Chiropractic — School Three Major Phases of Learning
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Last updated: April 24, 2025
Why choose NWHSU’s Doctor of Chiropractic program?
Complete your DC at one of the top chiropractic schools in the country. Our Doctor of Chiropractic degree program offers you numerous advantages over other programs:
Our intensive Doctor of Chiropractic degree program is typically completed in 3 1/3 years (10 trimesters). We offer a full-time day program, with classes held Monday through Friday.
Your chiropractic schooling will combine online and in-person classes and will prioritize early hands-on labs to build your chiropractic skills starting in your first term. Upon completion of your chiropractic degree, you will have completed nearly 1500 clinical internship hours alone!
Our competency-centered curriculum is broken down into four categories of content. Classes are team-taught and de-siloed, with a focus on clinical application.
1. Foundational Studies – You’ll gain an in-depth knowledge of the human body in T1-T4, with a review in T4 right before your Part 1 Boards and actively participating in patient care.
2. Becoming a Chiropractic Practitioner – Throughout your entire chiropractic education you’ll prepare to apply a repertoire of assessment procedures, chiropractic adjusting skills, manual therapies and other techniques to patient care all guided by conservative care principles, best practices and using business essentials to support your future practice. In year two of your chiropractic degree program, you’ll begin to apply your coursework in your first internships, learning from leading practitioners in the field while you continue to build your knowledge in the classroom.
3. Person Centered Care – Becoming a Doctor of Chiropractic is about more than adjustments. Throughout your education you’ll gain the skills to effectively communicate, evaluate a patient presentation, arrive at the diagnosis and craft care plans that address the individual and their goals, values, and preferences.
4. Clinical Internships – You’re here to become a doctor, and at NWHSU you’ll start your clinical internships in trimester one. You’ll graduate with nearly 1500 hours of internship, culminating in your community-based internship in your final trimester.