Pre-Professional Options

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If you're considering a professional degree beyond the bachelor's, NJIT offers accelerated options that can save you a year's time and tuition.  Earn your bachelor's and a degree in medicine, optometry, dentistry or physical therapy in seven years (instead of the usual eight) or in law in six years (instead of seven).

As a CSLA major, you may qualify for the following accelerated  programs in conjunction with your bachelor's degree:

• Medicine:  MD at the New Jersey Medical School of the University of Medicine and Dentistry of New Jersey (UMDNJ), Newark or at St. George's University Medical School, Granada, West Indies.
• Dentistry: DMD at UMDNJ, Newark or DDS at the New York University College of Dentistry.
• Physical therapy: Doctor of Physical Therapy (DPT) at UMDNJ School of Health Related Professions, Newark.
• Optometry: OD at the SUNY College of Optometry.
• Law: JD at Seton Hall Law School.

Several master's programs at NJIT allow you to take graduate classes as an undergraduate; in some cases, the classes count toward both your bachelor's degree and your master's degree.  In addition, NJIT offers a program that allows you to earn a bachelor's at NJIT and an MS in Physician Assistant (MSPA) at UMDNJ.