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Master of Public Health

If you are passionate about topics like health policy, health technology and informatics, mental health, local health, environmental health, and public health leadership and advocacy, Northeastern University’s Master of Public Health program is right for you.

Our MPH programs:

  • Blend in-classroom training with real-world experience.
  • Connect students with our innovative experiential network in the public health sector through a required 200-hour, community-based Practicum experience.
  • Support students as they develop or take on projects of mutual interest to both the student and a public health partner in a range of diverse public health practice settings through the Capstone experience.
  • Can be completed 100% online, on ground, or in a hybrid format (combination of online and on ground).
  • Are designed with working professionals in mind.
  • Are available full time or part time.
  • Are accredited by the Council on Education for Public Health and is a member of the Association of Schools and Programs of Public Health.

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Access to our global network of more than 275,000 alumni and 3,350+ employer partners.
Career services ranking by Princeton Review. 11 consecutive years in the top 4.
The estimated national growth of medical and health services managers from 2020 to 2030. (U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics, 2022)
“Northeastern gave me important practical skills in research, presenting, academic writing, program development, and motivational interviewing that I still use in my current work.”
– Lauren Ansong dePass, Program Manager at Health Resources in Action (Bouvé College of Sciences, Urban Health, MPH’18)

Entry terms

Fall and Spring

Course delivery

  • Boston, MA
    • In person (evening classes), online, or in a hybrid format
  • Charlotte, NC
    • Hybrid (online with Charlotte-based residency course and local public health practicum pathways)

Application deadlines

  • Fall:
    • Priority deadline: February 1
    • Final deadline: June 1
  • Spring:
    • December 5 (Boston; Domestic only)

Experience-powered learning


Learn from and work with public health professionals striving to improve the health of individuals, families, and communities in the Greater Boston area and beyond.


A powerful network


Join our network of alumni who work at organizations that include the Institute for Community Health; Boston Public Health Commission; Massachusetts Department of Public Health; U.S. Department of Health & Human Services; Centers for Disease Control and Prevention; and Blue Cross Blue Shield.

About Northeastern University

Founded in 1898, Northeastern is a global research university and the recognized leader in experiential lifelong learning. Our approach of integrating real-world experience with education, research, and innovation empowers our students, faculty, alumni, and partners to create worldwide impact.

Our global university system provides our community and academic, government, and industry partners with unique opportunities to think locally and act globally. The system—which includes 13 campuses across the U.S., U.K., and Canada, 320,000-plus alumni, and more than 3,800 partners worldwide—serves as a platform for scaling ideas, talent, and solutions.

Northeastern’s personalized, experiential undergraduate and graduate programs lead to degrees through the doctorate in 10 colleges and schools across our campuses. Learning emphasizes the intersection of data, technology, and human literacies, uniquely preparing graduates for careers of the future and lives of fulfillment and accomplishment.

Our research enterprise, with an R1 Carnegie classification, is solutions oriented and spans the world. Our faculty scholars and students work in teams that cross not just disciplines, but also sectors—aligned around solving today’s highly interconnected global challenges and focused on transformative impact for humankind.




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