Master of Public Health (MPH)

Discover your potential in the health care industry with the online Master of Public Health degree from Fairleigh Dickinson University. Guided by educators with years of industry experience, you can receive the education that best supports your personal and professional goals as well as begin developing your own ideas for eliminating health disparities.

Career-Enhancing Competencies and Program Outcomes

DEVELOP CAREER-ENHANCING COMPETENCIES IN AREAS SUCH AS:

• Social and behavioral determinants of public health
• Epidemiology
• Data analysis
• Biostatistics
• Management principles
• Global public health policies

DEVELOP CAREER-ENHANCING COMPETENCIES IN AREAS SUCH AS:

• Enhance access to health locally and globally
• Recognize the ethical and social responsibility for providing access to health care, with the goal of minimizing or eliminating health disparities
• Understand the role of the public health practitioner as a leader and advocate with both a local and global perspective

Through an interactive, online classroom, you’ll begin your master’s in public health online with a selection of core courses followed by a curriculum specific to the professional track. You’ll receive flexible schedule options, so you can learn at your own pace and complete your degree on your own time. Throughout each semester, you’ll gain hands-on experience working with public health tools through group interactions involving case studies and integrated care groups that focus on interprofessional education.

Becton Dickinson Scholarship

Becton Dickinson, a global medical technology company, supports Fairleigh Dickinson University’s School of Pharmacy and Health Sciences in many ways, including a scholarship program for incoming and continuing public health students. Scholarships are worth $2,500 and will be awarded based on academic merit, financial need and community involvement.

Students can apply and are eligible to receive the scholarship once per semester. Aid cannot be combined with any other form of financial support.

Dual MPA/MPH

If you’re interested in an administrative career in healthcare or government, the online MPA/MPH program is a great way to shape your leadership style while gaining essential skills. You can earn two master’s degrees in two and a half years, and then sit for the Certified in Public Health (CPH) exam or the Certified Health Education Specialist (CHES®) exam.