Do you feel a calling to serve as a medical professional? At Asbury, we encourage you to follow the call to serve God’s people. Our various pre-health professions programs can help you discern your vocation within the scope of medicine, and our rich academics will allow you to meet and exceed application expectations. Each Asbury University Health Professions program is designed to help you customize your medical career.
Asbury University offers over 130 areas of study and a liberal arts curriculum, Foundations, which allows each student to explore a broad range of engaging areas of study. In most cases, it is possible to take the courses required for admission to medical school, in addition to the courses required for a major, and still graduate in 4 years. If you choose to major in the sciences, the majority of the premedical requirements are already included in the major.
Preparing for various graduate school programs involves taking different courses and following different timelines. For more information about preparing for specific careers while at Asbury, please visit one of the links below.
Nearly 100% of students in Asbury’s pre-health professions programs who apply, including pre-pharmacy students, receive acceptance to graduate or professional programs. Our students can even benefit from an early acceptance agreement with select schools in numerous fields!
Prepare for medical school with a solid foundation in sciences and personalized advising. Our graduates have a high acceptance rate into medical programs.
Asbury University has contractual agreements with certain schools of medicine where students can gain early acceptance to either Lake Erie College of Osteopathic Medicine or the Northern Kentucky campus of the University of Kentucky College of Medicine. Specific requirements are required for acceptance into these early admission programs.
Sharpen your skills for dental school with targeted courses and hands-on experiences. We offer guidance to ensure you’re ready to ace dental program applications.
Asbury University has contractual agreements with the Bradenton, FL campus of Lake Erie College of Osteopathic Medicine – College of Dentistry where students can gain early acceptance into their D.M.D program by meeting specific requirements
Start your nursing journey with our pre-nursing track, featuring essential coursework and clinical exposure. We also have a partnership with the University of Kentucky for a seamless transition into their nursing program.
Asbury has arrangements with the UK College of Nursing, the EKU School of Nursing, and with the IWU School of Nursing for accepting qualified Asbury students, but students may attend other nursing schools to complete the nursing credits.
Students may transfer to other approved nursing schools, although there is no agreement on admission or programs at these other schools. The Asbury University degree is completed by the official transfer of the first 30 credits of nursing courses. Degrees and requirements for the other nursing schools vary. The school must be approved for use in the Pre-Nursing degree program.
Students may complete the Pre-Nursing requirements and seek admission to a nursing program without completing Asbury’s three year Pre-Nursing curriculum and Foundations requirements. This option will not lead to a degree from Asbury, so no transfer of nursing courses is needed.
Asbury University’s pre-pharmacy program will prepare you for continuing your education toward becoming a pharmacist with targeted prerequisite courses and career preparation opportunities. We have early acceptance agreements with schools like the University of Kentucky and Lake Erie College of Osteopathic Medicine.
If you are interested in the fast-paced and high-demand field of veterinary medicine, our pre-vet program offers the prerequisites and experiences needed for vet school applications. We provide personalized advising to help you succeed and navigate the various course and experiential requirements for your preferred veterinary schools!
Asbury University offers a tailored pre-physical therapy preparation program to that allows undergraduate students gain the academic and hands-on experience necessary to be eligible for admission to competitive Doctor of Physical Therapy (DPT) degree programs.
Explore other healthcare paths like optometry, podiatry, or chiropractic medicine. We offer guidance and coursework to prepare you for these specialized fields.
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Asbury’s courses were extremely thorough and covered advanced materials that directly applied to my courses in physical therapy school. The professors held me to a high standard of academic excellence that prepared me for graduate school. Their support and encouragement helped to kindle my love of learning."
My Asbury advisor was incredible and really helped me develop a tailored curriculum which both taught me time management and responsibility. Dentistry has been an incredible way to change people’s lives with an incredible work-life balance."
For more details on each health profession pathway contact our Health Professions Advisor, Dr. Bruce Branan, who will be pleased to assist you. Another place you are encouraged to visit is our the Catalyst Center for Applied Learning.