Pre-Professional Programs

Health Careers  

Undergraduate programs of study at St. Lawrence lead to professional training and degrees in medicine, dentistry, optometry, nursing, pharmacy, physical therapy, physician assistant fields, podiatry, and veterinary medicine, as well as allied health fields. For more information see https://www.stlawu.edu/offices/biology/pre-health-program-php or seek advice from a member of the Health Careers Committee. See also Pre-professional and combined programs on the majors, minors, and programs webpage: https://www.stlawu.edu/academics.  

Law 

Students who are interested in law (or law in combination with business, public service, social work, and other fields) will be well served by the academic programs and pre-law advising at St. Lawrence. St. Lawrence has a LEAP (Law Early Admissions Program) agreement with Cornell University Law School, which allows a qualifying student to complete their studies at St. Lawrence early to begin law school. For additional information on law school advising and the Cornell LEAP, see https://www.stlawu.edu/offices/academic-advising/pre-law.   

Engineering Combined Programs  

Students can combine a liberal arts education with an engineering degree through St. Lawrence’s combined engineering program with five engineering schools (Clarkson University, Columbia University, Dartmouth College, Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute, and the University of Rochester).  

Visit the Engineering Combined Programs web site at https://www.stlawu.edu/offices/engineering-combined-programs.  

Combined or Accelerated Graduate Business Programs  

St. Lawrence University has agreements with the graduate schools at Clarkson University, Rochester Institute of Technology, Syracuse University, and Union College that allow students to plan their undergraduate program to include courses that serve as foundation courses for graduate study in business and/or finance. For more information visit https://www.stlawu.edu/offices/masters-business-combined-programs.  

Education 

St. Lawrence University offers undergraduate courses that provide a pathway to careers in education. 

The educational studies minor prepares students for a diversity of rewarding postgraduate opportunities. Recent educational studies graduates have attained jobs in educational policy or higher education administration and worked at educational nonprofits and museums. By minoring in educational studies students are in a position to: begin teaching at independent schools; attain teaching fellowships that lead to teacher certification; seek careers in education-related fields, such as educational policy, educational nonprofits, and corporate training; apply to leading graduate schools of education; and seek post-baccalaureate certification to become a public school teacher or school leader. For more information about this minor, see the Education section of the university catalog or visit the Education Department's website (https://www.stlawu.edu/offices/education). 

St. Lawrence also offers a master's degree that focuses on leadership studies for students interested in a variety of careers in education, coaching, and leadership broadly. For more information, see the Education Department’s web page at https://www.stlawu.edu/academics/programs/educational-studies or https://www.stlawu.edu/offices/graduate-programs.