Careers in Health Care and Wellness

Health Care and Wellness careers focus on the prevention, diagnosis, treatment, and management of physical and mental health across clinical, community, and organizational settings. This industry includes roles in patient care, public health, health informatics, behavioral health, rehabilitation services, healthcare administration, health education, biotechnology, and wellness promotion. There are opportunities available to students in majors including, but not limited to, exercise physiology, health science, health studies, public health, physical education, psychology, social work, sociology, biology, chemistry, and communication sciences and disorders.

What Can I Do With a Career in Health Care and Wellness?

There are a variety of career options available to those in the Health Care and Wellness industry. Focus areas may include:

Direct Patient Care including:

Behavioral & Mental Health including:

Public Health & Community Wellness including:

Health Technology, Data & Informatics including:

Healthcare Administration & Management including:

Research, Science & Diagnostics including:

Wellness, Fitness & Integrative Health including:

Gaining Experience in Health Care and Wellness

Bridgewater State University has several options for exploring careers, developing skills and experiencing health care and wellness professions. They include:

Taking introductory or elective courses in areas of interest including Exercise Physiology, Health Studies and Physical Education majors or minors, Biology including the Biomedical and Pre-medicine concentration, Health Sciences including their individual concentrations, Communications and Disorders, and Data Analytics, Social Work major and Social Welfare minor, Sociology major and minors, and the Psychology major and minor.
Participate in the campus community including applying to become a Peer Educator, volunteering through BSU’s Martin Richard Institute for Social Justice, or joining the Biology, Biochemistry or Premedical Clubs, and the PreHealth Club.
Take a deeper dive into information and opportunity through BSU’s Health Careers Guide and if interested in any of the careers listed on that site, schedule an appointment with Dr. Alexandra Zilz, the pre-health advisor.
Gaining practical experience through internships, including the Health Career Connections funded internship, or in your community by volunteering, participating in undergraduate research, or finding field-related part-time work in health care or wellness settings.

Resources for Health Care and Wellness Careers

Bay State Physical Therapy
Boston Children’s Hospital
Boston Medical Center
Brockton Neighborhood Health Center
High Point Treatment Center
Justice Resource Institute
Massachusetts Department of Children and Families
MEDITECH
Old Colony YMCA
Southcoast Health

Not sure if the field is right for you? Having trouble breaking into the field? Want advice from professionals? Then it is time to network and do what we call “informational interviews” where you talk to professionals to ask for tips and advice on your career path and/or search process. View our “Expand Your Network page” for tips, advice, sample scripts and more to help you in this process.

LinkedIn is a huge resource for following companies of interest, finding jobs and of course connecting with professionals including BSU alumni. Go to the BSU Alumni page on LinkedIn and you can search for professionals by company, industry, location and more to help you find aviation professionals doing what you hope to do and find out how they go there!

Still have questions? Setup an appointment on Handshake with a career advisor to talk about your next steps!

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The information below will allow you to see career outcomes for the most recent graduating class that we have surveyed. This data is a summary of key findings, but you can read the full report for the Class of 2024 and the report for the Class of 2023 .

First Destination

The first destination survey provides insights on what graduates are doing within 6 months of completing their degree. Data is collected through a survey housed in our Handshake platform and sent via email and made available on our website prior to graduation and in the months afterwards.

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