Schools in Texas

Two accredited school are located in Texas, Parker College of Chiropractic and Texas Chiropractic College.

For information about accredited schools outside of the state contact:

Parker College of Chiropractic
2500 Walnut Hill Ln.
Dallas, Texas 75229-5668
800-438-6938
Fax: 214-352-8425

Texas Chiropractic College
5912 Spencer Hwy.
Pasadena, Texas 77505-1699
281-487-1170
Fax: 281-487-0329

Texas Chiropractic College is located in Pasadena, TX - the Houston metropolitan area. As the third oldest chiropractic school in the nation, it was founded in 1908. The chiropractic student is trained in basic and clinical sciences as well as chiropractic clinic practice which leads to the Doctor of Chiropractic. This school is one of the few in the world which includes hospital roation into their program in which intern rotations may be taken in fields such as anesthesiology, family medicine, spine research, sports medicine, psychiatry, and neurosurgery.

The school is accredited by many different associations which include the Texas Chriopractic Association, the Council on Chiropractic Education, and the Federation of Chiropractic Licensing Boards. The program which leads to the Doctor of Chiropractic is a three and a half year program. Before being admitted to the school, prospective students must have completed 90 hours of prerequisites for which advanced credit exams may not be substituted. These classes are as follows:

General Biology with lab

BIOL 112/114
BIOL 113/115

General Chemistry with lab

CHEM 131/133 
CHEM 132/134

 Physics with lab

PHYS 110/111 
PHYS 112/113

Organic Chemistry with lab

CHEM 221/223 
CHEM 322/324

Psychology

3 hours

Communication (recommended)

COMS 111

Social Sciences and Humanities

15 hrs. taken from history,sociology, government, English, literature, foreign language, psychology

English

6 hours

Computer Science3 hours or documented computer proficiency
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