{"id":417,"date":"2014-06-05T11:21:17","date_gmt":"2014-06-05T15:21:17","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/swtemp.org\/science_math_dept\/?page_id=417"},"modified":"2026-03-08T15:34:35","modified_gmt":"2026-03-08T15:34:35","slug":"pre-chiropractic","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/sw.edu\/science-pre-med\/pre-chiropractic\/","title":{"rendered":"Pre-Chiropractic"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Sherman College of Chiropractic Reserved Student Placement<\/h2>\n <\/div>\n
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You can start on your pre-chiropractic degree by completing the Associate of Arts and Sciences Degree with a major in Science, Specialization: Pre-Medical at SWCC. After completing an Associate’s degree, you will continue your pre-chiropractic studies by transferring to a four-year school. Currently, chiropractic candidates are not required to have a bachelor’s degree before entering chiropractic school. However, many students do complete a bachelor’s program.<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

A minimum of 90 semester hours of undergraduate coursework is required for acceptance into a chiropractic program.<\/strong> You can declare a major in any subject at a four-year school to obtain a Bachelor of Science Degree, which will require an additional two years. Your chosen major does not determine your success in being accepted to a chiropractic school. After being accepted to chiropractic school, it typically takes four years to earn a Doctor of Chiropractic (D.C.), but programs vary in length.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Early in your academic career, you will need to research some of the chiropractic schools you are interested in attending in order to ensure you will meet all their criteria for admission. Some basic factors are:<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n