Pre-Health Post Graduate Partnerships
Washington College has post-graduate partnerships with four different universities that can lead to five different degrees, including programs in athletic training, biomedical, medicine and dentistry, and nursing.
Partnership with Bridgewater College Master of Science in Athletic Training (MSAT) Program
As a health care professional, athletic trainers help athletes identify injuries related to physical activity, manage and rehabilitate developing, acute, and chronic injuries. Athletic trainers work with athletes and sometimes employees to help improve performance and to prevent injury. Athletic trainers work with individuals in environments like sport medicine facilities, high school, college, and university athletic centers. They are also being brought into large warehouse environments where employees have higher rates of on the job injury due to lifting so that the athletic trainers can assist them in recovery and prevention.
Students interested in pursuing a career in Athletic Training may streamline their career training by matriculating from Washington College to the Bridgewater College, Master of Science in Athletic Training Program (MSAT). Students interested in Bridgewater's MSAT program can choose any major at Washington College provided they complete the proper prerequisite courses. Students interested in the program may apply via Bridgewater's Early Acceptance Option as a junior or via the Guaranteed Consideration Option as a senior. To be considered for admission, students must maintain a cumulative grade-point average of at least 2.7 and earn a grade of “C” or better in the required prerequisite courses.
Partnership with Georgetown University Medical Center in Washington, D.C., Biomedical Graduate Education
Washington College students who are interested in pursuing a master's degree in a range of biomedical science and research disciplines can take advantage of a partnership with Georgetown University Medical Center in Washington, D.C., which enables qualified Washington graduates to receive a partial percent tuition discount for any master's programs offered through Biomedical Graduate Education (excluding online programs). These programs are attractive for students seeking a career in health-related and biomedical science and research or the science and technology side of emerging social health issues.
There is a wide offering of master's programs available, ranging from Biotechnology to Integrative Neuroscience. Programs focused on areas related to the basic sciences and for students interested in pursuing medical school include Biochemistry & Molecular Biology, Microbiology & Immunology, Pharmacology, Physiology, the Special Master's in Physiology, and Tumor Biology.
Learn more about our partnership with Georgetown
Partnership with Lake Erie College of Osteopathic Medicine (LECOM) Medical & Dental Schools
Washington College is an affiliate school for the Lake Erie College of Osteopathic Medicine (LECOM) Early Admission Program (EAP) for medical school and dental school. Interested students apply to the program through LECOM in their senior year of high school or in their first or second years of study at Washington College (so long as they have accumulated no more than 65 undergraduate credits).
Students applying for the program while in high school or with fewer than 30 undergraduate credit hours must meet specific high school grade-point average requirements AND SAT or ACT score requirements. Students applying for the program with between 30 and 65 undergraduate credits must meet specific undergraduate grade-point average requirements AND SAT or ACT requirements. Interviews with LECOM are required of all eligible applicants to determine selection. Successful applicants will be granted conditional acceptance to LECOM for matriculation in the fall following their graduation for Washington College.
Those students selected by LECOM for the EAP for medical school are exempted from taking the MCAT. All students selected by LECOM for the EAP for dental school are still required to take the DAT and meet a minimum academic average score and minimum section scores to maintain their acceptance. Students in both programs must maintain specific undergraduate and undergraduate science GPAs in order to maintain their acceptance.
Students in LECOM's EAP are required to major in a physical science and fulfill all the requirements for that major in addition to the course requirements for the program and Washington College's general distribution requirements.
Learn more about our partnership with Lecom
Partnership with School of Nursing at John Hopkins University
Students who have majored in a non-nursing discipline and decide to pursue nursing after they complete their undergraduate degree can complete a Master of Science in nursing at Johns Hopkins in five semesters. They are then prepared to take the nursing licensing exam to become an RN—or to continue studies toward an advanced degree.
Students must have a cumulative GPA of 3.2 and have completed several specific courses with a B or better for admission. Johns Hopkins will provide Washington College with an advisor to meet with interested WC students to help them during the admissions process, and scholarships and financial aid are available. This program emphasizes leadership and inclusivity within the humanities, creating an excellent choice for students who take an interest in nursing later on in their undergraduate career.