A World of Opportunities in Health-Related Fields Awaits

The field of health care is vast. It’s filled with opportunities for innovators, tenacious problem solvers, and critical thinkers with curious minds. If you’re intrigued by a health-related career, there are myriad paths to pursue your goals.

Interested in exploring health and equity at a population level? NYU’s Global Public Health (GPH) co-majors offer just that. Here, you can learn about the social, political, and cultural factors that affect health outcomes throughout the world. Students in this program combine global public health with one of 13 co-majors for a personalized course of study. This allows for interdisciplinary exploration customized to specific interests in the field.

For example, you can co-major in GPH and Nutrition and Dietetics to learn how to apply the latest research to better nourish populations throughout the world. If you’re interested in how public policy, economics, and cultural factors have shaped health outcomes, you could combine a GPH major with a major in History and Anthropology.

GPH co-majors span a full range of academic disciplines including psychology, social work, and the sciences. Because of this, GPH majors at NYU graduate with deep insight into their field of interests. As a result, they have robust qualifications for health-related study at a graduate level and in fieldwork opportunities.

Students at the Rory Meyers College of Nursing receive practical clinical experience during their undergraduate years. In this undergraduate program, Nursing majors serve diverse populations in some of New York City’s most highly rated hospitals. Additionally, students have access to a state-of-the-art clinical simulation lab. Here, they practice skills on lifelike mannequins, task trainers, and high-tech hospital equipment. Meyers students graduate prepared to take the National Council Licensure Examination immediately after earning their degree.

For students interested in dentistry careers, NYU offers one of the only four-year degree programs that provide practical dental training with a broad liberal studies curriculum. Students in the Bachelor of Science in Dental Hygiene program take on a dental science concentration and complete a curriculum that provides the knowledge and prerequisites to apply to dental school. At the same time, they have the opportunity to work directly with patients and gain certification in dental hygiene. “The beautiful thing about my track is it gives me the exact credits and courses I need to apply to dental school,” says Madilyn C. Seagraves. She’s a first-year student in the program. “When I apply to dental school, I’ll also be going into it with a hygiene license, which will make me an extremely competitive applicant.”

Are you interested in medical school or a similar health-related career path? Stay tuned for Part 2, where we will explore many paths toward applying to medical school and other postgraduate health-care programs.