Master of Public Health (Advanced Standing)

The Jefferson College of Population Health (JCPH) offers a Master of Public Health (MPH) degree, which is nationally accredited through the Council on Education for Public Health (CEPH). Students develop competencies in several key public health areas: health behavior and social sciences, biostatistics, environmental health, epidemiology, policy and advocacy, program planning, implementation and evaluation and others. The interdisciplinary curriculum stresses leadership skills, systems thinking, health communication, global health and cultural humility and competency.
The Advanced Standing pathway is designed to increase the number of professionals with advanced training in public health, with the goal of promoting wellness, assuring quality, and addressing the social determinants of health in social service, healthcare, government, non-profit, business, research, and community settings.
The Advanced Standing pathway complements the College’s existing efforts to train healthcare and other professionals to be more effective and to contribute to population and community health. This program provides those with a terminal degree (including MD, DO, PhD, JD, DSW, EdD, DNP, DHSc, DBA) with an opportunity to pursue a Master of Public Health (MPH) degree. The program provides training in leadership, epidemiology, biostatistics, research, health behavior, healthcare delivery, healthcare quality and safety, policy, advocacy, wellness and prevention. Professionals with an MPH degree assume leadership positions in the healthcare setting, in state and local public health departments, non-profit and non-governmental health organizations, and in the global context and are prepared to conduct research, inform policy, and lead advocacy efforts.