People Are the Heartbeat of MCPHS

It’s vital for our students to recognize the inherent worth and dignity of every human being. MCPHS offers a wide range of curricular and co-curricular activities that support the development of compassion, cultural humility, and emotional intelligence. Our faculty members serve as mentors and coaches, discussing ethics and communication skills in addition to teaching more traditional subject matter.

We also recruit and nurture talent from across the country and around the world, including from communities of color, and from all socioeconomic backgrounds. We are among the most transformative schools in the United States, ranked fourth by Money Magazine, ahead of other premier colleges and universities. We are doing our part to change the face of healthcare, an important first step toward addressing disparities in care.

What does it mean to be a healthcare change agent?

Patients, communities, and society benefit from the infusion of new perspectives into the system. Our own students, faculty, and staff also benefit by learning with and from each other.

The diverse, vibrant student population across our three campuses and online programs is a testament to our DEI efforts. The chance that two random students in an MCPHS classroom come from a different race, ethnicity, or citizenship is about 78%, according to an analysis by the Wall Street Journal. We have students from 90 different countries, representing 15% of our student body overall. We’re proud of these numbers.

But it’s not enough to cultivate a diverse community. At MCPHS, we’re doing whatever it takes to empower students to speak up, contribute ideas and solutions of their own, and flourish. Our Center for Academic Success and Enrichment, for example, was specifically designed to help students of all backgrounds thrive.

We push boundaries to help students succeed. And that includes offering programs around the world that give our students exposure to different cultures and systems.

In addition, we encourage students to become leaders through efforts such as our Center for Research and Discovery – inspiring many who never even considered conducting research to pursue a scholarly project with a faculty mentor. Students who participate in mentored academic experiences are more likely to succeed in class, pursue graduate education, and have higher confidence in their own abilities.

We have a proud history of graduating agents of change who are making a real difference. Our alumni work tirelessly to improve lives. They provide compassionate care in many different settings, serve in governments, shape policy from think tanks, expand minds in academia, and more. Many are modern founders in their own right, identifying healthcare needs and gaps — and mobilizing to fill them, including by starting new organizations.

They are all making an effort to be part of something bigger than themselves. That’s what the power of inclusion is all about.