- Pre-Medical Technology (in affiliation with the Cooperative Medical Technology Program of Akron)
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Contact Pre-professional Sciences
Dr. Mason Posner
Chair, Biology/Toxicology Department
mposner@ashland.edu
Dr. Jeffrey Weidenhamer
Chair, Chemistry/Geology/Physics Department
jweiden@ashland.edu
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Recommended majors for pre-professional programs include Biology, Biochemistry, Chemistry, and Toxicology. These majors will give you the flexibility to apply to professional programs, graduate programs, or to gain employment immediately following graduation.
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Why Ashland University?
- Outstanding faculty, all with PhDs, mentor students and take an active interest in their success.
- Ashland University offers small class sizes, and all science labs are taught by professors.
- Coursework stresses critical thinking and problem solving, skills that are essential for admission to and success in medical school and other professional programs.
- You will work in newly renovated laboratories with cutting edge instrumentation.
- Opportunities to conduct one-on-one research with faculty will further develop your critical thinking and communication skills, and set you apart when applying to professional schools. Faculty/student research is funded by the National Institutes of Health and the National Science Foundation.
- Our students regularly present the results of their research at regional and national conferences and co-author scientific papers with faculty.
- Strong advising by science faculty to guide you through the process of preparing for and applying to professional schools.
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Our Students Have High Acceptance Rates
Our graduates go on to every professional school in the State of Ohio, as well as excellent schools throughout the country, including:
- The Ohio State University
- Case Western Reserve University
- Oregon Health Sciences University
- The University of Cincinnati
- The University of Toledo
- Loma Linda University School of Medicine
- Medical College of Wisconsin
- Northeastern Ohio Universities College of Medicine
- Wright State University
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