Quick Facts

PROGRAM DETAILS

• Students are admitted into the Public Health Program upon selection of the major during the admission process.
• The curriculum consists of 120 credit hours.
• Students will work with their advisor to select electives in areas of:
  • Community health
  • Health administration
  • Health informatics
  • Pre-health professions
• A capstone experience is a requirement (and is included in the 120 credit hours)
• Students can choose to follow a 4-year, completion, or accelerated 3-year curriculum plan to complete the 120-credit hour program

CAREER OPPORTUNITIES

Graduates will be prepared for graduate school and for jobs in a variety of settings, including health departments, nonprofit organizations, government agencies, hospitals, medical practices, private businesses, and colleges/universities.

They will serve in fields such as:

• Health promotion and education
• Community health worker
• Community advocacy and outreach
• Public health informatics
• Population health administration
• Epidemiology

Graduates often choose to pursue graduate level degrees in the following areas: Public Health; law, business, or psychology; clinical health professions such as medicine, pharmacy, physician assistant, physical therapy, occupational therapy, nutrition, mental health counseling and graduate entry nursing programs.