Online Master of Public Health (MPH) Degree

From fighting infectious diseases to reducing health disparities, public health professionals across the globe face new challenges every day.

The MPH program at Walden University received Council on Education for Public Health (CEPH) accreditation in September 2019. CEPH is an independent agency recognized by the U.S. Department of Education to accredit schools of public health and programs of public health. CEPH accreditation provides assurance that the program has been evaluated and met accepted public health profession standards in practice, research, and service. For a copy of the final self-study document and/or final accreditation report, please contact the School of Health Sciences Dean ([email protected])

Walden’s online Master of Public Health (MPH) degree program provides the following:

A solid grounding in foundational public health knowledge
A global perspective on public health, enriched by the experiences of students from all over the world.
Interactive and enhanced media that allow students to simulate real-world public health issues and solutions.
A cutting-edge online environment and curriculum featuring case studies on the latest public health issues.
A field experience designed for an immediate impact on your career and your community.

Reflecting Walden’s decades of commitment to positive social change, the online Master of Public Health degree program prepares you to improve the health of communities and deal with health disparities within a wide range of settings.

MPH Vision, Mission, and Goals

Vision
Healthy communities through positive social change.

Mission
The mission of the MPH program at Walden University is to provide high-quality education that enables a diverse public health work force of practitioners, researchers, and educators to excel at addressing public health challenges, promoting positive social change, and ensuring healthy communities at local, national, and international levels.

Goals
The program strives to fulfill its mission through excellent performance via instruction, scholarship, and service activities. The program goals for these three areas are as follows:

Instructional Goal
Provide a competency-based public health curriculum to ensure that graduates are prepared to contribute to positive social change.
Research Goal
Advance the public health profession and improve the health and well-being of local and global communities through participation in research and other scholarly activities.
Service Goal
Improve the health and well-being of local and global communities through participation in service activities.

MPH Core Values

The core values of the MPH program at Walden University include quality, professional integrity, and student-centeredness.

Career Impact

Public health is an exciting and rewarding field with a wide range of career opportunities. Whether you want to design and implement health programs, develop public health policy, administer public health services, or conduct research, Walden’s MPH program provides the expertise you need to advance your career and move into roles such as:

Health officer
Occupational health and safety specialist
Environmental health specialist
Disease investigator
Public health educator
Public health information officer
Public health analyst
Public health policy coordinator

Public health emergency preparedness and response coordinator
Global health professional
Research analyst
Health policy advisor
Epidemiologist
Community health worker

Career options may require additional experience, training, or other factors beyond the successful completion of this degree program.

Who chooses a career in public health and why?

Public health is a wide field that attracts people from diverse educational and professional backgrounds—from mathematics undergrads who pursue careers in biostatistics to ecologists committed to protecting our environmental health to business people dedicated to improving health program administration.

Regardless of background or specialty, aspiring public health professionals are driven to make a broad, lasting impact on health, not only in their own communities but also all over the world.

What is the employment outlook for public health careers?

Depending upon your focus area, your public health career opportunities are expected to grow as fast or faster than the average for all other occupations in the U.S., according to the Bureau of Labor Statistics.

Here are job growth projections and educational requirements for several major public health career categories¹:

Public Health Occupation	Job Growth 2012–2022
Statistician	27% (Much faster than average)
Epidemiologist	10% (As fast as average)
Health educator or community health worker	21% (Faster than average)
Social worker	19% (Faster than average)
Medical and health services managers	23% (Much faster than average)

Career options may require additional experience, training, or other factors beyond the successful completion of this degree program.

Master of Public Health (MPH)

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Walden's Master of Public Health provides you with a solid foundation in the core areas of public health, keeping you one step ahead of present day issues such as biostatistics, epidemiology, environmental health, and many more. Walden's cutting edge online curriculum, enriched by the global perspective of students all over the world, comes equipped with interactive and enhanced media programs, simulating real world public health problems and solutions. With a Master of Public Health from Walden University, you'll gain the knowledge and skills you need to succeed.

Walden’s Master of Public Health provides you with a solid foundation in the core areas of public health, keeping you one step ahead of present day issues.

How can a graduate degree in public health advance my career?

While it is possible to gain valuable experience working in the field, many public health careers require a graduate degree, such as an MPH degree, for entry or advancement.

