Doctor of Public Health
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The Doctor of Public Health (DrPH) is an advanced professional degree for those who intend to pursue or advance a professional practice career in public health and for leaders and future leaders in public health practice. They face the particular challenge of understanding and adapting scientific knowledge in order to achieve health gain and results. This degree leads to a career in high-level administration, teaching, or practice, where advanced analytical and conceptual capabilities are required.
The DrPH program develops in its candidates all competencies included in MPH programs, with increased emphasis on high level skills in problem-solving and the application of public health concepts. The usual requirement for entry into this program is a degree in Master of Public Health.
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- University of Arizona Mel and Enid Zuckerman College of Public Health
- Jiann-Ping Hsu College of Public Health at Georgia Southern University
- City University of New York (CUNY) Graduate Center
- Columbia University Mailman School of Public Health
- Harvard School of Public Health
- Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health
- University of Alabama at Birmingham School of Public Health
- University of California, Berkeley
- University of Medicine and Dentistry New Jersey School of Public Health
- School of Public Health, New York Medical School
- University of North Carolina School of Public Health
- University of North Texas Health Science Center at Fort Worth, School of Public Health
- University of Texas School of Public Health
- Drexel University School of Public Health
- Boston University School of Public Health
- Florida A & M University Institute of Public Health
- University of Pittsburgh Graduate School of Public Health
- University of Illinois School of Public Health