This community is geared towards students interested in entering health fields such as medicine, dentistry, pharmacy, physical therapy, occupational therapy, physician assistant, and more. This page helps students 1) explore health fields, 2) gain relevant experience, and 3) prepare application materials.
In addition to this page, students interested in health careers should be aware of 3 essential resources:
Pre-Health @ UW is the most comprehensive resource and includes information about academic preparation.
Academic advisers can help you select majors and courses and explore ways to combine major and pre-health requirements.
Career coaches can help you with questions about which health profession would be a good fit for you, how to get clinical, research, and leadership experience, and when/how to apply to health professional programs. You can connect with a coach by scheduling an appointment or attending a webinar. You can also email questions about career resources or services to prehlth@uw.edu.
Join the Career & Internship Center for a dynamic conversation with three healthcare professionals – an Optometrist, Pharmacist, and Dentist. Whether you’re just starting to explore healthcare or already considering a specific path, this panel will give you real-world insight into …
Roots for Resilience is a new RSO at UW focused on refugee and immigrant health. Our mission is to help increase access to healthcare for immigrant and refugee communities through education and volunteering.
The Supporting Undergraduate Research Experiences in Environmental Health (SURE-EH) program provides program provides research opportunities to UW undergrads, including those from groups underrepresented in the biomedical and behavioral sciences, with a meaningful opportunity to work with experienced faculty on a …
The Minority Association of Pre-Medical Students (MAPS) is proud to host our 25th annual Pre-Health Conference (PHC), the largest pre-health event in Washington state tailored for high school students, undergraduates, and community college students. This year’s PHC will bring together …
Explore occupations by career categories and pathways and use real time labor market data to power your decision making.
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First, choose an industry of interest, then filter for occupation. (If you'd like to see data for a specific location only, filter by state.)
Type in a keyword to select a relevant occupation. (If you'd like to see data for a specific location only, filter by state.)
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Occupation Description
Employment Trends
The number of jobs in the career for the past two years, the current year, and projections for the next 10 years. Job counts include both employed and self-employed persons, and do not distinguish between full- and part-time jobs. Sources include Emsi industry data, staffing patterns, and OES data.
Top Employers
These companies are currently hiring for .
Education Levels
The educational attainment percentage breakdown for a career (e.g. the percentage of people in the career who hold Bachelor’s Degrees vs. Associate Degrees). Educational attainment levels are provided by O*NET.
Annual Earnings
Earnings figures are based on OES data from the BLS and include base rate, cost of living allowances, guaranteed pay, hazardous-duty pay, incentive pay (including commissions and bonuses), on-call pay, and tips.
Technical Skills
A list of hard skills associated with a given career ordered by the number of unique job postings which ask for those skills.
Core Competencies
The skills for the career. The "importance" is how relevant the ability is to the occupation: scale of 1-5. The "level" is the proficiency required by the occupation: scale of 0-100. Results are sorted by importance first, then level.
Job Titles
A list of job titles for all unique postings in a given career, sorted by frequency.
Alaska Airlines is a steadfast partner in the University of Washington’s mission to serve Washington — and the world. Together, we share values around education, leadership, inclusion and philanthropy for the greater good. As a generous supporter of the Career & Internship Center since 2016, we thank Alaska Airlines for their work in enhancing student career programming and helping to prepare students to build successful careers.
