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I Want to Be a Doctor... But Wait, I Forgot to Take Science!

So you decided you want to be a doctor after getting a degree in art history. Oops. But that's okay. A lot of schools offer post-baccalaureate pre-medical programs, like those listed here. Although some award a bachelor's or master's degree, most are certificate programs.

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• Accelerated Post-Baccalaureate Medical Sciences Certificate
• Basic Medical Sciences Interdisciplinary Program Accelerated Track (master's degree-granting program)
• Biomedical Sciences Program (master's degree-granting program)
• Bridge Program
• Medical Masters Program
• Post-Baccalaureate Precertification in Medical Science Master's Degree
• Adelphi University (Garden City, NY): Advanced Certificate in Basic Sciences for Health Professions
• Agnes Scott College (Decatur, GA): Post-Baccalaureate Premedical Program
• American University (Washington, DC): Post-Baccalaureate Premedical Certificate Program
• Armstrong Atlantic State University (Savannah, GA): Post-Baccalaureate Premedical Program
• Assumption College (Worcester, MA): Private Institution
• Avila University (Kansas City, MO): Post-Baccalaureate Premedical Program
• Barry University (Miami Shores, FL): Biomedical Sciences Master's Program
• Bennington College (Bennington, VT): Post-Baccalaureate Premedical Program
• Boston University (Boston, MA): Post-Baccalaureate Certificate in Premedical Studies
• Brandeis University (Waltham, MA): Post-Baccalaureate Certificate Program
• Bryn Mawr College (Bryn Mawr, PA): Post-Baccalaureate Premedical Program
• CUNY — City College (New York, NY): Post-Baccalaureate Premedical Program (bachelor's degree-granting program)
• CUNY — City College (New York, NY): The Program In Premedical Studies, Public Institution
• CUNY — Hunter College (New York, NY): Post-Baccalaureate Pre-Health Professions Program (bachelor's degree-granting program)
• California State University — Fullerton (Fullerton, CA): Pre-Health Professions Studies Certificate
• California State University — Los Angeles (Los Angeles, CA): Post-Baccalaureate Certificate Program for Pre-Health Professionals
• Carson–Newman College (Jefferson City, TN): Post-Baccalaureate Program
• Chapman University (Orange, CA): Post-Baccalaureate Premedical Program
• Charles R. Drew University of Medicine and Science (Los Angeles, CA): Post-Baccalaureate Certificate in Premedicine
• Columbia University (New York, NY): Post-Baccalaureate Premedical Program
• Creighton University (Omaha, NE): Premedical Post-Baccalaureate
• Dartmouth College (Hanover, NH): The Dartmouth Institute for Health Policy and Clinical Practice Master's (degree-granting program)
• Dominican University (River Forest, IL): Post-Baccalaureate Premedical Program
• Drexel University (Philadelphia, PA): Post-Baccalaureate Preprofessional Education Master's (degree-granting program)
• East Tennessee State University (Johnson City, TN): FasTrack Program
• Georgetown University (Washington, DC): Post-Baccalaureate Premedical Certificate Program
• Georgetown University (Washington, DC): Special Master's Program
• Goucher College (Baltimore, MD): Post-Baccalaureate Premedical Program
• Hampton University (Hampton, VA): Medical Science Program Master's (degree-granting program)
• Harvard University (Cambridge, MA): Health Careers Program (Private)
• Hofstra University (Hempstead, NY): Post-Baccalaureate Premedical Program
• Indiana University Bloomington (Bloomington, IN): Master of Science in Medical Science Program Master's Program
• Johns Hopkins University (Baltimore, MD): Post-Baccalaureate Premedical Program
• Lamar University (Beaumont, TX)
• Loyola Marymount University (Los Angeles, CA): Post-Baccalaureate Premedical Program
• Loyola University Chicago (Chicago, IL): Master of Arts in Medical Sciences One-Year Program
• Manhattanville College (Purchase, NY): Post-Baccalaureate Pre-Health Professions Program
• Midwestern University (Downers Grove, IL): Bachelor of Biomedical Sciences (degree-granting program)
• Midwestern University (Downers Grove, IL): Master of Biomedical Sciences Program, Private Institution (degree-granting program)
• Mills College (Oakland, CA): Post-Baccalaureate Program
• Mississippi College (Clinton, MS): Master of Medical Science
• Montana State University — Bozeman (Bozeman, MT): Post-Baccalaureate Premedical Certificate Program
• Mount Holyoke College (South Hadley, MA): Post-Baccalaureate Studies Program
