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2025-2026 Student Handbook & University Policies

DCP Admissions Policy AS.073

POLICY NUMBER: AS.073

EFFECTIVE DATE: 1/01/2026

APPROVAL DATE: 07/22/25

REVISION APPROVAL DATE: 12/08/25 

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:

8 semester credit hours (12 quarterly credit hours) of life or natural sciences with minimum of 4 semester hours (6 quarterly credit hours) of chemistry and/or biological sciences.

 

B. Non-degree with 90 semester (135 quarterly) credit hours and 3.00 to 4.00 cumulative GPA.

Required coursework:

12 semester credit hours (18 quarterly credit hours) of life or natural sciences with minimum of 6 semester hours (9 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:

16 semester credit hours (24 quarterly credit hours) of life or natural sciences with minimum of 8 semester hours (12 quarterly) of chemistry and/or biological sciences.

PROCEDURE(S)

Each individual student is tracked for their admission category for each of the following.

  1. BS Degree, 3.00 GPA, 8 semester credit hours of life or natural sciences with 4 credit hours chemistry and/or biology
  2. Non degree with 90 total credit hours, 3.00 GPA, 12 semester credit hours of life or natural sciences with 6 hours of chemistry and/or biology
  3. Non degree with 90 total credit hours, 2.75-2.99 GPA, 16 semester credit hours of life or natural sciences with 8 hours of chemistry and/or biology
  4. Accepted Conditionally (needs transcript)
  5. Accepted Contingently (needs transcript and/or credit hours) – cannot matriculate

OTHER NOTES

Approved by Academic Affairs on 11/ /2025 | Approved by Administrative Council on 11//2025