Academic Programs

Xavier is well known nationally for our excellence in health care education. With new facilities, high-tech equipment and the Jesuit perspective on compassion and ethics, our students are well prepared for life in the health care field, both intellectually and spiritually.

Our Programs

Athletic Training

Athletic training prepares students to be part of a sports medicine team. Learn more »

Biochemistry and Microbiology

Starting in 2010, Xavier began offering minors in these two areas, which are the foundations of medical research. Learn more »

Biology

In addition to being the core of the pre-med program along with chemistry, the department offers specific programs such as a major in medical technology and a minor in pre-physical therapy. Learn more »

Biophysics

Started in 2010 by the Department of Physics, the biophysics program is on the cutting edge of medical research such as how cells produce the electrical impulses that fire into the brain. Learn more »

Chemistry

In addition to being the core of the pre-med program along with biology, the department offers programs such as pre-pharmacy and natural sciences, which are geared for those entering the health science fields. Learn more »

Health Industries

Xavier’s newest offering, health industries is a concentration within the MBA program. Begun in August 2010, it focuses on the business side of the health care field such as pharmaceutical, biotechnology, diagnostic equipment, physicians’ offices and insurance companies. Learn more »

Health Services Administration

The graduate program is ranked No. 1 among the “top business graduate schools for physicians” by Modern Healthcare magazine. It offers a dual-degree option with the MBA program and an integrated study option in health care mission with the Department of Theology. A proposal is also now being explored by the board of undergraduate studies for the development of an undergraduate honors program. Under the guidance of the same faculty and administrators who run the top-ranked graduate program, the undergraduate HSA honors program is set to begin in Fall 2012. Learn more »

Life Sciences

This offering within the Department of Biology works in conjunction with the Williams College of Business so biology majors can earn an MBA a year after earning their undergraduate degree. Learn more »

Nursing

The demand from students to enroll in the nursing program is extremely high because the demand from hospitals for Xavier nursing graduates is even higher. We train our students in the skills necessary to succeed with state-of-the-art equipment, but we also train them in care and compassion, and teach them that nursing is about keeping people healthy and not just treating them when they’re sick. With its growth, nursing expanded from a department into Xavier’s second school in 2009. At the graduate level, we offer dual degrees with MBA, MEd and MCJ. Learn more »

Occupational Therapy

The five-year program begins at the undergraduate level and results in a master’s degree—and typically multiple job offers. The program, which emphasizes social and occupational justice, has a job placement rate of nearly 100 percent. At recently began a focus on geriatrics. Learn more »

Pre-Med

By any measure, the pre-med program is among the nation’s elite. Its 81-percent acceptance rate for medical school applicants far exceeds the national rate of 47 percent. Learn more »

Psychology

The undergraduate program aims to provide a general background for advanced studies in fields which require an understanding of human psychology. Learn more »