Pre-Professional and Dual-Degree Programs

Health careers involve the unique integration of scientific knowledge and human concern to help people when they are most vulnerable. The philosophy of St. Lawrence’s Pre-Health Program is that future healthcare practitioners can develop these skills by completing rigorous scientific coursework, engaging in volunteer and service activities, and shadowing healthcare providers to identify a health career that best fits them.

Faculty and staff involved in our Pre-Health Program will take the time to get to know you as an individual, understand what you’re looking for in a future career, and help you identify options that best fit your interests, academic performance, and goals. The Pre-Health Program offers services such as advising, information sessions, health careers committee interviews, and committee letters to support your applications.

Career paths supported by the Pre-Health Program include:

• Pre-Medicine       
• Pre-Physician Assistant   
• Pre-Nursing       
• Pre-Dental   
• Pre-Physical Therapy       
• Pre-Pharmacy     
• Pre-Veterinarian 
• Other Health Careers

Learn About Our Pre-Health Program

Law schools don’t require a particular major, which is why your liberal arts background and the skills you hone at St. Lawrence will set you up for success. We encourage you to take foundational courses in the humanities, sciences, social sciences, and the arts while pursuing degree programs in economics, government, and history.

We offer a number of courses and majors that will prepare you for the demands of studying law such as expository writing, sustained research, and the analysis of arguments. Courses in reasoning and symbolic logic are also helpful in preparing for the Law School Admission Test (LSAT).

Our Academic Advising and Center for Career Excellence teams can share more information about the LSAT and our Pre-Law Advising Committee, which provides briefings periodically for students at all levels of preparation.

The St. Lawrence University-Cornell Law School Scholarship Fund 

A scholarship is awarded to one St. Lawrence student per year who is accepted to and enrolls in Cornell Law School.

Learn About Pre-Law Advising

We have an agreement with the University of San Francisco (USF) that gives qualified St. Lawrence students the opportunity to pursue a Master of Science in Data Science (MSDS). 

Under this agreement, USF gives priority admission to qualified St. Lawrence students, waives the application fee, waives the GRE requirement, and offers a minimum of a  four-unit scholarship in recognition of the preparation offered at St. Lawrence before arrival.

Learn About Data Science

Engineers in today’s world need strong communication and critical thinking skills you will hone through virtually any of St. Lawrence’s programs. St. Lawrence offers combined programs with engineering programs at:

• Columbia University
• Dartmouth College
• Clarkson University
• Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute
• University of Rochester

You will start your journey at St. Lawrence and complete it at one of these institutions, and then earn degrees from both.

At St. Lawrence, you will likely major in either mathematics, physics, or chemistry (though other options are possible). At the partner engineering institution, the student pursues an engineering discipline of their choice, such as mechanical, biomedical, civil, environmental, chemical, or electrical engineering. 

Learn About Engineering

St. Lawrence offers a “fast track” to a Master of Business Administration (MBA) degree with neighboring Clarkson University. This special program gives you the opportunity to combine four years at St. Lawrence, during which you complete a prescribed protocol of courses (including some at Clarkson), that qualifies you for one year in Clarkson’s MBA program. You will earn your undergraduate degree from St. Lawrence and your MBA from Clarkson in five years rather than the usual six or more. 

We also have a relationship with Syracuse University for a 4+1 master’s program in finance and the Rochester Institute of Technology for an accelerated MBA program.

Learn About MBA Options

St. Lawrence has an early acceptance agreement with the University of Rochester Accelerated Nursing Program. Through this agreement, you'll complete your bachelor's degree at St. Lawrence and continue your studies at the University of Rochester if accepted. There, you'll complete additional credit hours offered in one calendar year to achieve a Bachelor of Science in Nursing. 

Faculty members from our Health Careers Committee will guide you through planning your academic adventure to ensure you take the required courses.

Learn About Nursing

St. Lawrence has an articulation agreement with the University at Buffalo School of Pharmacy and Pharmaceutical Sciences that enables St. Lawrence students to complete three years of pre-requisite courses at St. Lawrence before entering the four-year Doctor of Pharmacy (PharmD) program. 

You will benefit from the mentorship of the faculty on the Health Careers Committee who will work to ensure careful course planning includes the several required courses and prerequisites. You will also need to complete a Health Careers Committee Interview to obtain a letter of recommendation during February or March of your sophomore spring semester. 

Learn About Pharmacy

Both Army and Air Force Reserve Officer Training Corps (ROTC and AFROTC) programs are offered at nearby Clarkson University and St. Lawrence students are invited to join the Golden Knight Battalion. 

Learn About Army ROTC 

Learn About Air Force ROTC