Master of Public Health
Format: Online or in person on the Statesboro Campus
Credit Hours: 42
Entry Term: Fall
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You are ready to battle disease, promote better nutrition and hygiene, and improve water quality. You want everyone to have access to preventative healthcare. You are ready to make a difference.
The Master of Public Health (MPH) prepares students to work locally and globally to make people healthier and make the world a better place to live!
Choose from 7 concentrations.
Applied Public Health (online)
Biostatistics
Community Health
Environmental Health Science
Epidemiology
Public Health Informatics (online)
Health Policy & Management
Earn your degree On Campus or Online.
No GRE requirement*
* The GRE is not required for entrance to the MPH program. However, concentrations may elect to request additional information to support an application for admission. If additional questions or examples of previous work are required, the request will be included in the SOPHAS application.
Our MPH meets the needs of both the full-time student preparing for a career in public health, as well as currently employed health professionals seeking an advanced education to enhance their existing skills and background.
In the classroom or online, our public health masters students are trained to understand the role of community empowerment, community mobilization, networks, and partnerships in the development of policies to help these affected populations. Your MPH degree will focus on the task of establishing the services and infrastructure necessary to address these identified problems, and enforcing the policies needed to solve them.
Support and Scholarship opportunities available**
**Availability varies by program. Includes both online and in-person opportunities. Inquire for details.
Why choose the MPH program at Georgia Southern?
- Dedicated to preparing graduate-level public health practitioners who are capable of applying practice-based skills in the field.
- Students and faculty work together on a wide range of cutting-edge projects.
- Affordable, student-centered learning environment.
- Hands-on curriculum.
Two year program of study
The MPH is a 42-credit hour degree program. See the MPH Plans of Study. In addition to coursework, students are required to complete a 300-hour field practicum in a community, a public health facility, a government agency, or related setting.
With our MPH from Georgia Southern you will:
- Inform, educate and engage communities about health and safety issues.
- Research for new insights and create innovative solutions to promote health.
- Investigate health problems and health hazards.
- Mobilize community partnerships.
- Develop policy.
In addition to concentration specific courses, you will learn the integration of concepts in all five core public health focus areas (biostatistics, community health, environmental health sciences, epidemiology and health policy and management).
Our Applied Public Health concentration is a fully online program focusing on health policy, advocacy, health informatics, and cultural competency. Our other concentrations meet in traditional classroom settings on our Statesboro campus.
MPH Graduates have found jobs at:
American Red Cross, CDC, FDA, Hospitals, Pharmaceutical Companies, Health Departments & Districts across the country, USDA Forest Service… to name just a few.
MPH Curriculum:
42 credit hours.
Six required core classes for all students.
Concentration specific courses.
Guided electives (number varies per/concentration).
One integrated capstone experience.
One practice-based experience (300 hours).
“Georgia Southern really provided hands-on learning experiences that have helped shape my future and endowed me with a broad range of transferable skills,”
— Jordan Bordeaux
Concentrations
The MPH Program offers students the opportunity to integrate core competencies in the five basic areas of public health, with specialized expertise in one of six program areas:
Applied Public Health Online
Format: Online
Credit Hours: 42
Entry Term: Fall
This fully online MPH gives students both the flexibility they need, and a team of people on the other end of their computer to provide both academic and technical support!
MPH Applied Public Health students will complete a broad-based hands-on program of study with the flexibility to tailor their focus with more guided elective options. The focus of this master’s degree is on public health education, information and advocacy. Students will apply their skills and knowledge to become a front-line public health practitioner/public health leader.
For more information about our Online MPH Program Click Here.
Biostatistics
Format: In person on the Statesboro Campus
Credit Hours: 42
Entry Term: Fall
MPH Biostatistics students will learn to apply statistical reasoning and methods in addressing, analyzing and solving problems in public health, healthcare, biomedical, clinical and population-based research. Students will serve rural or urban communities around the world through governmental, private and academic sectors by utilizing biostatistical skills gained in order to help solve public health and biomedical problems.
Community Health
Format: In person on the Statesboro Campus
Credit Hours: 42
Entry Term: Fall
MPH Community Health students will learn how to advance public health knowledge and reduce the burden of disease in individuals, families and communities through the application of social and behavioral science theory. Students will solve public health problems including health disparities in rural and urban environments.
Environmental Health Sciences
Format: In person on the Statesboro Campus
Credit Hours: 42
Entry Term: Fall
MPH Environmental Health Sciences students will learn to recognize the public health implications of environmental and occupational factors responsible for influencing mortality and morbidity in human populations. Students are trained as environmental health practitioners in a variety of public health settings.
Epidemiology
Format: In person on the Statesboro Campus
Credit Hours: 42
Entry Term: Fall
MPH Epidemiology students will learn to understand diseases of the human body in order to explain occurrence, distribution and causative factors of diseases in human populations. Students are trained to function effectively as epidemiologists in a variety of public health settings.
NEW! Public Health Informatics Online
Format: Online
Credit Hours: 42
Entry Term: Fall
Public health professionals with training in health informatics are in demand!
MPH Health Informatics students will learn skills that are essential for informing contemporary public health practice and policy. This online program offers a balanced set of courses covering health informatics foundations and terminology, the use of public health and healthcare information systems to improve health outcomes, health data analytics, information systems management, and the use of public health data visualization for evidence-based practice.
Health Policy & Management
Format: In person on the Statesboro Campus
Credit Hours: 42
Entry Term: Fall
MPH Health Policy and Management program students will learn leadership skills for the development of policy and management of public health organizations and programs. Students may become public health or healthcare advisors, administrators or policy analysts.
Other Important Links
- MPH Admissions Information
- JPHCOPH Graduate Application FAQs
- Application Deadlines
- MPH Graduation Requirements
- Masters Non-Degree Requirements
- MPH Competencies and Outcomes
- Plans of Study
- Disclosures
Our program is accredited by the Council on Education for Public Health.
Undergraduate programs are available on both the Armstrong and Statesboro Campuses. Graduate programs are available on the Statesboro campus or online.
Do You Have Questions? Contact Us!
Jiann-Ping Hsu College of Public Health
Email: Graduate Advisor
Armstrong Campus
Solms Hall, Suite 109
11935 Abercorn Street
Savannah, GA 31419
Phone: 912-478-2674
Statesboro Campus
Hendricks Hall
501 Forest Dr.
Statesboro, GA 30458
Phone: 912-478-2674
Last updated: 6/22/2023