Help make my son's college list [NY resident, 97 GPA; possibly pre-PT]

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How important is it to your son to have some health-related majors (like exercise training, allied health, etc) vs. a bio major? Most of the schools below were included based on the assumption that a health-related major (beyond bio) was desired, but if that’s not the case, please let us know.

These are some schools, most of which would probably be extremely likely admits, that have no religious affiliation.

  • Case Western (OH): About 6k undergrads

  • East Stroudsburg (PA ): About 4400 undergrads

  • Elon (NC): About 6300 undergrads

  • Johns Hopkins (MD): About 6k undergrads. Part of a consortium with Loyola Maryland, Goucher, and other colleges in the Baltimore area whereby students can cross-register.

  • Marist (NY): About 5500 undergrads

  • Millersville U. of PA: About 5800 undergrads

  • Monmouth (PA ): About 3800 undergrads

  • Quinnipiac (CT): About 6100 undergrads

  • Rider (NJ): About 3200 undergrads

  • Salisbury (MD): About 6400 undergrads

  • Slippery Rock (PA ): About 6800 undergrads

  • Stockton (NJ): About 8100 undergrads

  • SUNY Brockport: About 5100 undergrads

  • SUNY Plattsburgh: About 4k undergrads

  • Thomas Jefferson (PA ): About 3800 undergrads

  • U. of Hartford (CT): About 4k undergrads

  • Westfield State (MA): About 4k undergrads

If your son becomes open to looking at schools with religious affiliations, these are some others that he may want to consider.

  • American (D.C.): About 7900 undergrads. Part of a consortium with other D.C. area schools like Georgetown, GW, and U. of Maryland – College Park whereby students can cross-register.

  • Duquesne (PA ): About 5100 undergrads. Part of a Pittsburgh consortium with U. of Pittsburgh and Carnegie Mellon, among others, whereby students can cross-register.

  • Loyola Maryland: About 4k undergrads. Part of a consortium with Johns Hopkins, Goucher, and other colleges in the Baltimore area whereby students can cross-register.

  • Merrimack (MA): About 4200 undergrads

  • Sacred Heart (CT): About 6800 undergrads

  • Saint Joseph’s (PA ): About 5100 undergrads

  • Siena (NY): About 3500 undergrads

  • U. of Scranton (PA ): About 3600 undergrads

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