A rewarding medical career starts with good education. This will be our focus. I will list for you top schools that can provide you with the tools necessary to launch your new career in the medical care field. The following are training sources that are listed under the title of the specific avenue that is right for you. The information has been researched and will include the following websites that can train you, how much this profession makes on average once you have completed your course and approximately how many hours - months - or years will need to be completed before starting your new career.
All the guess work has been taken out of the job search… the rest is up to you.
CHIROPRACTORS
2-4 years of college before starting your medical career
Average income: $60,000-$120,000 a year
• www.clevelandchiropractic.edu/
• www.scuhs.edu/
• www.bridgeport.edu/chiro/
• www.life.edu/
• www.nwhealth.edu/
• www.txchiro.edu/
• www.nuhs.edu/
• www.palmer.edu/
• www.logan.edu/
• www.nycc.edu/
• www.cmcc.ca
• www.sherman.edu/
DENTAL HYGIENISTS
2 years of education before starting your medical career
Average Income $27,000-$45,000 a year
• www.dental.uab.edu/
• www.ndscs.nodak.edu/
• www.broward.edu/
• www.kellogg.edu/
• www.baker.edu/
• www.allegany.edu/dental
• www.uaa.alaska.edu/
• www.dixie.edu/
• www.lcc.wy.edu/
• www.mssu.edu/
• www.nau.edu/
• www.rio.maricopa.edu/
• www.nv.cc.va.us/
• www.uams.edu/
• www.msugf.edu/
• www.wichita.edu/
• www.dvc.edu/
• www.wctc.edu/
• www.une.edu/
• www.uvm.edu/
• www.lit.edu/
• www.lakeland.cc.oh.us/
• www.lsc.mnscu.edu/
• www.harcum.edu/
• www.citytech.cuny.edu/
• www.ccneb.edu/
• www.indiana.edu/
• www.mdcc.cc.ms.us
• www.epcc.edu/
• www.santafe.cc.fl.us/
• www.sjc.cc.nm.us/
• www.clark.edu/
• www.cabrillo.edu/
• www.oxnard.cc.ca.us/
• www.cncc.edu/
• www.rose.edu/
• www.pcc.edu/
• www.wlsc.edu/
• www.uchsc.edu/
• www.newhaven.edu/
• www.dtcc.edu/
• www.howard.edu/
• www.tmcc.edu/
• www.bristol.mass.edu/
• www.edison.edu/
• www.ulm.edu/
• www.ccri.edu/
• www.hawaii.edu/
• www.isu.edu/
• www.cod.edu/
• www.bergen.edu/
• www.jal.cc.il.us
• www.vcc.bc.ca/
• www.nyu.edu/dental/
• www.stcc.edu/
• www.haweye.cc.ia.us/
• www.hencc.kcts.edu/
• www.gtcc.edu/
• www.greenvilletech.com
• www.usd.edu/dhyg
• www.etsu.edu/
• www.sheridan.edu/
LICENSED PRACTICAL NURSES
1-11/2 years of education before starting your medical career
Average Income: $25,000-$40,000 a year
• www.nflpn.org/
• www.napnes.org/
• www.nln.org/
NURSE ANESTHETISTS
2 years of education before starting your medical career
Average Income: $75,000-$90,000 a year
• www.samford.edu/
• www.georgetown.edu/
• www.anesth.uiowa.edu/
• www.abbottnorthwestern.com/
• www.downstate.edu/
• www.laroche.edu/
• www.pitt.edu/
• www.westmoreland.org/
• www.une.edu/
• www.ucsf.edu/
• www.mayo.edu/
• www.hsrsna.com
• www.bcm.edu/
• www.hamot.org/
• www.une.edu/
• www.shmc.org
