COPE Health Scholars

What COPE Health Scholars does

COPE Health Scholars operates as a private healthcare workforce development and experiential education organization, closely affiliated with COPE Health Solutions and headquartered at 1150 S Olive St, Suite 1200 in Los Angeles, California. The company delivers a portfolio of on-site clinical training programs (Health Scholars, Junior Health Scholars, Care Navigator Scholars, Pre-Medical Health Scholar Intensive, Medical Assistant Scholars, and International Health Scholar Intensives) that place participants in hospital settings across California, Oregon, Washington, Hawaii, and Japan to earn patient-care hours and completion certificates, with credentialing issued in partnership with the UCLA Fielding School of Public Health and MCAT preparation integrated through Kaplan for the pre-medical tier.

Program delivery relies on a conventional technology stack rather than proprietary infrastructure: Canvas LMS for didactic content, a Salesforce-based application portal (copehealthscholars.my.site.com) for rolling-admissions enrollment, and Microsoft Teams for virtual information sessions and workshops. The Pre-Medical Health Scholar Intensive pairs Kaplan instructors scoring in the 90th percentile with on-site clinical shifts at West Los Angeles hospital sites, while the Care Navigator Scholars Program extends into population health and care coordination at lower price points. Internationally, the Tokyo intensive with Josai International University offers 10-12 day immersive cohorts in Summer 2026.

Revenue is generated primarily through one-time participant tuition fees ranging from $325-$475 for Care Navigator programs to $6,500 for the Pre-Medical Intensive, with a $21 application fee and optional Klarna financing. The go-to-market is direct-to-consumer combined with event-driven demand generation (virtual information sessions, application workshops, career development workshops). Hospital partners such as Kaiser Permanente, Adventist Health, MultiCare, Hoag, and Lehigh Valley Health Network serve as both training-site hosts and downstream hiring channels, creating a workforce-pipeline model in which partners like LVHN have reported a 50% reduction in Medical Assistant vacancies through the Medical Assistant Scholars Program.

Name

COPE Health Scholars

Legal name

COPE Health Scholars

Website

https://copehealthscholars.org

Company type

Private

Founded year

2001

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

5,001–10,000 employees

Short description

COPE Health Scholars is a private healthcare workforce development organization that places pre-med, pre-health, and high school students in on-site clinical training programs across 15+ hospital partners in four US states and Japan, offering UCLA-credentialed certificates and Kaplan-integrated MCAT prep on a tuition-based direct-to-consumer model.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

Healthcare Workforce Education

NAICS

Professional and Management Development Training (611430), Educational Support Services (6117), Colleges, Universities, and Professional Schools (6113)

SIC

Services-Educational Services (8200), Services-Health Services (8000)

akta.pro primary industry

Healthcare Clinical Professions (CME/CE for Nurses, Allied Health, Pharmacy) (EDAAALAC)

akta.pro secondary industry

Health Science & Medical STEM Programs (Pre-Med, Public Health) (EDAMABAJ)

Keywords

• Healthcare workforce training
• Clinical experience programs
• Pre-medical education
• Healthcare career pipeline
• Experiential medical training

Headquarters

HQ city

Los Angeles

HQ country

United States

HQ region

North America

Offices6 records

Markets served

GTM type

B2C

Offering type

Services

Cost components

Personnel, Operations, Marketing or Sales, Technology or R&D, Infrastructure

Revenue model

1. Program Tuition Fees: One-time program fees charged to participants for enrollment in healthcare career training programs. Fees vary by program length and intensity, ranging from $325-$475 for Care Navigator programs to $6,500 for the 7-week Pre-Medical Intensive with MCAT prep.
2. Application Fees: $21 application fee charged to applicants for program enrollment processing.

Pricing tiers

Go-to-market motion2 records

Distribution channels4 records

Marketing channels7 records

Core offering

COPE Health Scholars operates experiential healthcare education programs that place participants in on-site clinical and administrative roles at partner hospitals. Programs range from high school career exploration to a 7-week Pre-Medical Intensive that combines hands-on clinical shifts with Kaplan MCAT prep instruction and yields a certificate from UCLA Fielding School of Public Health. Participants earn clinical hours, completion certificates, and access to a 1-year alumni membership for workforce placement.

