Pre-Health Careers
Pre-Health Careers
A team of faculty advises and guides interested students toward meeting the expectations and requirements of medical, dental, pharmacy, veterinary, optometry, physical therapy, occupational therapy, nurse practitioner and physician assistant school. Wofford’s rigorous liberal arts curriculum, with a variety of opportunities like study abroad and January Interim clinical internships, prepares students to apply to these schools.
Meet Holland Anderson ’24
Holland Anderson was a pre-medicine student who graduated with a B.S in biology and a B.A. in Spanish. She took advantage of the college’s global and community opportunities by spending a semester abroad in Chile and holding leadership positions in Wofford’s student-led clubs and organizations. She is currently a medical student at the Edward Via College of Osteopathic Medicine.
Meet Grayson Bateman ’24
Grayson Bateman is a first-generation college graduate who earned his degree in biology with a pre-pharmacy focus. He is currently pursuing his doctorate in pharmacy at Mercer University in Atlanta. Bateman works as a pharmacy intern at CVS and plans to complete a residency following his graduation in May 2028.
Wofford currently has pre-health careers graduates attending:
Duke University School of Medicine
Emory University School of Medicine
Indiana University School of Medicine
Medical University of South Carolina
University of Kentucky
University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine
University of South Carolina School of Medicine
University of Tennessee
University of Texas Southwestern
Wake Forest University School of Medicine
Pre-health careers students have interned with:
Cincinnati Children’s Hospital
Harvard Medical School
Johns Hopkins University
Massachusetts Institute of Technology
National Institutes of Health
Nationwide Children’s Hospital
Oak Ridge National Laboratories
Prisma Health
Spartanburg Regional Healthcare System
St. Jude Children’s Research Hospital
St. Luke’s Free Medical Clinic
University of South Carolina School of Medicine
University of Texas Health Sciences Center