• www.dns.amedd.army.mil/crna/
• www.uakrron.edu/
• www.xula.edu/
• www.franciscanskemp.org/
• www.utc.edu/
• www.shmc.org
• www.und.nodak.edu/
• www.dmhhs.com/
• www.vcu.edu/
• www.rush.edu/
• www.beaumonthohospitals.com/crna
• www.usuhs.mil/
• www.mtmc.edu/
• www.ecu.edu
• www.musc.edu/nursing/
• www.bryanlgh.org
• www.lourdesnet.org/lourdes
• www.amc.edu/
• www.samuelmerritt.edu/
• www.conhp.astate.edu/
• www.barry.edu
• www.webster.edu/
• www.nursing.duke.edu/
• www.nrwsna.org/
• www.kumc.edu/
• www.bc.edu/schools/son/
• www.anesprog.trover.org/
NURSES/MIDWIVES
9 months-2yrs of education before starting your medical career
Average Income: 50,000-65,000
• www.cdrewu.edu/
• www.cudenver.edu/
• www.nurs.utah.edu/programs/nmw
• www.su.edu/nursing/
• www.hscbklyn.edu/
• www.nursing.ucla.edu/
• www.umdnj.edu/
• www.bumc.bu.edu/
• www.swmed.edu/
• www.muhealth.org/~nursing/
• www.midwives.org
• www.columbia.edu/
• www.instituteofmidwifery.org/
• www.marquette.edu/nursing
• www.nursing.ecu.edu/
• http://nursing.uindy,edu/
• http://ww2.kumc.edu/midwife/
• www.son.utmb.edu/
• www.nursing.umich.edu/
• http://prod-nursing.emory.edu/nursing/
• http://nurisng.yale.edu/
• www.ohsu.edu
• www.columbia.edu/
• http://hsc.unm.edu/
• www.bcm.edu/obgyn
• www.uc.edu/
• www.uri.edu/nursing/
• www.musc.edu/nursing/
• www.mc.vanderbit.edu/nursing
• www.ahc.umm.edu
• http://gumc.georgetown.edu/
• http://baystatehealth.com/
• http://con.ufl.edu/
• www.uic.edu/nursing
ANESTHESIOLOGIST ASSISTANTS
2 years of education before starting your medical career
Income: $60,000-80,000 a year
• www.emory.edu/
• www.uhrad.com/
CARDIOVASCULAR TECHNOLOGY PERSONNEL
On job training for 8-16 weeks on average
Income: $25,000-$45,000
• www.maxell.af.mil/
• www.grossmont.net/
• www.edison.edu/
• www.scc.spokane.edu/
• www.burwin.com
• www.nst.cc/
• www.ntcmn.edu/
• www.sentara.com/hospitals/sentara_norfolk.html/
• www.northeastern.edu/
• http://nshs.med.navy.mil/
• www.occ.cc.mi.us/
• http://santafe.cc.fl.us/
• www.sjbhealth.org/1104.cfm
• www.atlantichealth.org/
• www.molloy.edu/
• www.ecc.dcccd.edu/
• www.augusta.tec.ga.us/
• www.rush.edu/
• www.tri-c.cc.oh.us/
• www.actas.net/
• www.sti.tec.sd.us/
• www.alliedhealth.kumuc.edu/
• www.smccme.edu/
• www.howardcc.edu/
CYTOTECHNOLOGISTS
2-4 years of education before starting this medical career
Income $33,000-$48,000
• www.samford.edu/
• www.cpcc.cc.nc.uc/
• www.utk.edu/
• www.lamar.edu/
• www.uakron.edu/
• www.astate.edu/
• www.stonybrook.edu/
• www.ucla.edu/
• www.mdanderson.org/
• www.cs.amedd.army.mil/
• www.kumc.edu/
• www.suffolk.edu/
• www.friends.edu/
• www.barry.edu/
• www.mnstate.edu/home
• www.umc.edu/
• www.acp.edu/
• www.liu.edu/
• www.colstate.edu/
• www.bloomfield.edu/
• www.indiana.edu/
• www.wayne.edu/
• www.andrews.edu/
• www.njcu.edu/
• www.umaine.edu/
• www.salve.edu/
• www.csuniv.edu/
• www.hopkinsmedicine.org
