Medicine

Highlights

Community-based model of medical education teaches you how to adapt to rapidly evolving community needs, approaches to practice, and latest technologies so you can meet these challenges as a leader in patient care and as an advocate for your community.

Spend your first two years on the Spokane campus and your final two years at one of four distributed clinic regions: Spokane, Tri-Cities, Vancouver, or Everett

Apply your skills with simulated clinical scenarios and gain clinical experience in a range of settings, from large urban hospitals to small rural clinics, starting in your first year

Interprofessional education opportunities help you become familiar with the responsibilities of other members of the health care team so you can succeed in collaborative and teams-based health care systems

Distinguished faculty bring science and medical expertise to give you exceptional learning opportunities.

Leadership, advocacy, and business administration courses prepare you to work in collaborative and complex health care systems.

Complete a scholarship project where you dig into the topics that interest you and gain firsthand experience designing and conducting original research.

The Honors College Pathway Program prepares highly qualified undergraduate students in the Honors College to study medicine at WSU through mentoring and advising from the Elson S. Floyd College of Medicine, research opportunities, connections with health care providers, application workshops, and MCAT preparation.

American Indian/Alaska Native Post-Baccalaureate Pathway, a free 10-month program that provides a holistic and culturally specific framework to support undergraduate AIAN learners who aspire to become doctors

Career

With a Doctor of Medicine, you can work in:  

• Public health and regulatory medicine
• Health care administration
• Clinical research and pathology
• Biomedical companies
• Medical writing
• Consulting for private and public health care

Transfer Students

WSU accepts credit from Advanced Placement, International Baccalaureate, and CLEP exams, associate degrees, Running Start and more.  

You’re considered a transfer student at WSU if you’ve received college credit post-high school.  

Use our Transfer Course Search Tool to determine what courses you need to take at your current institution to transition to WSU smoothly. 

Admission to WSU and admission to your desired major are two separate processes. Contact your academic department for specific requirements and prerequisites unique to your major.   

Scholarships

Complete the General Scholarship Application to be eligible for 700+ WSU scholarship programs, including ones specifically for a major you’re interested in. Use our search tool to find more scholarships outside WSU.  

Fill out the FAFSA (Free Application for Federal Student Aid) or WASFA (Washington Application for State Financial Aid) to be considered for scholarships, grants, loans, and other forms of aid. 

Internships, Jobs, and Work-study

Find hundreds of student-friendly jobs, internships, and work-study opportunities with our WSU student job board, Handshake. You can also check with departments for internships specific to a major. 

Get advice and learn more at the Academic Success and Career Center.