Attention Students: If you consider yourself a Prehealth student at Muhlenberg, and would like to be included on our mailing list please take a moment to complete our Advising Interest Form.
The Office of Health Professions Advising works with faculty advisors to build customized academic plans that address the specific goals of students pursuing a career in health and medicine. We work to advance the quality of the undergraduate preprofessional student’s lifelong learning process.
Through self-assessment workshops, research opportunities, experiential learning, competency development and extensive preparation for the professional school application process, prehealth students are challenged to discover and define their individual career goals.
Learn more about the prehealth track at Muhlenberg College.
More than 2300 Muhlenberg alumni work in medical and health professions, and many serve current students as mentors.
Over the past five years, 92 percent of all graduates who applied to medical and dental school were admitted.
Students are designated as members of the College's prehealth track.
Prehealth at Muhlenberg
“It seems that AI is the future of our world, and being able to understand it and apply it in medicine could be advantageous to me. I hope to be able to use this in dental school and beyond.”— Nolan Eichorn ’26 , Pre-dental Mathematics Major
“Everyone’s been great in ... providing me with the opportunities to build that stronger career profile that would allow me to stay as a competitive applicant come time to apply to medical school.”— Anam Ali ’25 , Premed Biochemistry Major and Spanish Minor
“My time at Muhlenberg instilled a deep appreciation for expertise in various fields, which fostered a curiosity to learn from experts both within and beyond my areas of interest.”— Abrar Shamim '20 , General, Oral & Maxillofacial Surgery Resident at Massachusetts General Hospital
“I have always dreamed of being a pediatrician, so having the opportunity to shadow a pediatrician was incredible, really. It was exactly what I wanted to do and it’s so close to home. ”— Carlee Davidson ’26 , Pre-Med Biology Major
“Muhlenberg gave me an atmosphere where I could thrive. I was always in competition with myself. I was always striving to be the best that I could.”— Al Nicolosi ’80 , Retired Cardiothoracic Surgeon
Explore the many options available to Muhlenberg students interested in medical and health careers.
Research Opportunities and Clinical Experiences On and Off Campus.
Muhlenberg's newest honors program is designed for highly motivated undergraduates who are preparing to pursue a medical degree after graduation.
Muhlenberg's Approach Builds on Decades of Pre-Medical Success.
Muhlenberg Graduates are Positioned for Medical School Placement and Career Success.
Pathways From Muhlenberg to Top Medical & Dental Schools.
Tomov, a pre-med biology major and French minor, is participating in the New York University Summer Research Early Identification Program (NYU SR-EIP).
Eichorn, a mathematics major, is participating in the National Science Foundation’s Research Experiences for Undergraduates (REU) program at the University of Florida.
Each chapter of the national Alpha Epsilon Delta honors organization may nominate two students who are going to professional school annually. For the last three years, both of Muhlenberg’s nominees have received awards.
Carlee Davidson ’26 recently spent two days with Chris Raab, M.D. ’93, a Lehigh Valley Health Network pediatrician.