• www.louisville.edu/
• www.ipfw.edu/
• www.munet.edu/
• www.avila.edu/
• www.jefferson.edu/jchp/
• www.clarksoncollege.edu/
• www.mercydesmoines.org
• www.csun.edu/
• www.miseri.edu/
• www.etown.edu/
• www.sru.edu/
• www.isu.edu/
• www.weber.edu/
• www.dmc.org/univlab/
• www.ulm.edu/
• www.howard.edu/
• www.barat.edu/
• www.uvm.edu/
• www.averett.edu/
• www.marshall.edu/
• www.edgewood.edu/
DENTAL ASSISTANT
9-11 months of education before starting your medical career
Income: $18,000-$30,000 a year
• www.bessemertech.com
• www.ivcc.edu/
• www.morton.edu/
• www.mountida.edu/
• www.easterncentral.edu/
• www.wpi.edu/
• www.wilkes.cc.nc.us/
• www.ndscs.edu/
• www.grcc.cc.mi.us/
• www.iun.edu/
• www.uaa.alaska.edu/
• www.cerritos.edu/
• www.uab.edu/
• www.kellog.cc.mi.us/
• www.wcccd.edu/
• www.concordecareers.com/
• www.orangecoastcollege.edu/
• www.broward.edu/
• www.gc.cc.fl.us/
• www.aiht.com/
• www.sbcc.cc.ca.us/
• www.etsu.edu/
• www.vscc.cc.tn.us/
• www.prcc.edu/
• www.westerncollege.com/
• www.mac.cc.mo.us/
• www.cccneb.edu/
• www.grayson.edu/
• www.jcc.edu/
• http://newweb.yorktech.com/
• www.massasoit.mass.edu/
• www.umaine.edu/
• www.pulaskitech.edu/
• www.faulker.cc.al.us
• www.bmcc.cc.or.us/
• www.cypresscollege.edu/
• www.iusb.edu/
• www.medixschool.com/
• www.ac.cc.md.us/
• www.pcc.edu/
• www.flsouthern.edu/
• www.dmacc.cc.ia.us/
• www.kirkwood.edu/
• www.nicc.edu/
• www.hacc.edu/
• www.hennepintech.edu/
• www.normandale.edu/
• www.rctc.edu/
• www.stcs.edu/
• www.fhtc.kansas.net/
• www.foxvalley.tec.wi.us/
• http://matchmadison.edu/matc/
• www.frcc.cc.co.us./
• www.pickenstech.org/
• www.briarwood.edu/
• www.buffalo.edu/
• www.cptc.edu/
• www.spscc.ctc.edu/
• www.cfcc.net/
• www.faytech.cc.nc.us/
• www.act-edu.com/
• www.southeast.edu/
• www.apollocollege.com/
• www.augusta.tec.ga.us/
• www.odu.edu/
• www.bates.ctc.edu/
• www.citrus.cc.ca.us/
• www.nhti.edu/
• www.ccri.edu/
• www.fdtc.edu/
• www.berdaninstitute.com/cue.htm
• www.camdencc.edu/
• www.tccd.edu/
• www.provocollege.com/
DENTAL LABORATORY TECHNICIANS
2 years of education before starting this medical career
Income: $23,000-$35,000
• www.trenholmtech.cc.al.us/
• www.pima.edu/
• www.ucc.edu/
• www.ccsf.cc.ca.us/
• www.isu.edu/
• www.triton.edu/
• www.paccd.cc.ca.us/
• www.ecc.edu/
• www.durhamtech.edu/
• www.bates.ctc.edu/
• www.sheppard.af.mil/
• www.tri-c.cc.oh.us/
• www.ircc.edu/
• www.pjc.cc.fl.us/
• www.kirkwood.edu/
• www.atlantatech.org/
• www.lsuhs.edu/
• www.chattanoogastate.edu/
• www.uthscsa.edu/
• www.milwaukee.tec.wi.us/
• www.ferris.edu/
• www.stlcc.cc.mo.us/
DIAGNOSTIC MEDICAL SONOGRAPHERS
With only a high school diploma and 1-4 years of formal training you can start your new medical career
Average income is between $30,000- 65,000 a year
www.llu.edu/
www.barry.edu/
www.hcc.cc.fl.us/
www.mcg.edu/
www.ecc.dcccd.edu/
www.middlesex.maa.edu/
www.austinicc.edu/
