Health Science Degrees

If you're passionate about helping others, serving communities, and championing fair and empathetic healthcare, our health science degree programs are the perfect fit for your future.

The School of Health Sciences at Whitworth University offers a distinctive and egalitarian approach to education. As a health sciences student you will benefit from our programs' focus on evidence-based learning, advocacy and compassion, and interdisciplinary exploration.

Explore our mission-driven health sciences degrees including our full-time, day programs in:

• Undergraduate Health Sciences Department (B.S.)
• Doctor of Occupational Therapy (OTD)
• Doctor of Physical Therapy Program (DPT)

When you graduate with your degree from Whitworth University School of Health Sciences, employers recognize you're a trained professional who will blend scientific expertise with a commitment to just and compassionate care for all people.

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Discover the Advantages of Our Health Science Degree Programs

Located in beautiful Spokane, Wash., our city is a destination for the healthcare industry. In fact, Spokane is the largest healthcare and medical hub from Seattle to Minneapolis, serving 1.2 million people. With nine hospitals and over 4,000 health-related businesses in the region, you'll have plenty of opportunities to explore health science careers and pursue internships.

Here on campus, our Dornsife Health Sciences Building includes an 1,800 square-foot human performance lab which houses state-of-the-art equipment for assessing health- and performance-related physiology. The space also includes a motion analysis research lab, exercise physiology lab, anatomy lab and simulation labs.

Whitworth School of Health Sciences faculty are dedicated to living out our mind-and-heart mission and preparing students for committed lives of service in health science careers. To help you succeed as you pursue your health sciences degree, you will have a faculty advisor throughout your heath science degree program.

Health Science Careers: Explore the Value of a Health Science Degree from Whitworth

Our health science degree programs explore health sciences through the study of both natural and social sciences. After earning your degree, you emerge as an effective communicator who proactively assesses health and wellness.

We deliver an education of mind and heart that prepares you to treat others with empathy and provide ethically based care.

As a health sciences graduate, you can directly enter the workforce or enroll in further studies. Our undergraduate health science graduates have been accepted into many of the nation's top graduate programs in medicine, public health, exercise physiology and other evidence-based healthcare professions.