| Chiropractic schools provide training and education in | | | | study must also include at least 90 semester hours |
| chiropractic health treatments. Chiropractic schools | | | | of English, social sciences or humanities, organic and |
| instruct students in a variety of topics related to the | | | | inorganic chemistry, biology, physics, and psychology. |
| diagnosis and treatment of nervous and skeletal | | | | Upon completion of the chiropractic instruction, |
| system problems. Chiropractic schools and colleges | | | | potential chiropractors must pass a four-part exam |
| teach that interference within these systems disrupts | | | | administered by the National Board of Chiropractic |
| normal body functioning and lowers the patient's | | | | Examiners. Depending upon individual state |
| resistance to disease. | | | | requirements, prospective chiropractors may be |
| Chiropractic schools take a holistic approach to the | | | | required to take supplemental examinations. |
| overall well-being of the patient, and a chiropractor | | | | Approximately 70 percent of chiropractors go into |
| takes into account every facet of the patient's life, | | | | solo practice. While some chiropractors become |
| including exercise, diet, rest, environment and | | | | instructors, others conduct research at other |
| heredity. Chiropractic schools instruct prospective | | | | chiropractic schools, institutions and colleges, or |
| physicians to use non-surgical, natural, and drug-free | | | | practice chiropractic medicine in clinics and hospitals. |
| health treatments, and to rely on the self-healing | | | | According to Chiropractic Economics, self-employed |
| mechanisms of the patient's body. | | | | chiropractors have higher earning potential than |
| Chiropractic schools recommend that students have | | | | salaried chiropractors, and males earn about 25% |
| an earned degree in the arts or sciences from an | | | | more than females. With a degree from an |
| accredited college or university before entering the | | | | accredited chiropractic schools, you can expect to |
| chiropractic educational system. Required areas of | | | | earn anywhere from $90k - $139k per year. |