Pre-Health Careers & Outcomes
Pre-health programs can take you into one of the top careers in today’s job market. Healthcare continues to be one of the largest and continually growing industries. The U.S. News & World Report “Best Jobs in America 2022” includes a large percentage of health-related careers. Additionally, the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics projects 2.6 million new jobs in the healthcare industry before 2030. Demand will be compounded by an aging population and professionals leaving the profession.
There are dozens of healthcare careers to choose from, so it’s important to explore which path may be right for you. We encourage you to shadow someone in the profession you’re interested in. For example, if you think you’d like to be a veterinarian, you can ask to shadow a veterinarian near you, following them around to see what they do on a day-to-day basis.
If you’re not ready to shadow in a specific profession and want to do further research, check out the links to common healthcare careers below, or visit explorehealthcareers.org.
Common career options for Pre-Health degree graduates:
- Athletic trainer
- Audiologist
- Cardiovascular technologist/technician
- Chiropractor
- Dental assistant
- Dental hygienist
- Dentist
- Diagnostic medical sonographer
- Dietitian
- Emergency medical technician
- Exercise physiologist
- Genetic counselor
- Home health aide
- Laboratory technologist/technician
- Massage therapist
- Medical assistant
- Medical records and health information technician
- Medical transcriptionist
- Midwife
- Nuclear medicine technologist
- Nurse anesthetists
- Nurse practitioner
- Nursing assistant
- Nutritionist
- Occupational health and safety specialist
- Occupational health and safety technician
- Occupational therapist
- Occupational therapy assistant
- Optician
- Optometrist
- Orthodontist
- Paramedic
- Pharmacist
- Pharmacy technician
- Phlebotomist
- Physical therapist
- Physical therapy assistant
- Physician
- Podiatrist
- Prosthetist
- Psychiatrist
- Radiation therapist
- Radiologic/MRI technologist
- Recreational therapist
- Registered nurse
- Respiratory therapist
- Speech-language pathologist
- Surgeon
- Surgical technologist
- Veterinarian
- Veterinary assistant
- Veterinary technologist/technician
- Vocational nurse