www.heneryfordhealth.org/
www.rushu.rush.edu/
www.pitt.cc.nc.us/
www.ccac.edu
www.kcma.edu/
www.epcc.edu/
www.ouhsc.edu/
www.ochsner.org/education/
www.continuinged.umbc.edu/
www.triton.edu/
www.occ.cc.mi.us/
www.stlcc.cc.mo.us/fp/
www.methodistcollege.edu/
www.unmc.edu/
www.covhealth.org/
www.uwhospital.org
www.bcc.ctc.edu
www.hsc.wvu.edu/
www.rit.edu/
www.uiowa.edu/
www.westkentucky.kctcs.edu/
DIETETIC TECHNICIAN
Only 2 years of education before starting your medical career
Income ranges from $23,000- 48,000 a year
www.blackrivertech.edu/
www.centralaz.edu/
www.gcccd.cc.ca.us/
www.lbcc.cc.ca/us
www.wccc-pa.edu/
www.tccd.edu/
www.nv.cc.va.us/
www.scc.spokane.edu/
www.matc.edu/
www.orangecoastcollege.edu/
www.brairwood.edu/
www.mdc.edu/
www.dcc.edu/
www.smccme.edu/
www.bccc.edu/
www.southeast.edu/
www.camdencc.edu/
www.lagcc.cuny.edu/
www.sunywcc.edu/
ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAPH TECHNICIANS/Technologists
*Education is only months (or 1-2 years for technologists- depending on the course you wish to take) of ON THE JOB TRAINING for Technicians! ?
Income is generally between $18,000-30,000 a year
www.orangecoastcollege.com/
www.cdd.edu/
www.eastwest.edu/
www.carlow.edu/
www.kirkwood.cc.ia.us/
www.mayo.edu/
www.pamlico.cc.nc.us/
www.crozer.org/
www.bcit.ca/
www.cw.bc.ca/
www.tri-c.edu/
www.pamlico.cc.nc.us/
www.luhs.org/
www.clarian.org/
EMERGENCY MEDICAL TECHNICIANS
After completing between 64-1200 hours of training (depending on the level you want to work) you can begin your medical career
Average yearly income ranges from $28,000-43,000
www.uab.edu/
www.usothal.edu/
www.creighton.edu/
www.cvcc.edu/
www.ysu.edu/
www.hacc.edu/
www.greenvilletech.com/
www.uaa.alaska.edu/
www.uams.edu/
www.craftonhills.edu/
www.edison.edu/
www.llu.edu/
www.swedishospital.com
www.gwumc.edu/
www.laketech.org/
www.ttu.edu/
www.weber.edu/
www.beltc.ctc.edu/
www.valencia.cc.fl.us/
www.aiht.com
www.mercydesmoines.org/
www.johnco.cc.ks.us/
www.lansing.cc.mi.us/
www.broward.edu/
MEDICAL ASSISTANTS
1-2 years of education before starting this medical career
$18,000- $28,000 yearly income
www.trenholmtech.cc.al.us/
www.southuniversity.edu/campus/
www.uaqa.alaska.edu/
www.apollocollege.com/
www.bryman-college.com/
www.goldenstatecollege.com/
www.ceicollege.com/
www.egos-school.com/
www.nwctc.commnet.edu/
www.erwintech.org/
www.act-edu.com
www.savannahtech.edu/
www.csi.edu/
www.midstate.edu/
www.iowalakes.edu/
www.westkentucky.kctcs.edu/
www.bryman-college.com
www.daviscollege.edu/
www.tridenttech.edu/
www.miller-monte.com
www.brownmackie.edu/
www.ldsbc.edu/
www.ncbt.edu/programs/maa.shtml
www.knoxcc.org
www.tulsacc.edu/
www.belmot.cc.oh.us/
www.macomb.edu/
www.argosyu.edu/
www.hindscc.edu/
www.berdainstitute.com/cue.htm
www.bryantstratton.edu/
www.gaston.cc.nc.us/
www.pitt.cc.nc.us/
www.wingate.edu/
MENTAL HEALTH ASSISTANTS
