The MPH Degree is the primary professional degree that will prepare students to work in the field as practitioners of public health.  Public health practitioners unite in a common goal of promoting health, preventing disease and injury, protecting the environment, and assuring optimal health services. Efforts are focused on communities and populations.

Students pursuing undergraduate education at the University of Iowa, Coe College, Cornell College, Grinnell College or Luther College may consider applying to a U2G program. U2G’s provide an opportunity for students interested in health sciences to earn both their undergraduate and graduate degrees in 5 years.

Select from the following MPH Programs of Study:

• Biostatistics
• Community and Behavioral Health
• Epidemiology
• Occupational and Environmental Health
• Policy

Sample plan for all MPH Programs of Study

Year 1

• Undergraduate coursework

Year 2

• Undergraduate coursework

Students must take CPH:1400 Fundamentals of Public Health before applying.

Year 3

• Undergraduate coursework
• Must complete 80 semester hours of undergraduate coursework by the end of the fall semester to be eligible to apply.
• GPA of 3.25 or higher
• Apply by February 1st

Year 4

• Complete bachelor program
• Take up to 15 credit hours of graduate coursework

Bachelor’s degree conferred

Year 5

• Complete graduate coursework

Master’s degree conferred