Practical Experience in Health Professions From the Start

Prepare for a Career in Health Care

Health care careers are among the most popular at Saint Louis University — for good reason. The U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics projects that employment in health care occupations will grow much faster than the average for all occupations through 2033.

Saint Louis University has a dedicated college for health sciences — the Doisy College of Health Sciences, named for the Nobel Prize-winning SLU professor who discovered vitamin K — and for nursing — the Trudy Busch Valentine School of Nursing — but you'll also find health-related careers in schools throughout campus.

Graduate Ready for Your Career in Health Care

As a health care major at SLU, you'll be practicing your skills in some of the best hospitals and clinical sites available. Our health care programs take you from the classroom into high-tech learning labs and straight into contact with real patients and health care situations as an undergraduate.

Junior and senior year are all hands-on, clinical experiences as well as experience in the kitchen. Everything you learn in class, you put it to work."

Lissane Kafie, Nutrition and Dietetics Major

Where Do SLU's Health Care Alumni Work?

According to data collected by Saint Louis University Career Services, top employers for recent graduates of SLU's health care programs include:

Health Care Careers by the Numbers

1.9M

job openings in health care expected annually through 2033*

$88180

median annual wage for magnetic resonance imaging technologists in May 2024*

14%

growth expected in physical therapist careers by 2033*

18%

growth expected in speech-language pathologist careers by 2033*