The University of South Alabama offers a comprehensive Health Pre-Professions Advising Program for students interested in a health profession that requires post-baccalaureate education including medicine, dentistry, pharmacy, optometry, osteopathic medicine, veterinary medicine, physician assistant, and podiatry. The Health Pre-Professions Program guides students to be the best candidate he or she can be. South Alabama students have enjoyed an outstanding acceptance rate into professional school for years. These students have also ranked high in their classes in professional schools.