[ Center for the Health Professions ]

Careers in Health Care

Health care professions are today's hottest — and best-paying-careers. In fact, eight of today's 10 fastest growing professions are in health care, according to the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics. At the Center for the Health Professions, we'll help you choose a career path — and then prepare for it.

Below are just a few of today's exciting health professions. To find out more about careers in health care, see Web Resources.

• Athletic training
• Audiology
• Chiropractic medicine
• Clinical lab science
• Dentistry
• Diagnostic medical sonography
• Exercise science 
• Genetic counseling
• Histotechnology
• Medical illustration
• Medical laboratory work
• Medicine
• Music therapy
• Nursing
• Nutrition
• Nuclear medicine technology
• Occupational therapy
• Optometry
• Orthopedics
• Pathology
• Pharmacy
• Physical therapy
• Physician assistant 
• Podiatry
• Public health administration
• Radiation therapy
• Recreational therapy
• Respiratory therapy
• Social work
• Speech-language pathology
• Therapeutic recreation specialist
• Veterinary medicine