• New York University (New York, NY): Post-Baccalaureate Pre-Health Studies Program
• Northwestern University (Evanston, IL): Premedical Professional Health Careers Program
• Pennsylvania State University — University Park (University Park, PA): Post-Baccalaureate Premedical Certificate Program
• Richard Stockton College of New Jersey (Pomona, NJ): Post-Baccalaureate Certificate Program in the Health Professions
• Rider University (Lawrenceville, NJ): Post-Baccalaureate Premedical Studies, Private Institution
• Rockhurst University (Kansas City, MO): Post-Baccalaureate Premedical Program, Private Institution
• Rutgers, the State University of New Jersey — New Brunswick (Piscataway, NJ): University College Post-Baccalaureate Pre-Health Program
• SUNY — Buffalo State College (Buffalo, NY): Interdisciplinary Bio-med/Oncology Master's Program
• SUNY — Stony Brook (Stony Brook, NY): Post-Baccalaureate Premedical Program
• San Diego State University (San Diego, CA): Preprofessional Health Advising Office
• San Francisco State University (San Francisco, CA): Health Professions Preparation and Reapplicant Program
• San Francisco State University (San Francisco, CA): Post-Baccalaureate Program
• San Francisco State University (San Francisco, CA): Pre-Health Professions Certificate Program
• Scripps College (Claremont, CA): Post-Baccalaureate Premedical Program, Private Institution
• Seattle University (Seattle, WA): Post-Baccalaureate Premedical Program
• Southern Illinois University — Carbondale (Carbondale, IL): School of Medicine: Medical/Dental Education Preparatory Program (MEDPREP)
• Temple University (Philadelphia, PA): Advanced Core in Medical Sciences Program
• Temple University (Philadelphia, PA): Basic Core in Medical Sciences Program
• Tufts University (Medford, MA): MS in Biomedical Sciences Master's Program
• Tufts University (Medford, MA): Post-Baccalaureate Premedical Program, Private Institution
• Tulane University (New Orleans, LA): Hayward Genetics Center One-Year Master's Degree Program
• University of California — Los Angeles (Los Angeles, CA): Reapplication Program
• University of California, Berkeley (Berkeley, CA): Post-Baccalaureate Pre-health Program
• University of California, Berkeley (Berkeley, CA): Post-Baccalaureate Pre-medical Program
• University of California, San Diego (La Jolla, CA): Reapplicant Post-Baccalaureate Program
• University of Cincinnati (Cincinnati, OH): Master of Science in Physiology (12-Month Premedical Program)
• University of Maryland, College Park (College Park, MD): Science in the Evening
• University of Massachusetts Boston (Boston, MA)
• University of Medicine and Dentistry of New Jersey (Newark, NJ): Masters in Biomedical Sciences
• University of Miami (Coral Gables, FL): Premedical Post-Baccalaureate Program, Private Institution
• University of North Carolina at Greensboro (Greensboro, NC): Premedical Program
• University of North Florida (Jacksonville, FL): Post-Baccalaureate Premedical Program
• University of Oregon (Eugene, OR): Post-Baccalaureate Premedical Program
• University of Pennsylvania (Philadelphia, PA): Post-Baccalaureate Pre-Health Program, Private Institution
• University of Pennsylvania (Philadelphia, PA): Post-Baccalaureate Special Sciences Program
• University of Pittsburgh (Pittsburgh, PA): Arts and Sciences Post-Baccalaureate Program
• University of San Francisco (San Francisco, CA): Post-Baccalaureate Programs
• University of Southern California (Los Angeles, CA): Post-Baccalaureate Premedical Program
• University of Toledo (Toledo, OH): Post-Baccalaureate Premedical Program Master's (degree-granting program)
• University of Vermont (Burlington, VT): Post-Baccalaureate Premedical Program
• University of Virginia (Charlottesville, VA): Post-Baccalaureate Premedical Program
• Virginia Commonwealth University (Richmond, VA): Post-Baccalaureate Health Sciences Certificate Program
• Virginia Commonwealth University (Richmond, VA): Premedical Basic Sciences
• Wake Forest University (Winston Salem, NC): Post-Baccalaureate Premedical Program
• Washington University in St. Louis (St. Louis, MO): Post-Baccalaureate Premedical Program
• West Chester University of Pennsylvania (West Chester, PA): Premedical Program, Public Institution
• William Paterson University of New Jersey (Wayne, NJ): Post-Baccalaureate Premedical Program
• Worcester State University (Worcester, MA): Post-Baccalaureate Premedical Program

Source: Association of American Medical Colleges.