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Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health is a leading global institution offering an online Master of Public Health (MPH) largely considered to be one of the best in the world. Accredited by the Council on Education for Public Health (CEPH), Johns Hopkins University MPH program offers a huge variety of course options, and can be completed in two to three years if students are working part time.
The online MPH degree is very flexible, offering the same top quality standards required by the on-campus MPH degree, and taught by the same faculty members. The curriculum offered by the Bloomberg School of Public Health for its MPH incorporates more than 200 online courses and gives variable options in a wide range of disciplines.
Though this is an online program students are obligated to attend several on-campus courses. The program begins with a one-day orientation on campus, followed by a one or two-week on-campus Problem Solving in Public Health course. In total at least 20 percent of studies must be done in person, at the University, resulting in at least 16 of the required 80 credit units being earned this way. The time spent on campus amounts to four weeks (or more) spread over a two to three-year period.
The core curriculum makes up about 40 percent of the course, the balance being made up of elective subjects, meaning that students can customize the MPH according to individual interest and overall goals. Focus areas are vast and varied, ranging from traditional spheres like health economics, epidemiology, and data analysis to bioethics and human rights, disaster and refugee health, and risk sciences. Other focus areas include child and adolescent health, technology for public health research, demography, evaluation and quality improvement, food and nutrition, infectious diseases, pharmacoepidemiology, and US health policy.
Applicants for the Johns Hopkins University MPH program must have completed at least two years of professional, full-time employment, post-bachelor degree, or have a doctoral degree in a field of public health. They must also have studied one math course, one health-related science, and one biology course at college.
Standardized test scores are required; specifically either the Graduate Record Examination (GRE), the Graduate Management Aptitude Test (GMAT), the Medical College Admissions Test (MCAT), or the Law School Admission Test (LSAT). Applicants with an advanced degree may apply for a waiver of the test requirement. Other items required include a full, up-to-date resume, a personal statement, and transcripts from academic institutions where the student previously studied after high school, and three letters of recommendation.
| Avg # of Acceptances | 16% |
| Male | 37% |
| Female | 63% |
| Avg Age | 37 |
| Program Length | 2 to 3 years with Capstone Project and Practicum, Several Dual Degree Options available. |
| Admission Deadline | Two Years of Post-Baccalaureate Health Related Work Experience Required. Online/Part-time November Matriculation, Application deadline July 1st, 2017. Online/Part-time January 2018 Matriculation, application deadline July 1st. If you miss deadlines, you can get started with coursework prior to admission by taking courses as non-degree seeking student. Up to 16 credits may be applied toward the MPH degree. International students have additional requirements, please check our website. |
| GPA | 3.0+ |
| GRE Information | Strong Academic Record, Our students average: 79% Verbal, 67% Quantitative Reasoning. International Students have additional requirements: http://www.jhsph.edu/admissions/international-applicants/ |
| Tuition | 2017: $1,091 Per Credit Hour. ALL Students enrolling 2016 and beyond will be awarded Welch Scholarship of $841 per credit, for a total of $20,000. |
| Program Type | Hybrid |
| Program Options | Full-Time, Part-Time |
| Disclaimer | We are not accepting applications to the Online/Part-time format of the MPH Program from residents of Kansas, Kentucky, Missouri, North Carolina, New Hampshire, and Ohio for the January 2016 start date and beyond. Applicants must have two years of professional, post-baccalaureate, full-time, health-related work experience or a doctoral degree in a field underlying public health. This requirement may be waived for applicants to the MPH combined degree programs (except for the combined MPH/MBA degree, which does require the two years of health-related work experience). At least 60 of the 80 units must be earned through Bloomberg School formal coursework (i.e., not special studies or inter-divisional). And at least 16 of the 80 units must be earned through “face-to-face” coursework (i.e., not internet-based or special studies). |
| Available Tracks | MPH, Social and Behavioral Sciences in Public Health |
| Field Education Requirements | At Least 100 hours in field practicum with career goals. |
| Number of Credits Required | 80 Units |
| Available Tracks | Infectious Diseases |
| Field Education Requirements | 100 Hour practicum + capstone project |
| Number of Credits Required | 80 Units, At least 16 of the 80 units must be earned through “face-to-face” on campus coursework (i.e., not internet-based or special studies). |
| Available Tracks | Food, Nutrition and Health OR Community Health Program |
| Field Education Requirements | 100 Hour practicum + capstone project |
| Number of Credits Required | 80 Units, At least 16 of the 80 units must be earned through “face-to-face” on campus coursework (i.e., not internet-based or special studies). |
| Disclaimers and Notes | Regardless of concentration, all students receive the same MPH degree. A notation is made on student’s transcript of their specialization. Students may select among 10 concentrations offered or CUSTOMIZE a plan with school approval. |
| Available Tracks | Health in Crisis and Humanitarian Assistance |
| Field Education Requirements | 100 hour practicum requirment + capstone requirement |
| Number of Credits Required | 80 Units, At least 16 of the 80 units must be earned through “face-to-face” on campus coursework (i.e., not internet-based or special studies). |
| Available Tracks | Epidemiological and Biostatistical Methods for Public Health and Clinical Research |
| Field Education Requirements | 100 Hour practicum + capstone project |
| Number of Credits Required | 80 Units, At least 16 of the 80 units must be earned through “face-to-face” on campus coursework (i.e., not internet-based or special studies). |
| Available Tracks | Global Environment and Sustainability & Health |
| Field Education Requirements | 100 Hour practicum + capstone project |
| Number of Credits Required | 80 Units, At least 16 of the 80 units must be earned through “face-to-face” on campus coursework (i.e., not internet-based or special studies). |
| Available Tracks | Health Systems and Policy OR Health Leadership and Management |
| Field Education Requirements | 100 Hour practicum + capstone project |
| Number of Credits Required | 80 Units, At least 16 of the 80 units must be earned through “face-to-face” on campus coursework (i.e., not internet-based or special studies). |
| Disclaimers and Notes | For Health Leadership and Management: Students may customize a concentration with approval, this will include required core courses. |
| Available Tracks | Public Health Preparedness in Practice |
| Field Education Requirements | see |
| Number of Credits Required | 80 Units |
| Available Tracks | MPH, Women’s and Reproductive Health OR MPH, Child and Adolescent Health |
| Field Education Requirements | 100 Hour practicum + capstone project |
| Number of Credits Required | 80 Units, At least 16 of the 80 units must be earned through “face-to-face” on campus coursework (i.e., not internet-based or special studies). |
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