Product overview

COPE Health Scholars offers a portfolio of experiential healthcare education programs designed to bridge the gap between academic training and real-world clinical experience. The core offerings include the Health Scholars Program (clinical patient care rotations), Junior Health Scholars Program (high school career exploration), Care Navigator Scholars Program (population health and care coordination, 6-9 months), and Pre-Medical Health Scholar Intensive Program (7-week MCAT prep + clinical experience, $6,500). The company also operates International Intensive Experiences, including programs in Tokyo, Japan (10-12 day immersive trips). All programs provide completion certificates, with some offering certificates from UCLA Fielding School of Public Health. Programs are delivered across California, Oregon, Washington, Hawaii, and international locations in partnership with hospital systems including Kaiser Permanente, Adventist Health, Hoag, and MultiCare.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Brands

• Health Scholars: Main program assisting with basic patient care alongside healthcare providers, rotating through specialty departments with completion certificate.
• Junior Health Scholars
• Care Navigator Scholars
• Pre-Medical Health Scholar Intensive
• International Health Scholar Intensive
• Medical Assistant Scholars
• Nurse Assistant Training

Products and services

• Health Scholars Program Clinical experiential learning program in which participants assist with basic patient care alongside nurses, physicians, and other providers while rotating through specialty departments. Participants earn a completion certificate and clinical hours applicable to medical school, PA school, or nursing applications. Delivered on-site at partner hospitals across California, Oregon, Washington, and Hawaii.
• Junior Health Scholars Program Career exploration program for high school students who step into hospital environments, shadow clinical teams, and gain early exposure to healthcare careers. Participants earn a completion certificate. Targeted at high school students considering healthcare career paths before college.
• International Health Scholar Intensive (Intensive Experiences) 10–12 day international immersive program in Tokyo, Japan where participants visit hospitals and clinics, explore innovative medical systems, and gain cross-cultural insights. Includes classroom instruction at Josai International University on global healthcare costs, value-based payment models, and international health systems comparison. Participants earn a completion certificate.
• Pre-Medical Health Scholar Intensive Program 7-week intensive program combining hands-on clinical healthcare experience with 135+ hours of live MCAT prep instruction delivered by Kaplan instructors scoring in the 90th percentile. Includes access to a 3,000+ question Qbank, AAMC official practice materials, and 280 total graduation hours. Yields a Certificate of Completion from UCLA Fielding School of Public Health, 1-year Kaplan materials access, and 1-year CHS Alumni Membership. Priced at $6,500 with $21 application fee and Klarna financing options.
• Care Navigator Scholars Program 6–9 month program teaching participants to support care coordination, health education, and basic clinical services. Designed for individuals interested in social work or public health careers. Yields a certificate from UCLA Fielding School of Public Health, University of Puget Sound, or Pacific University. Tuition ranges from $325 to $475.
• Medical Assistant Scholars Program Program addressing medical assistant shortages and providing employment pathways in healthcare settings. Designed in partnership with healthcare provider organizations, it has documented a 50% reduction in MA vacancies at Lehigh Valley Health Network and has generated community employment opportunities.
• Nurse Assistant Training Training program for nurse assistants preparing participants for roles in healthcare settings.

Quantifiable outcome

• Pre-Medical Intensive: 15+ point average MCAT score improvement for students completing 4,400+ practice questions
• +2 more outcomes

Named customers6 records

Segments5 records

Ideal customer profiles5 records

Technology focussed No

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App detail

Integration6 records

Feature2 records

Partnerships

13 partnerships are on record, tiered core and strategic.

• UCLA Fielding School of Public Health - Executive Programs in Health Policy and ManagementcoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerPrimary academic partnership providing program credibility and certificates. The UCLA collaboration ensures programs are grounded in academic excellence and real-world application. Students receive certificates from UCLA upon program completion.
• KaplancoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerKaplan provides MCAT preparation for Pre-Medical Health Scholar Intensive program. Expert instructors who have scored above the 90th percentile deliver over 135 hours of live instruction. Students gain access to 3,000+ question Qbank and AAMC official practice materials.
• Josai International University (Japan)strategicStrategic or Co-development PartnerAcademic partnership for international intensive programs in Japan. Josai International University provides classroom instruction on global healthcare costs, value-based payment models, and international health systems comparison.
• Adventist HealthcoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerMajor hospital partner hosting Health Scholar programs at multiple locations including Glendale, Portland, White Memorial, Castle (Hawaii), and others. Provides clinical training sites and workforce pipeline for hiring program graduates.
• Kaiser PermanentecoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerLarge healthcare system partner with multiple locations (Anaheim, Irvine, Orange County, Riverside, Woodland Hills) hosting Health Scholar and Junior Health Scholar programs for workforce development.
• MultiCare Health SystemcoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerPacific Northwest healthcare partner in Tacoma and Spokane, Washington. Hosts Health Scholar and Junior Health Scholar programs with departments including Emergency, ICU, Medical Oncology, and Mother/Baby units.
• Hoag Memorial Hospital PresbyteriancoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerNewport Beach and Irvine, California hospital partner offering Health Scholar clinical training programs.
• Lehigh Valley Health Network (LVHN)strategicStrategic or Co-development PartnerPennsylvania healthcare network that implemented Medical Assistant Scholars Program, reducing MA vacancies by 50% and generating community employment opportunities.
• Emanate HealthcoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerCalifornia hospital partner in West Covina, Covina, and Glendora offering Health Scholar clinical training programs.
• Dignity Health / St. John's Regional Medical CentercoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerOxnard and Camarillo, California hospital partner hosting Health Scholar programs.
• Martin Luther King Jr. Community HealthcoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerLos Angeles hospital partner offering Health Scholar programs with focus on underserved community healthcare.
• Providence Saint John's Health CentercoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerSanta Monica, California hospital partner hosting Health Scholar clinical training programs.
• Riverside Community HospitalcoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerRiverside, California hospital partner offering Health Scholar programs for workforce development.

