Master’s degree · Dedicated public health program
Master of Public Health in Social and Behavioral Sciences
Kent State University · Kent, Ohio, United States
- Award
- Master of Public Health
- Format
- Hybrid
- GRE
- GRE not required
- Tuition
- Not published
About this program
STEM-designated MPH on designing, implementing and evaluating health programs, offered in person and fully online.
- Institution
- Kent State UniversityCollege of Public Health
- School or department
- College of Public Health and Health Sciences
- Subject
- Social & behavioral sciences, Health promotionRecorded only where the official page names a specialization or formal concentration, not for individual electives.
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: College of Public Health
Status: accredited. Published term: Accredited through 7/1/2028 (CEPH list: (10/13/2012) 7/1/2028). 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
- Master’s degree
- Exact award
- Master of Public Health
- Duration
- Not published
- Credits
- 42 credit hoursCredit systems differ between institutions (semester, quarter, units).
- 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 Kent, Ohio.
- Live or recorded
- Live or recorded not stated
- Study intensity
- Not published
- Campus
- Kent 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 or applied practice
- Students complete a practicum placement at an approved public health agency under a preceptor, for 150 contact hours.
Admissions
GRE not required
The official page says the GRE is not required (or not accepted).
- GRE details
- The university's online-degrees page for this program states that no GRE is required.
- Minimum GPA
- 3.00
- Academic prerequisites
- Bachelor's degree from an accredited college or university
- Application materials
- Official transcripts
- Goal statement
- Resume
- Two letters of recommendation
- SOPHAS
- Not confirmed
- International applicants
- Not confirmed
- Start dates
- Fall
- Spring
- 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, duration, application deadline.
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)