Doctoral degree · Professional doctorate (applied practice) · Dedicated public health program
Doctor of Public Health (DrPH)
Georgia Southern University · Statesboro, Georgia, United States
- Award
- Doctor of Public Health
- Format
- HybridFull time, Part time
- GRE
- GRE policy not published
- Tuition
- Not published
About this program
Professional doctorate with five concentrations, a field placement and a dissertation; one concentration is fully online.
- Institution
- Georgia Southern UniversityJiann-Ping Hsu College of Public Health
- School or department
- Jiann-Ping Hsu College of Public Health
- Subject
- General public health, Biostatistics, Community health, Epidemiology, Health policyRecorded only where the official page names a specialization or formal concentration, not for individual electives.
- Formal concentrations
- Biostatistics
- Community Health Behavior and Education
- Epidemiology
- Health Policy
- Public Health Leadership
Accreditation
Specialized public health accreditation covers the named school or program only. It is separate from the institution’s regional or national accreditation, and it does not apply to every degree at a university.
Verified in official recordCouncil on Education for Public HealthSpecialized public health accreditation
Accreditation status: Accredited
Scope: Jiann-Ping Hsu College of Public Health (school of public health)
Status: accredited. Published term: Initial accreditation 6/18/2011; current term to 12/31/2031. Checked November 1, 2026. Official record
A public health degree does not by itself grant a clinical or professional license. Awarded by a degree-granting institution. A public health degree does not by itself grant a clinical or professional license.
Structure and format
- Qualification
- Doctoral degreeProfessional doctorate (applied practice)
- Exact award
- Doctor of Public Health
- Duration
- Not published
- Credits
- Not published
- Delivery
- HybridPart online and part in person. A hybrid program is never described as fully online; required campus time is shown.
- Where students can enroll
- Not stated on the pages we checkedOnline enrollment can be restricted by state authorization. The institution is based in Statesboro, Georgia.
- Live or recorded
- Live or recorded not stated
- Study intensity
- Full time, Part time
- Campus
- Statesboro Campus
Applied practice, fieldwork and capstone
Practicum, internship and field placements are kept separate from required campus attendance. As published by the institution; none of this guarantees employment.
Practicum and capstone requirements are not confirmed on the pages we checked. Many accredited public health programs include an applied practice experience: ask the program.
Admissions
GRE policy not published
No GRE statement was found on the official pages checked. This is not the same as not required.
- Minimum GPA
- Not published
- SOPHAS
- The official page says applications are made through SOPHAS
- International applicants
- Not confirmed
- Deadlines
- Not published
Tuition and fees
USD, as published. Each figure keeps its billing basis (per credit, per term, per year or whole program), its residency category and the academic year it applies to. Annual, per-credit and total-program figures are never mixed.
Tuition is not published on the pages we checked. That does not mean the program is free: ask the institution for current tuition, mandatory fees and refund terms.
Sources and verification
Not published on the program’s source pages: tuition, GRE policy, duration, application deadline, practicum requirement.
Sources and how this was checked
Last checked November 1, 2026. Each fact carries a verbatim quote that is re-checked against the live page. Research methodology.
Sources (checked November 1, 2026)