{"id":63,"date":"2020-01-06T15:09:04","date_gmt":"2020-01-06T20:09:04","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.transy.edu\/academics\/?page_id=63"},"modified":"2025-08-07T14:23:39","modified_gmt":"2025-08-07T18:23:39","slug":"preprofessional","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.transy.edu\/academics\/find-your-major\/preprofessional\/","title":{"rendered":"Preprofessional"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"h-prepare-for-your-career\">Prepare for your career<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>Many of our students pursue careers in law, medicine, engineering or accounting. A degree from Transylvania helps to open doors. Academic rigor, leadership and community service opportunities combine with specific coursework and advising to prepare you for a variety of professions and to stand out in your applications to graduate programs.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"h-medicine-or-other-health-related-careers\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.transy.edu\/academics\/program\/pre-health-programs\/\">Medicine or other health\u2011related careers<\/a><\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p>From dentistry to pharmacy to veterinary medicine, Transylvania prepares you for post-graduate studies. Faculty members who serve on the&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.transy.edu\/academics\/program\/pre-health-programs\/advisory-committee\/\">Pre-Health Advisory Committee<\/a>&nbsp;guide students as they navigate their career options, course schedules, extracurricular activities and the application process for their chosen professional program. Students are exposed to a wide range of career possibilities and begin to understand the interdependence of the various fields.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-group stat-graphics is-content-justification-space-between is-layout-flex wp-container-core-group-is-layout-6c6ab0ef wp-block-group-is-layout-flex\" style=\"padding-top:30px;padding-right:0px;padding-bottom:30px;padding-left:0px\">\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full is-resized\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.transy.edu\/academics\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2023\/08\/more-than-90-percent-of-our-students-recommended-to-medical-schools-admitted.svg\" alt=\"more than 90 percent of our students recommended to medical schools and other health professions programs are admitted\" class=\"wp-image-7993\" style=\"width:320px;height:306px\"\/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full is-resized\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.transy.edu\/academics\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2023\/08\/100-percent-of-students-recommended-to-law-school-accepted.svg\" alt=\"100 percent of our students recommended to law schools are accepted\" class=\"wp-image-7992\" style=\"width:320px;height:undefinedpx\"\/><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"h-law\"><a href=\"\/academics\/program\/pre-law-program\/\">Law<\/a><\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p>Nearly any major offered provides a rigorous course of study suitable for students interested in a law career. We also offer a May term course that will help prepare you for the LSAT.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"h-engineering\"><a href=\"\/academics\/program\/pre-engineering-program\/\">Engineering<\/a><\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p>If your goal is to work in an engineering field, Transylvania offers two tracks to prepare for a career:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ol class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>In the 3-2 arrangement, students will be enrolled at Transy for 3 years and then enroll at the University of Kentucky for 2 years. Upon completion of their B.S. degree in engineering from UK, they will then also be awarded their B.A. degree from Transy with a major in either physics or liberal studies.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>If you prefer to stay on Transylvania&#8217;s campus all four years, you can take up to six engineering courses at the University of Kentucky College of Engineering as part of your undergraduate study and be fully prepared to enter a master&#8217;s or doctoral engineering program\u2014at the institution of your choice\u2014upon graduation. With this plan, it&#8217;s typical to complete a bachelor&#8217;s degree and a master&#8217;s degree in five years.<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"h-accounting\"><a href=\"\/academics\/program\/accounting-major\/\">Accounting<\/a><\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p>Because of our innovative curriculum and the rigor of the program, our four-year accounting graduates can sit for the CPA exam without having to earn a graduate degree. 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