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Master of Public Health

USC Master of Public Health

The USC Master of Public Health program is a product of the University of Southern California’s commitment to the health and well-being of its surrounding communities, as well as nationally and internationally. 
Master of Public Health Curriculum

The MPH program's rigorous curriculum that attracts dedicated and ambitious professionals with a passion to serve in the public health arena. Core coursework aims to develop your key public health competencies and skills using cases and examples from industry — from local to global.

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Online Master of Public Health

The University of Southern California’s Master of Public Health is the only online MPH delivered by a top-ranked medical school with world-renowned faculty. If you want to maximize your impact on the world of public health and health care, we’re uniquely equipped to help you do it.

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Dual & Progressive Degrees

The Department admits a limited number of USC undergraduates to pursue progressive degrees in the MPH program. The Department also partners with other schools and departments on campus to make innovative degree programs available to highly motivated and qualified students.

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Why pursue an MPH?

I chose to pursue a master's degree in public health because I wanted to learn about the different ways I can help improve health outcomes of marginalized communities that may not have the same resources as other communities.
Namphuong Doanvo
Namphuong DoanvoMPH '18
I chose the Master of Public Health program because I've always been interested in preventive medicine and addressing quality in healthcare. As an undergraduate, I studied public health sciences and had a deeper understanding of the biology of diseases. Thus, I wanted to complete the full picture of how I thought of healthcare by exploring the public health policy side as well.
Sinthu Sathia Kumar
Sinthu Sathia Kumar MPH '17
I chose my program because of the specific focus on health communications. I have always been interested in how we as practitioners can better communicate health messages so that populations and communities can make informed decisions regarding their health.
Amanda Litty
Amanda LittyMPH '19
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Concentrations

Choose from four public health concentrations.

Biostatistics-Epidemiology

In a time of ongoing discoveries in the biological sciences for new risk factors, treatments and prevention of disease, students in this concentration learn different approaches to understanding the distribution and determinants of disease in populations.
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Global Health

Students in this concentration build skills to effectively strengthen global, regional, national and local public health systems, enhance public health preparedness and emergency response, implement effective policies and programs, and protect and improve global health as a whole.
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Community Health Promotion

This concentration prepares community health practitioners to assess the needs of populations and to design, implement and evaluate health promotion programs for diverse audiences.
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Health Services and Policy

Students in this concentration focus on health care systems, governmental and organizational decisions plans, and actions that affect the health of populations.
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Application Deadlines

Campus Program Deadline: March 1, 2020

Term starts May 20, 2020

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Online Program Deadline: April 10, 2020

Term starts May 6, 2020

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Campus Program Priority Deadline: December 1, 2019

Campus Program Final Deadline: May 1, 2020

Term starts August 24, 2020

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Online Program Deadline: August 1, 2020

Term starts September 2, 2020

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Campus Program Deadline: October 1, 2020

Term starts January 11, 2021.

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Online Program Deadline: December 1, 2020

Term starts January 6, 2021

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USC Master of Public Health Program
Department of Preventive Medicine
Keck School of Medicine
Soto Street Building
2001 N Soto Street, Suite 205
Los Angeles, CA 90032-3628

Campus Mail:
USC Master of Public Health Program
SSB 201-D, MC 9234
Phone: 323.442.7257
Fax: 323.442.8297
Email: mphusc@usc.edu

Accreditation

The USC Master of Public Health Program received full accreditation from the Council on Education in Public Health (CEPH) on June 2, 2003 and re-accreditation on June 2008.

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