
Health & Wellness
This ever-changing field stretches beyond traditional medical clinics to include hands-on patient care and mental health support, cutting-edge laboratory research, data management, and community advocacy. Whether you want to practice clinical medicine, support holistic well-being, engineer life-saving medical devices, or improve health equity, health and wellness has something for you.
Here, you’ll find career paths relating to:
- Clinical & specialized care: medicine, nursing, physician assistant, pharmacy, physical therapy, dentistry, and specialized medical technology.
- Mental health & holistic well-being: counseling, social work, rehabilitation psychology, child life specialist roles, and health promotion.
- Laboratory, research & innovation: biochemistry, pharmacology, biomedical engineering, medical laboratory science, and animal biosciences.
- Administration, communication & policy: healthcare management, health data analytics, medical illustration, and public health advocacy.
If you are a natural caregiver, a scientific thinker, or you want to advocate for patient and community wellbeing, check out the links here.
*Indicates a career-based guide. Other guides are organized around majors or fields of study.
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Anesthesiologist Assistant*
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Animal & Veterinary Biosciences
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Athletic Training*
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Audiology*
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Biochemistry
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Biology
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Biomedical Engineering
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Cardiovascular Perfusion*
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Child Life Specialist*
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Chiropractic*
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Clinical Psychology*
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Community & Environmental Sociology
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Cytology*
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Dairy & Food Animal Management
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Dance
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Dental Therapy*
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Dentistry*
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Diagnostic Medical Sonography/Ultrasound Technology*
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Doula*
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Entomology
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Environmental Engineering
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Food Science
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Genetic Counseling*
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Genetics & Genomics
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Global Health
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Healthcare Administration*
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Healthcare Consulting*
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Health Information & Data*
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Health Promotion & Health Equity
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Histotechnology*
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Human Development & Family Studies
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Kinesiology
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Lactation Consultant*
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Life Sciences Communication
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Medical Device Sales*
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Medical Dosimetry*
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Medical Illustration*
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Medical Laboratory Science*
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Medicine*
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Mental Health Counseling*
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Mental Health: General*
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Mircobiology
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Midwifery*
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MRI Technologist*
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Nuclear Engineering
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Nuclear Medicine Technologist*
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Nursing
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Nutritional Sciences
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Nutritional Sciences/Dietetics
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Occupational Therapy*
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Optometry*
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Pathologist Assistant*
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Pharmacology & Toxicology
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Pharmacy*
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Physical Therapy*
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Physician Assistant*
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Plant Pathology
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Podiatry*
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Prosthetist & Orthotist*
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Public Health*
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Public Policy*
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Public Policy: State & Local, Federal, International (SuccessWorks)*
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Quality Assurance & Control*
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Radiation Therapy*
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Radiologic Technologist*
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Registered Dietician Nutritionist*
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Rehabilitation Psychology
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Respiratory Therapy*
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School Psychology*
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Science & Medical Writing*
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Scientific Research & Development*
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Social Work (CPHA)*
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Social Work (SuccessWorks)*
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Speech-Language & Hearing*
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Speech Language Pathology*
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Veterinary Medicine*
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Working Abroad*
Not finding information for an L&S major? Check out What Can You Do With Your Major? from L&S SuccessWorks.
Next Steps
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