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Overview
Acupuncture and oriental medicine is a program that prepares individuals for the independent professional practice of acupuncture, a chinese system of health care and healing based on the use of pulse diagnosis, acupuncture point selection, and needle insertion, as well as herbs and other Asian treatment modalities. includes instruction in basic Western medical sciences, Asian philosophy, chinese medical anatomy and physiology, chinese herbs, diagnostic techniques, patient observation and communication, acupuncture points and point selection, acupuncture techniques, acupuncture treatment of disease, pain management, practice management, and professional standards and ethics.
Highlights
School with the highest reported median starting salary ($90K) with a Post-master's Cert: Drexel University
Careers for program graduates
Following are recommended careers for people who earn acupuncture and oriental medicine degrees, with color indicating the most common education attained by other workers.
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2-4 Year Certificate
Salary and Debt
How are students who recently completed a degree in acupuncture and oriental medicine doing?
Below is the distribution of starting salaries along with accumulated federal and private education loans across schools that offer a degree in the field alternative and complementary medicine and medical systems, which includes
acupuncture and oriental medicine.
Careers
Recommended careers for those with a degree in this program
Those who study this degree may be prepared to work as:
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Where can I complete this degree
Explore schools that offer acupuncture and oriental medicine degrees and certificates
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Understanding the columns
The school list includes a few facts about each school that give you an idea of the educational quality each school might offer:
Student-Faculty Ratio: A small number of students per full-time instructor suggests individual attention for each student and an up-to-date curriculum.
Satisfaction Rate: A high percentage of returning first-year students should correlate with satisfaction (schools call this their retention rate).
Repayment Rate: A high repayment rate means most alumni earn enough to make progress repaying loans within 7 years of leaving.
We also show the total enrollment for the school as measured by full-time-equivalent (FTE) students enrolled annually.
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Acupuncture and Massage College
Alhambra Medical University
American Institute of Alternative Medicine
Atlantic Institute of Oriental Medicine
Bastyr University
California Institute of Integral Studies
Dongguk University - Los Angeles
Eastern School of Acupuncture and Traditional Medicine
MCPHS University
Midwest College of Oriental Medicine - Evanston
Midwest College of Oriental Medicine - Racine
Related Programs
Top 10 similar programs
Following are related programs, ordered by those with the highest number of completions. You can explore a full list by pressing the more details button.
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Careers for this program majors
this program is part of a larger collection of programs: Healthcare Practitioners and Therapists. Is there a different program that's close to this program that might be a better match for your interests? You can use this table to see a little about the programs that fall under this umbrella. If you click on any of the table headers, that will sort the table by that column, or click on a row and see Ididio's profile for that program.
Gender
Gender of recent graduates
Of all people with any degree in acupuncture and oriental medicine earned in the last academic year, 72% were women.
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Context: Percentage women
This major has a higher percentage of women than 73% other programs.
Race/Origin
Race/Origin of recent graduates
Here is an overview of race/origin for all acupuncture and oriental medicine graduates from this last academic year. We found a higher percentage of international graduates in this program than in 65% of other programs.
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White
Black
Pacific Islander
Hispanic
Asian
American Indian
Multiracial
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International
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Not Reported
Multiracial
American Indian
Asian
Hispanic
Pacific Islander
Black
White
Context: Percentage of Minority Graduates
Minority students comprise a higher percentage of graduates than in 68% of other programs.
