Master of Public Health - Community Health

Earn your Master of Public Health in Community Health at Monroe University. Gain hands-on experience and prepare for impactful careers. Apply now!

The Master’s of Public Health is a 45 credit program. Students are required to choose one of the following concentrations: Biostatistics and Epidemiology, Health Administration and Leadership, or Community Health. These concentrations are driven by a curriculum that provides extensive knowledge and skills needed to conduct essential public health services. The first semesters will involve traditional public health coursework, while the last semesters will be devoted to a practice-based internship and a thesis paper or integrative seminar focused on an outcome oriented project. Students can prepare to analyze public health needs in a community and develop programs to improve the population’s health. Community health work further involves investigation of the causes of poor health and disease, providing health education to affected communities, implementing programs to improve health and healthcare access, and advocating for public policy that supports community health. Some typical positions: Health Education Specialist Epidemiologist HIV/AIDS Counselor Director of Environmental Health Nonprofit Coordinator Public Health Nutritionist Surveillance Project Director