Department of Health Sciences
Health Sciences Building
Room 201
MS: 7571
(509) 963-1912
HealthSciences@cwu.edu
As the most frequently awarded graduate degree in the public health profession, the Master of Public Health (MPH) will prepare you for applied public health practice and leadership in diverse environments and jobs such as:
You will learn the various perspectives in public health to help you complete your capstone portfolio, including a project-based or research thesis, applied learning experience, and interprofessional education competencies.
"Virtually every person is seeing how critical public health must be if we want to have functioning communities; this is a very real opportunity to elevate the role of public health in society. It’s also an extraordinary time to be studying public health and applying the principles that we know improve the health of populations.”
-Dr. Tishra Beeson, Chair of Health Sciences
CWU Ellensburg Campus
Online
Hybrid
Find out how much this program costs through the registrar
A Master of Public Health degree will prepare you for jobs such as:
Applicants to the MPH program at CWU are required to submit the following materials by the admissions deadline:
For information regarding admission requirements, required and elective courses, please reference the 2022-2023 Graduate Academic Catalog.
Please see CWU Graduate School for more information.
Graduate students in public health can also choose to start the program with the Rural and Community Health Graduate Certificate, of which 15 credits may transfer in toward completion of the MPH degree.
Dr. Melody Madlem
Master of Public Health and Undergraduate Public Health Program Director
Office: 302-R Extension: 1971
Melody.Madlem@cwu.edu
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