CHIROPRACTIC EDUCATION
To practice in North Carolina you must graduate from a 4-year undergraduate college having filled the pre-requisites for Chiropractic College. Following undergraduate college the Doctor of Chiropractic must attend another 3 ½ years of Chiropractic College (10 trimesters), the equivalence of 5 academic calendar years of education.
Educational Comparisons Between Chiropractic Colleges & Medical Colleges
These basic education requirements for graduates of both chiropractic colleges
and medical schools show that although each has its own specialities, the
total hours of classroom instruction are about the same.
Subject
Anatomy/Embryology
Physiology
Pathology**
Chemistry
Microbiology
Diagnosis***
Neurology
X-Ray
Psychology/Psychiatry
Obstetrics & Gynecology
Orthopedics
Total Hours
Chiropractic Hours*
(minimum)
456
243
296
161
145
408
149
271
56
66
168
2,419
(minimum)
456
243
296
161
145
408
149
271
56
66
168
2,419
Medical Hours*
( minimum)
215
174
507
100
145
113
171
13
323
284
2
2,047
( minimum)
215
174
507
100
145
113
171
13
323
284
2
2,047
* Curricula of 18 chiropractic colleges and 22 medical schools.
** Pathology includes Geriatrics and Pediatrics
*** Includes E.E.N.T. and Dermatology
** Pathology includes Geriatrics and Pediatrics
*** Includes E.E.N.T. and Dermatology