Scale indicators5 records

Recent moves6 records

Expansion highlights5 records

Direct peers

• National Healthcareer Association (NHA): National certification body for allied health roles (Medical Assistants, Phlebotomists, etc.) with workforce-development programs similar to CHS's Medical Assistant Scholars and Nurse Assistant Training. Overlaps on healthcare certification, employer-recognized credentials, and entry-level healthcare career ladders.
• Health Occupations Students of America (HOSA): National student organization for future health professionals with high school and college chapters that provide healthcare career exploration, leadership development, and competitive events. Overlaps directly with CHS's Junior Health Scholars and Health Scholars offerings for the same target demographic.
• Health Career Connection (HCC): California-based nonprofit that places undergraduate students in paid healthcare internships and experiential programs across health systems. Directly overlaps CHS's pre-health scholar model, target demographic (college students pursuing clinical careers), and West Coast hospital partnership go-to-market.

Broad incumbents

• COPE Health Solutions: Parent/administratively aligned organization providing healthcare consulting and workforce solutions to hospitals and payers. Shares leadership (Allen Miller is CEO of both) and operational infrastructure, but addresses a broader market of health system consulting, not just scholar/learner experiential programs.
• City Year: Large-scale AmeriCorps-affiliated experiential service program placing young adults in schools/health settings for paid service terms. Comparable model of stipend-supported, certificate-earning experiential programming tied to public service career pipelines; though focused on education rather than healthcare specifically.
• Cedars-Sinai Clinical Volunteer / Research Programs: Large academic medical center running its own volunteer, intern, and clinical research programs for pre-health and pre-med students. Represents the insourced alternative to the outsourced model CHS sells - comparable student demographic and clinical exposure, but free to participants and non-portable across systems.

Emerging players

• Inova Workforce Development Programs: Inova Health System runs in-house workforce pipeline and clinical training programs (e.g., Inova Wellspring, clinical education rotations) addressing healthcare labor shortages. Operates in a single East Coast system but represents a comparable health-system-led approach to building entry-level healthcare talent pipelines.
• MedPrep Programs (e.g., Rush, Loyola, regional university pipelines): University-affiliated medical preparation programs (MedPrep, post-bacc pre-med) that combine clinical exposure, MCAT prep, and advising - overlapping the Pre-Medical Health Scholar Intensive's core value proposition. Generally smaller, single-institution offerings with comparable but less nationally scaled delivery.

Others

• Public Health AmeriCorps: Federally funded service program placing members in public/community health settings, with similar experiential learning and career-development positioning to CHS's Care Navigator Scholars and International Health Scholar Intensive. Mission-aligned public sector alternative with grant-funded rather than tuition-funded revenue model.
• Kaplan: Existing CHS partner and dominant test-prep provider (MCAT, USMLE, NCLEX) that also runs standalone healthcare career preparation products. Functions as both supplier (MCAT instruction to CHS) and adjacent competitor with its own prep pathways for pre-health students.

Market position

Strengths5 records

Weaknesses5 records

Competitive moat5 records

Key risks6 records

Key highlights7 records

Customer concentration

• Facebookfacebook.com/copehealthscholars
• LinkedInlinkedin.com/company/cope-health-scholars
• Instagraminstagram.com/copehealthscholars
• Xx.com/COPEscholars

Compliance4 records

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Number of profiles

Profiles8 records

Funding overview

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