Master of Public Health (MPH)
School of Arts and Sciences
Location: Boston, Online
Start Term: Fall, Spring, Summer
Format: Full-Time or Part-Time
Build a career preventing disease transmission, promoting community health and wellness, and advocating for global health.
Exercise Impact on the Health of Communities
Your Journey to a Master’s Degree in Public Health
Choose a part-time or full-time course of study. Whichever format you choose, you will have the opportunity to:
- undertake an in-depth survey of public health
- study biostatistics, epidemiology, community health science and practice, and qualitative research in public health
- investigate health promotion and education and health policy management
- study the social and behavioral sciences ·
- learn the environmental factors that impact health ·
- undertake community health assessments and public health practice
The Master in Public Health program is offered both online and on our Boston campus. The program is STEM-designated, allowing students on an F-1 visa who attend the on-campus delivery of the curriculum (in person), to qualify for an additional two years of Optional Practical Training (OPT), for a total of three years of OPT in the United States.
How Can You Use a Public Health Degree?
Why Study Public Health at MCPHS?
If you want to make a measurable difference in your community, public health is one of the most impactful careers you can undertake—and MCPHS is the most strategic place to forge your path.
Earn a Graduate Certificate in Public Health
If you are looking for a comprehensive introduction to public health without making a commitment to a degree program, consider our certificate in public health.
The best place to be
MCPHS is located in Boston’s Longwood Medical and Academic Area, a global center for healthcare delivery, research, and education.
The MCPHS Alumni Scholarship
Successfully complete any MCPHS degree and you are eligible for a 50% tuition scholarship toward one of seven master’s degrees—including the MPH.
MCPHS Community Voices
The lived experiences of MCPHS students, partners, and faculty tell an eloquent story. They illustrate just how our student-centered, teaching-first approach keeps us in the top tier of the country’s “most transformative colleges.” (Money magazine).
Sofía Ladner
| MS ’19"I want to focus on helping the community that I grew up in and am a part of now. I wanted to get my MPH to pursue research and other projects that address the needs I see in my own community."
Maame Esi
| MS ’22“I realized that public health and medicine are very intertwined. I know public health is more [about] prevention and medicine is more [about] curing… when they merge, I think that they’re powerful together.”
Download a Program Fact Sheet
Download a program fact sheet for a snapshot of the Master of Public Health.