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The Master of Public Health degree provides training in the discipline of public health, which focuses on the health needs of communities and populations domestically and internationally. The core curriculum includes the five core areas of public health (epidemiology, biostatistics, social and behavioral sciences, environmental health, and health care administration) and offers courses, an internship and Capstone project that prepare graduates to enter the field of Public Health as program planners, researchers, evaluators, and educators. The focus of the degree affords the student the opportunity to develop a general skill set that enables him or her to work in a variety of settings.
Arcadia's program trains students as public health professionals with an emphasis on community health. Each student is encouraged to focus coursework on a specific area of interest to him or her, choose an internship experience that emphasizes the interest area, and plan a Capstone project focused in the same area. In this way, each student can develop a specialized knowledge base about public health issues related to his or her specific areas of interest.
The Master of Public Health degree educates community public health professionals to promote the health of individuals, families, communities, and the environment through a program that integrates education, research and practice in a global environment. We aim to:
Arcadia University’s M.P.H. program is an accredited public health program. Accreditation was granted by the Council on Education for Public Health (CEPH) in September 2018. View CEPH Site Visit Report. View CEPH Self Study Report.
Students are eligible to sit for the National Credentialing Exam in Public Health (CPH) after completing 21 credits in the MPH Program or after they complete the degree.
Applications to the M.P.H. program are reviewed on a rolling basis. Students may apply for admission to the program on a full-time basis starting in the Fall and on a part-time basis starting Spring, Summer, or Fall. Applications must be complete before they are reviewed for admission to the program.
The following program-specific requirements must be met:
Complete a graduate application online at www.sophas.org. Information about application fees can be found on SOPHAS. The application requirements are:
Tuition for 2019-20 academic year can be found at: www.arcadia.edu/gradtuition
Our dual-degree programs train health professionals in the core areas of community-based public health. The application of the public health skill set added to the skills learned within the clinical and behavioral primary degree instills a public health perspective into the classes taken in their primary areas of study.
We offer the following Master of Public Health dual degree programs:
Katie DiSantis, Ph.D., MPH
Chair, Department of Public Health
DiSantisK@arcadia.edu
Karena Whitmore
Administrative Assistant, Department of Public Health
WhitmoreK@arcadia.edu
267-620-4804
Enrollment Management
1-877-ARCADIA (1-877-272-2342)
admiss@arcadia.edu