A Master of Public Health degree is a good investment if you want to:

Develop the leadership and communication skills needed to influence public health policies and programs.
Gain the multidisciplinary, global perspective required to address complex health issues.
Acquire the specialized expertise required to design and develop programs that address emerging public health challenges and breakthroughs.
Develop systematic approaches to eliminating disparities in underserved communities.

Learning Outcomes

Graduates of our online Master of Public Health (MPH) degree program will be prepared to:

Utilize culturally appropriate communication skills to convey prevention and intervention strategies used to improve health outcomes among diverse local and global populations.
Demonstrate an understanding of how research methods, biostatistical data and software, and the epidemiological approach impact the study of patterns of disease, disability, and injury.
Evaluate biological, environmental, legal, and regulatory factors that affect the health of local and global communities.
Evaluate the major social, behavioral, and cultural factors that affect the health of local and global populations.
Appropriately access, interpret, and evaluate public health data that are available through the use of information technology.
Analyze essential services, systems, public policies, and associated challenges that impact the health of local and global communities.
Demonstrate skills needed for sound leadership and decision making in public health, including applications of ethics and professionalism.
Apply health management and systems thinking to public health agencies, programs, policies, and issues.
Apply the principles of program design, implementation, and evaluation to improve the health of local and global populations.
Exhibit a commitment to professional and ethically responsible public health research and practice.

Tuition and Fees

Curriculum Component	Requirements	Cost	Total
Tuition	64 total quarter credit hours	$480 per quarter hour	$30,720
Technology Fee	Per quarter	$160	$1,280
		Total^†	$32,000
		Transfer up to 30 credits	$15,040
		Total with Maximum Transfer Credits^‡	$16,960

*The tuition reflects the minimum time to completion. Time to completion varies by student, depending on individual progress and credits transferred, if applicable. For a personalized estimate of your time to completion, call an enrollment specialist at 855-646-5286.

^†Tuition and fees are subject to change. Books and materials are not included and may cost between $1,500 to $2,000.

^‡Maximum transfer credit total includes reduction in technology fee as related to reduced number of courses over time.

Testimonials

Edward Irobi

MPH Graduate / PhD in Public Health Student

The most rewarding aspect of pursuing my degree at Walden University is that I am in control of my future.

I continue to find the academic legitimacy at Walden to be far superior to other online institutions.

I chose the Master of Public Health program because I realized it would allow me to pursue becoming a health educator and professor.

Tira Wallace MPH Student

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FAQ About Walden’s Online Master of Public Health Program

Note on Program Accreditation
The Council on Education for Public Health (CEPH) Board of Councilors acted at its September 6, 2019 meeting to accredit the Master of Public Health Program at Walden University for a five-year term. Based on CEPH procedures and the documentation submitted, the program’s initial accreditation date will be recorded as February 3, 2018. CEPH is an independent agency recognized by the U.S. Department of Education to accredit schools of public health and programs of public health. CEPH accreditation provides assurance that the program has been evaluated and met accepted public health profession standards in practice, research, and service. For a copy of the final self-study document and/or final accreditation report, please contact the School of Health Sciences Dean (adchshealth @mail.waldenu.edu)

Note on Certification:
The National Board of Public Health Examiners (NBPHE) offers the Certified in Public Health (CPH) credential as a voluntary core credential for public health professionals. Individuals who have a bachelor’s degree and at least five subsequent years of public health work experience will be eligible to take the CPH exam. However, for individuals without these qualifications, a candidate must be an alumni of a school or program of public health accredited by the Council on Education for Public Health (CEPH). Walden MPH’s program’s initial CEPH accreditation date was recorded as February 3, 2018.

Students should evaluate all requirements related to national credentialing agencies and exams for the state in which he or she intends to practice. Walden makes no representations or guarantee that completion of Walden coursework or programs will permit an individual to obtain national certification. For more information about the CPH credential, students should visit https://www.nbphe.org.

¹Bureau of Labor Statistics, U.S. Department of Labor, Occupational Outlook Handbook, 2014-15 Edition, on the Internet at www.bls.gov/ooh/ (viewed online February 11, 2014). National long-term projections may not reflect local and/or short-term economic or job conditions and do not guarantee actual job growth.

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