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Explore public health schools, compare degrees, and discover online and campus programs across the United States.
314 institutions · 998 programs, each with an official source and a check date
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Degrees
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Associate
45 programs
AA, AS and AAS programs at community colleges and colleges.
Bachelor’s
124 programs
BA, BS and BSPH programs, including formally named public health majors.
MPH
375 programs
The professional master’s: concentrations, practicum and GRE policy per program.
MSPH
10 programs
Research-oriented master’s degrees titled Master of Science in Public Health.
DrPH
38 programs
Professional doctorates in public health leadership and practice.
PhD
174 programs
Research doctorates in public health, epidemiology, biostatistics and more.
Graduate certificates
114 programs
Academic postbaccalaureate certificates with a defined curriculum.
All certificates
123 programs
Undergraduate and graduate academic certificates.
Online
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329 programs are offered online or in a hybrid format; 175 are listed as fully online. Required campus visits are shown prominently, and a program that needs them is never called fully online. Local practicum placements are listed separately.
Online public health degreesOnline MPHOnline bachelor’sOnline certificates
- Master of Public Health (online) · A.T. Still University · Fully online
- Master of Public Health · Idaho State University · Fully online
- Public Health, M.P.H. · Saint Louis University · Hybrid
- Graduate Certificate in Public Health · University of Mary Hardin-Baylor · Fully online
Selected programs
Selected schools and programs
A sample of verified listings, one per institution. It is not a ranking and sponsors do not take part. For editorial picks see Best Public Health Colleges.
A.T. Still UniversityMPH
Master of Public Health (online)
Online · provider based in United States
General public health
Price not published
East Stroudsburg University of PennsylvaniaMPH
Masters in Public Health and Community Health
East Stroudsburg, Pennsylvania, United States
Community healthHealth education
Price not published
Missouri State UniversityMPH
Master of Public Health
Springfield, Missouri, United States
General public health
Price not published
SUNY Downstate Health Sciences UniversityDrPH
Doctor of Public Health (DrPH)
Brooklyn, New York City, New York, United States
General public health
Price not published
University of CincinnatiMPH
Master of Public Health (MPH)
Cincinnati, Ohio, United States
BiostatisticsEnvironmental healthAverage time to degree is 2 years; as few as three consecutive semesters full-time
Price not published
- University of Oklahoma
MS
Master of Science in Biostatistics
Oklahoma City, Oklahoma, United States
Biostatistics
Price not published
States
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Counts are institutions with a verified teaching location in the state. Online programs are not counted as located in any state. All 50 states and Washington, DC have a page, including those with no verified listing yet.
- California29 · 102 programs
- New York29 · 75 programs
- Massachusetts13 · 63 programs
- Texas12 · 31 programs
- Illinois11 · 19 programs
- Maryland11 · 37 programs
- Pennsylvania11 · 51 programs
- Connecticut9 · 27 programs
- Florida9 · 33 programs
- Colorado7 · 12 programs
- North Carolina7 · 20 programs
- Virginia7 · 19 programs
Subjects
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A subject is recorded only where the official page names a specialization or formal concentration, not when a single elective touches it.
Editorial selections
Best public health programs
Unranked selections built from stated criteria and dated sources. We publish no numerical scores, acceptance rates or salary statistics, and sponsorship cannot buy inclusion. How we select.
Admissions and funding
Admissions and funding guides
MPH programs without GRE requirements
95 MPH programs state the GRE is not required. “Not required”, “optional” and “waiver available” are kept apart.
Affordable MPH programs
Published per-credit tuition with the residency basis, academic year and fees stated.
Public health scholarships and funding
Where funding comes from, and why competitive is not the same as guaranteed.
How to choose an MPH program
Questions that separate programs that look alike.
Applying through SOPHAS
How the centralized application works and when schools use it.
Understanding public health accreditation
What CEPH accreditation covers and what it does not.
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Verified listings are free. Sponsored placements are always labelled Sponsored, and sponsorship never buys verification, accreditation status or a place in an editorial selection.