Doctoral degree · Professional doctorate (applied practice) · Dedicated public health program
Doctor of Public Health (Dr.P.H.) in Health Policy and Management
New York Medical College · Valhalla, New York, United States
- Award
- Doctor of Public Health
- Format
- HybridTwo years of coursework, a one-year internship and a dissertationPart time
- GRE
- GRE not required
- Tuition
- Not published
About this program
A doctoral program in health policy and management for mid-career public health practitioners, combining coursework, an internship and a dissertation.
- Institution
- New York Medical CollegeSchool of Health Sciences and Practice
- School or department
- School of Health Sciences and Practice
- Subject
- Health management & policyRecorded 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.
Specialized accreditation not confirmed for this program
Institution-level records with their scope (not assumed to cover this program)
Verified in official recordCouncil on Education for Public HealthSpecialized public health accreditation
Accreditation status: Accredited
Scope: Public health program (graduate)
Status: accredited. Published term: (10/5/2003) 12/31/2029. 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
- Two years of coursework, a one-year internship and a dissertation
- Credits
- 54 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.
- Required campus attendance
- Applicants choose an on-campus track (a mix of on-campus and live Zoom sessions) or a synchronous online track with no residency requirement.
- Where students can enroll
- Not stated on the pages we checkedOnline enrollment can be restricted by state authorization. The institution is based in Valhalla, New York.
- Live or recorded
- Live, taught in real time
- Study intensity
- Part timeClasses meet late afternoons and evenings Eastern Time; candidates usually work full-time.
- Campus
- New York Medical College40 Sunshine Cottage Rd
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
- The program includes a one-year internship that may be completed at the candidate's current job if the work differs from day-to-day duties.
- Capstone, thesis or dissertation
- The program includes a dissertation.
Admissions
GRE not required
The official page says the GRE is not required (or not accepted).
- GRE details
- The admissions page says GRE scores are not required, though applicants may provide them.
- Minimum GPA
- 3.50
- Academic prerequisites
- A Master of Public Health or master's degree in a related health field; applicants with an M.D., D.O. or other clinical doctorate are considered.
- 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, 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)