Overview

Key facts

Stanford University's Health Policy program is typically completed in two years. All candidates must satisfactorily complete 45 units of graduate course work with a 3.0 (B) or better, as well as a master’s thesis that represents original health services research. In addition to satisfying the core course requirements, students must take additional courses in one of three concentration areas.

Advisors, Mentors, and Thesis

Each student will propose a thesis committee, to be approved by the Program Director, comprised of at least two faculty members associated with the Master's degree program, one of whom must be a core faculty member. The chair of the thesis committee will be the student's faculty advisor, and a member of the core faculty. In addition to serving as a mentor for the student’s thesis, the faculty advisor will be responsible for advising the student on curriculum-related issues and ensuring that the student is progressing sufficiently toward completion of the program. All committee members must read and approve the final thesis. Depending on the topic of the project, additional faculty members may serve as mentors either as a committee member or in a less formal arrangement. Other faculty members may be added to the thesis to serve as "content experts" for projects concerned with specific diseases or medical treatments.

Each student will submit a 1-2 page thesis proposal by the end of the first year in the program. The proposal should describe the research project which will fulfill the requirement for the master’s thesis including identifying the research question and describing the data sources and methods which will be used. For collaborative projects, the student should identify the collaborators and describe in detail his or her role on the project. For projects using secondary data, the student should provide evidence that the data will be available for the proposed research and describe how he or she will access the data. In the proposal, the student should identify the members of the thesis committee.

Programme Structure

Courses include:

Analysis of Costs, Risks and Benefits of Health Care

Intermediate Biostatistics: Analysis of Discrete Data

Health Care Regulation, Finance and Policy

Intermediate Biostatistics: Regression, Prediction, Survival Analysis

Graduate Research

Key information

Duration

Full-time
- 24 months

Start dates & application deadlines

Starting 2026-09-22 00:00:00

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Language

English

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100

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Credits

45 alternative credits

45 units

Delivered

On Campus

Campus Location

Stanford, United States

Disciplines

Health Sciences Social Policy View 1123 other Masters in Health Sciences in United States

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Academic requirements

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

English requirements

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100

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Other requirements

General requirements

Statement of Purpose that includes area(s) of interest
Three letters of recommendation
Official GRE General Test scores
Official TOEFL scores (if applicable)
Transcripts for all college/university degrees
CV with relevant work and research experience

Tuition Fees

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Non-residents

42360 USD / year

≈ 42360 USD / year
Out-of-State

42360 USD / year

≈ 42360 USD / year
Domestic

Applies to you

In-State

26480 USD / year

≈ 26480 USD / year

Additional Details

Tuition per quarter.

Living costs

Stanford

United States

1100 - 1600 USD / month

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