Chiropractic School FAQs

Prospective students who are seeking a natural healing education may be interested in attending a chiropractic school. As a well-known principle, chiropractic schools believe that the human body has the innate ability to heal itself through the nervous system. As such, chiropractic medicine is a unique health care structure used to address the "whole" person, as opposed to individual parts of the person.

Concentrating on the central nervous system (spinal cord and brain), chiropractic schools provide an in-depth curriculum that explores many facets of human anatomy and physiology in relation to disease. Therefore, it is vital that potential students realize the importance of meeting prerequisites prior to entry. Common required courses include up to 90 semester hours in social sciences and humanities, and other studies in science (e.g., biology, physics, chemistry and biochemistry).

Although a number of chiropractic schools do offer pre-chiropractic courses, individuals should review course outlines to determine whether or not they will need to complete prerequisite curriculums at another post-secondary education institution, before submitting an application to the specific school.