Ranked first on the U.S. News and World Report’s list, the Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health offers a Master of Public Health degree. Students can choose to attend a full-time, 11-month program or a part-time program. Degrees require 80 credits for completion. Johns Hopkins operates campuses in Maryland, Washington D.C., and Barcelona, as well as online. Course work focuses on the “epidemiology, biostatistics, management sciences and the environmental, biological, behavioral and social factors that influence the health of populations and communities,” according to the school’s website.
Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health
615 N. Wolfe St.
Baltimore, MD 21205
410-955-3543
jhsph.edu
The Harvard School of Public Health ranked second on U.S. News and World Report’s list. The Harvard MPH program requires completion of 42.5 course credits. Students can choose from a two-semester, full-time program, a two- to three-year part-time program or a summer-session only program. Core curriculum focuses on topics such as biostatistics, epidemiology, environmental health sciences and health services administration. Students can choose from seven concentration areas, including family and community health, global health, occupational and environmental health, and clinical effectiveness.
Harvard School of Public Health
677 Huntington Ave.
Boston, MA 02115
617-432-1031
hsph.harvard.edu
The University of North Carolina-Chapel Hill’s School of Public Health tied for second on the ranking list. The MPH degree is available in three concentration areas: leadership, health care and prevention, and occupational health nursing. The master’s degree requires 42 credits for completion. Students can attend part-time or full-time. Most classes are offered both on the Chapel Hill campus and online. Focus areas include field epidemiology, health assessment, public health practice, industrial hygiene, environmental science and policy development.
University of North Carolina-Chapel Hill
School of Public Health
170 Rosenau Hall, CB # 7400
Chapel Hill, NC 27599
919-966-5305
sph.unc.edu
The University of Washington’s School of Public Health and Community Medicine ranked third on the list. The school offers 16 MPH degrees in various concentrations, including biostatistics, public health genetics, nutritional sciences, maternal and child health, global health and epidemiology. MPH degrees require 63 credits for completion, and most take one to two years to complete. Students can receive hands-on experience in the school's many public health research centers.
University of Washington
School of Public Health and Community Medicine
PO Box 357230
Seattle, WA 98195
206-543-1144
sph.washington.edu