Forging Healthier Futures for All
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 (MPH) programs are 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 have membership in the Association of Schools and Programs of Public Health.
Master of Science in Precision Health:
Prepare for a career at the intersection of health sciences, data and technology, business, and research–fields that define precision health and innovate how we predict and prevent disease.
- Earn an innovative degree in one of the only programs of its kind in the U.S.
- Engage in a STEM-designated curriculum co-designed with industry —bringing you the skills top employers demand.
- Specialize your degree with one of three industry-aligned concentrations.
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—Lauren Ansong dePass, Program Manager at Health Resources in Action (Bouvé College of Sciences, MPH in Urban Health ’18)
Entry terms and application deadlines
- Fall:
- Priority deadline: June 1
- Final deadline: August 1
- Spring:
- Final deadline: December 1
Course delivery
- Boston, MA
- In person (evening classes), online, or in a hybrid format
- Charlotte, NC
- Online with Charlotte-based residency course and local public health practicum pathways
- MS in Precision Health
- Boston, MA
Commitment
- Part time or full time
- 1–5 years
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 and 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.