Health and Wellness
Live with Purpose
When you have the drive to help people and communities live in better health and well-being, it can lead to many rewarding careers. You can help them overcome the effects of illness, disease, disability, and injury. Encourage informed, healthy choices about diet and fitness. Shape health policy decisions that affect millions. Keep pets happy and healthy.
You can be one of them.
Get hands-on, real-world experience, work with world-renowned faculty and make real contributions to groundbreaking research. Imagine all the possibilities to improve how we work, live and play. The path from possibility to reality starts here.
You can make a life around making lives better. Starting with your own.
Get ready for what's next.
Curriculum
Your First Year
Internships
Your dream career can start at Oregon State.
Career paths that impact quality of life start at Oregon State University. Our programs in science, public health and human sciences, nutrition, pre-health areas, pre-pharmacy, pre–veterinary medicine and kinesiology will prepare you to step into a career, go on to graduate school or enter a program in one of the health professions. In addition, with a growing population and longer lifespans, the skills you develop at Oregon State will always be in demand.
Give your career a head start.
Oregon State offers a resource-rich environment that encourages you to combine your studies in health and wellness with opportunities like the Honors College and study abroad programs. You’ll find challenging, unique experiences that support your academic, professional and personal growth — and have fun, too.
Multiple scholarships are available. Be sure to apply.
Get some help paying for college with a variety of university-wide and departmental scholarships. Most scholarships are awarded based on information in the Oregon State application, but others require separate applications, such as our OSU ScholarDollars portal.
The deadline to apply for university scholarships is Feb. 1. Be sure to check with your college and department on the deadlines for other scholarships.