Overview

The mission of the MPH program in Behavioral and Community Health from University of Maryland is to promote the development of behavioral and community health professionals who understand the science, theory, and practice of public health and can apply this knowledge toward the enhancement of health status of communities. The MPH program is designed as a professional degree to prepare behavioral and community health professionals working in public health service as practitioners, administrators, supervisors, educators, consultants and researchers. Students will participate in both academic and applied training in program planning and implementation, program evaluation, public policy analysis, research, and management.

Degree programs may be completed either full-time or part-time. All classes are held from either 4:00pm-6:45pm or 7:00pm-9:45pm Monday through Friday. Faculty support coursework, research and practice experiences in many areas, including: health communication; health behavior; adolescent health; women’s health; health literacy and health disparities. Faculty hold doctoral degrees in public health, psychology, health education, sociology and epidemiology. The Department offers excellent research and laboratory facilities including the Center for Young Adult Health and Development, Laboratory for Health Behavior Assessment and Intervention and The Center for Health Behavior Research.

Facilities and Special Resources

The Department has research specializations in a variety of areas including:

Minority health/social inequalities in health
Alcohol and drug abuse
Safety and health
Sexual health
Adolescent health and risk behavior
Violence prevention/community violence
Public health communication
Treatment of nicotine dependence

Programme Structure

Courses include:

Public Health

Epidemiology and Biostatistics

Public Health Data Laboratory

Program and Policy Planning, Implementation, and Evaluation

Public Health Ethics

Leadership, Teams, and Coalitions: Policy to Advocacy

Community Assessment through Qualitative Methods

Public Health Informatics

Methods and Techniques of Research

Key information

Duration

Full-time
- 24 months
Part-time
- 42 months

Start dates & application deadlines

Starting 2027-08-26 00:00:00
- Apply before 2027-01-10 00:00:00

Language

English

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Credits

45 SCH

Delivered

On Campus

Campus Location

College Park, United States

Disciplines

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Academic requirements

We are not aware of any specific GRE, GMAT or GPA grading score requirements for this programme.

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General requirements

The supplemental application is completed online via an emailed invitation from the UMD graduate school.

The invite is sent within one week of your SOPHAS verification date to the email on file with SOPHAS.

The title of the email is ‘please complete the school of public health supplemental application.’

This application requires demographic and residency questions, transcript, and application fee.

You must submit a PDF copy of your undergraduate degree transcript (the transcript that indicates degree awarded).

The application fee is $75.00

Upon completion of BOTH parts, you will receive notification of ‘Under Committee Review’, which means the application has been sent to the review committee.

Tuition Fees

Tuition fees are shown in and the most likely applicable fee is shown based on your nationality.

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Non-residents

42255 USD / year

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Out-of-State

42255 USD / year

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Domestic

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In-State

19755 USD / year

≈ 19755 USD / year

Living costs

College Park

United States

1676 - 2838 USD / month

The living costs include the total expenses per month, covering accommodation, public transportation, utilities (electricity, internet), books and groceries.

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Credits

Delivered

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Academic requirements

English requirements

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General requirements

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Living costs

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