Master’s degree · Dedicated public health program
Public Health, MPH
Slippery Rock University of Pennsylvania · Online · provider based in United States
- Award
- Master of Public Health
- Format
- Fully onlineCompletion Time: 21 Months
- GRE
- GRE policy not published
- Tuition
- Not published
About this program
A practitioner-focused, fully online 42-credit MPH with Health Promotion and Wellness and Environmental and Occupational Health concentrations and a required practicum.
- Institution
- Slippery Rock University of PennsylvaniaPublic Health and Social Work, College of Health Professions
- School or department
- Public Health and Social Work, College of Health Professions
- Subject
- Health promotion, Environmental health, Occupational health & safetyRecorded only where the official page names a specialization or formal concentration, not for individual electives.
- Characteristics
- Practice-focused
- Formal concentrations
- Health Promotion and Wellness
- Environmental and Occupational Health
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: Public health program (listed by CEPH under accredited public health programs)
Status: accredited. Published term: CEPH list entry: (5/18/2023) 7/1/2030. 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
- Completion Time: 21 Months
- Credits
- 42 credit hoursCredit systems differ between institutions (semester, quarter, units).
- Delivery
- Fully onlineCoursework is entirely online. Local practicum, internship and field placements are separate from campus attendance and are shown separately.
- Required campus attendance
- None stated on the pages we checked
- Where students can enroll
- Not stated on the pages we checkedOnline enrollment can be restricted by state authorization. The institution is based in Slippery Rock, Pennsylvania.
- Live or recorded
- Live or recorded not stated
- Study intensity
- Not published
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
- A practicum in public health (HLTH 609) is part of the core courses.
- Capstone, thesis or dissertation
- A public health culminating experience (HLTH 627) is part of the core.
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
- 3.00
- Academic prerequisites
- A statistics course and either one social science or one natural science course, each with grade C or better.
- Application materials
- online graduate application and fee
- official transcripts
- personal statement
- one electronic recommendation form
- 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, GRE policy, 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)