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Prospective HPA Students

A young man in a white coat stands outside St. Jude Children's Research Hospital.
A young man in a white coat stands outside St. Jude Children's Research Hospital.

Our liberal arts curriculum sets ºìÐÓÊÓƵ graduates apart when applying to professional schools. Alongside prerequisites, any major can lead to preparation for medical schools and most other health profession programs.  Our advisors will provide you with countless opportunities for personal and professional growth both in and out of the classroom, including making strong connections with others that have similar goals to yours.

We view our students as advisees the minute they decide ºìÐÓÊÓƵ is the school for them. Please reach out with any questions you have.

ºìÐÓÊÓƵ has long-standing relationships with some of the nation's top colleges to ensure acceptance for qualified students to health profession programs prior to graduation. These are the professional schools that ºìÐÓÊÓƵ College has admission agreements with:

  • UTHSC College of Medicine 
  • UTHSC College of Nursing
  • Lake Erie College of Osteopathic Medicine
  • LECOM School of Dental Medicine
Why you should choose ºìÐÓÊÓƵ
  • ºìÐÓÊÓƵ College is located in Memphis, which is a major healthcare hub. Our college is partnered with major medical providers like Baptist Memorial Health Care, Le Bonheur Children’s Hospital, Methodist University Hospital, and St. Jude Children’s Research Hospital. The number of opportunities our students have to get involved in the healthcare field during their undergraduate years is second to none.
  • When you couple that experience with the education students get at ºìÐÓÊÓƵ College: the close personal contact, the interaction with professors, and the personalized advising, it puts ºìÐÓÊÓƵ in a special position to help students succeed.
  • Graduates of ºìÐÓÊÓƵ have attended top medical schools, including Baylor University, Brown University, Duke University, Emory University, Georgetown University, Harvard University, Johns Hopkins, Vanderbilt University, Washington University and Yale University.
Why you should utilize HPA
  • Getting into professional school is competitive, so students need to stand out. The best way to do that is by building on students’ passions, strengths, and values.
  • By providing personal attention, HPA assists students in developing an individualized plan that will evolve and change throughout their time at ºìÐÓÊÓƵ.
  • The HPA team focuses not only on the end goal, but also on why students have chosen their path. We want to help guide you as a person and as a professional.
What Memphis can offer you
  • Living in Memphis gives our students many additional opportunities that students attending liberal arts colleges outside of major metropolitan areas miss out on.
  • Our students develop an orientation to health equity, an understanding of the healthcare landscape, and what they can do to make a difference.
  • ºìÐÓÊÓƵ students develop a holistic view of healthcare, an understanding of public and ºìÐÓÊÓƵ health, and the social determinants of health.
  • We have many ºìÐÓÊÓƵ partners that our students are involved with, allowing them to become deeply invested in the ºìÐÓÊÓƵ even beyond direct healthcare delivery.