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POLICY NUMBER: AS.073
EFFECTIVE DATE: 1/01/2026
APPROVAL DATE: 07/22/25
PURPOSE: To define the admission requirements for all entering students into the DC program.
SCOPE: Admissions/Enrollment; University Advisement; College of Chiropractic
APPROVAL AUTHORITY: President
RESPONSIBLE AUTHORITY: Academic Affairs
ADDITIONAL AUTHORITY: N/A
RECIPIENTS: N/A
PUBLICATIONS: N/A
DEFINITIONS: N/A
POLICY TITLE
DCP Admission Policy
POLICY STATEMENT
Students admitted to the DCP to begin the program in winter quarter 2026 will be admitted under one of the following categories.
A.Bachelor’s degree with cumulative 3.00 GPA or above.
Required coursework:
12 credit hours (18 quarterly credit hours) of life or natural sciences with minimum of 6hours (9 quarterly) of chemistry and/or biological sciences.
B.Non-degree with 90 semester (135 quarterly) credit hours and 3.00 to 4.00 cumulativeGPA.
Required coursework:
18 credit hours (27 quarterly credit hours) of life or natural sciences with minimum of 9hours (13 quarterly) of chemistry and/or biological sciences.
C.Non-degree with 90 semester (135 quarterly) credit hours and 2.75-2.99 cumulative GPA.
Required coursework:
24 credit hours (36 quarterly credit hours) of life or natural sciences with minimum of 12 hours (18 quarterly) of chemistry and/or biological sciences.
CCE Admissions requirements effective January 1, 2025:
The DCP admits students who possess academic and personal attributes consistent with the DCP’s mission. Admitted students have completed a baccalaureate degree at an institution(s) accredited by an agency recognized by the U.S. Department of Education or an equivalent foreign agency. Alternatively, students may matriculate into the program having obtained 90 semester hours at an institution(s) accredited by an agency recognized by the U.S. Department of Education or an equivalent foreign agency if those students have 1) a cumulative GPA of 3.0 or higher on a 4.0 scale for the 90 semester credits; or 2) a cumulative GPA between 2.75 and 2.99 on a 4.0 scale for the 90 semester credits with a minimum of 24 semester credits in life and physical science courses appropriate as undergraduate preparation for chiropractic education as determined by the DCP. Students admitted with advanced standing or transfer credit must earn not less than 25 percent of the total program credits from the DCP that confers the degree
PROCEDURE(S)
Each individual student is tracked for their admission category for each of the following.
- BS Degree, 3.00 GPA, 12 semester credit hours of life or natural sciences with 6 credit hours chemistry and/or biology
- Non degree with 90 total credit hours, 3.00 GPA, 18 semester credit hours of life or natural sciences with 9 hours of chemistry and/or biology
- Non degree with 90 total credit hours, 2.75-2.99 GPA, 24 semester credit hours of life or natural sciences with 12 hours of chemistry and/or biology
- Accepted Conditionally (needs transcript)
- Accepted Contingently (needs transcript and/or credit hours) – cannot matriculate
OTHER NOTES
Approved by Academic Affairs on 2/27/2025 | Approved by Administrative Council on 4//2025
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