Chiropractic
Chiropractic care is a health care discipline that emphasizes the power of the body to heal itself without the use of drugs or surgery.
Chiropractic doctors diagnose and treat patients whose health problems are associated with the body’s muscular, nervous and skeletal systems.
The Career Center's Guide to Chiropractic
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Academic Preparation
How to get into Chiropractic School?
Admissions
- Chiropractic education programs have rolling admissions throughout the year
- Operate on semesters, trimesters, and quarters.
Entrance requirements
- At least 3 years of undergraduate education
- Most require a bachelor’s degree.
- Given number of prerequisite courses, as defined by the Council on Chiropractic Education (CCE), an accrediting agency of the US Department of Education.
Standard Requirements
- Must have completed 90 semester hours or the equivalent of 3 academic years of undergraduate study at an institution accredited by a U.S. Department of Education agency or an equivalent foreign agency.
- Grade point average (GPA) must be at least 3.0 or greater on a 4.0 scale.
- 90 hours include a minimum of 24 semester hours in life and physical science courses.
- At least half of these courses will have a substantive laboratory component.
- A well-rounded general education program in the humanities and social sciences, and other coursework needed by the DCP.
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