Education is usual between several months to 2 years before starting your medical career
Yearly income is $18,000- 35,000
To inquire about the programs available write to:
The Center for Mental Health Services
1 Choke Cherry RD. ste 6-1057
Rockville, MD
20857
NUCLEAR MEDICINE TECHNOLOGISTS
Between 1-4 years of education is required before starting your medical career
Income is between $34,000- 62,000 a year
www.uab.edu/
www.gatewaycc.edu/
www.uams.edu/
www.ccsb.org/
www.llu.edu/
www.cdd.rightchoice.org/
www.dtcc.edu/
www.hcc.cc.fl.us/
www.mcg.edu/
www.ministryhealth.org/
www.columbia-stmarys.org/
www.cod.edu/
www.clarian.org/
www.alliedhealth.kumc.edu/
www.louisville.edu/
www.dcc.edu/
www.ccbcmd.edu/
www.bhcc.mass.edu/
www.stjohn.org/stJohnHospital/
www.umc.edu/
www.saintlukeshealthsystem.org/
www.unlv.edu/
www.gccnj.edu/
www.findlay.edu/
www.ccac.edu/
www.pinnaclehealth.org
www.brown.edu/
www.mc.vanderbilt.edu/
www.uiw.edu/
www.bcc.ctc.edu/
www.hsc.wvu.edu/
NURSES AIDES
Possible the easiest jobs to get into because it only requires between 3 weeks to 6 months of education for those of you who want to start your medical career right away.
Average yearly income for this job is $15,000- 28,000
• Because this is an easy career to get started the programs can be offered in your area through community colleges, vocational schools, etc.
PHARMACY TECHNICIANS
5-10 months of training required before starting your medical career.
Yearly income averages $20,000- $30,000
www.remingtocollege.edu/training/pt_diploma.html
www.apollocollege.com
www.academyofhealthcareers.com/career_programs/pt.html
www.cerritos.edu/
www.itcolleges.com/
www.svcollege.com
www.westerncollege.com
www.fmu.edu/
www.nst.cc/
www.swfc.edu/
www.pharmacy.isu.edu/
www.cittone.com/
www.ndscs.edu/
www.remingtoncollege.edu/training/pt_diploma.html
www.ncbt.edu/programs/pht.shtml
www.nitschools.com
www.foxvalley.tec.wi.us/
PHLEBOTOMISTS
After a short training of a matter of only weeks, you can start this medical career
Yearly income averages between $18,000- 26,000
*Hospitals offer classes for this career and can provide on the job training. Check the local hospitals in your area for available classes.
OCCUPATIONAL THERAPY ASSISTANTS
1-2 years of education before starting your medical career
Income ranges from $25,000- 35,000
www.uab.edu/
www.wallacestate.edu/
www.grossmont.net/healthprofessions/
www.sac.edu/
www.mctc.commnet.edu/
www.fhchs.edu/
www.dtcc.edu/stanton-wilmington/
www.mccfl.edu/
www.agusta.tec.ga.us.
www.mgc.edu/
www.polk.edu/
www.nwtcollege.org/
www.ukans.edu/
www.mercy.edu/
www.prc.edu/
www.sunnysufolk.edu/
www.touro.edu/
www.cccti.edu/
www.cfcc.net/
www.rhodesstate.edu./
www.sinclar.edu/academics/alh/
www.ccac.edu/
www.austincc.edu/
www.laredo.edu/
www.panola.edu/
www.slcc.edu/
www.jchs.edu/
www.tcc.edu/
www.fvtc.edu/
www.wwtc.edu/
www.caspercollege.edu/
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