Master’s degree · Dedicated public health program
Public Health, MPH
Uniformed Services University of the Health Sciences · Bethesda, Maryland, United States
- Award
- Master of Public Health
- Format
- On campussequenced to be completed within 12 monthsFull time
- GRE
- GRE policy not published
- Tuition
- Not published
About this program
A quantitative, 12-month MPH designed mainly for people planning preventive medicine and public health careers in the uniformed services, with a practicum and independent project.
- Institution
- Uniformed Services University of the Health SciencesDepartment of Preventive Medicine and Biostatistics
- School or department
- Department of Preventive Medicine and Biostatistics
- Subject
- General public health, Epidemiology, Global health, Environmental health, Health management & policyRecorded only where the official page names a specialization or formal concentration, not for individual electives.
- Characteristics
- Accelerated, Practice-focused
- Formal concentrations
- Epidemiology and Biostatistics
- Health Policy
- Health Administration
- General Preventive Public Health
- Global Health
- Environmental and Occupational Health Science
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: (9/20/1985) 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
- sequenced to be completed within 12 months
- Credits
- 45 semester creditsCredit systems differ between institutions (semester, quarter, units).
- Delivery
- On campusTaught at the listed campus.
- Study intensity
- Full timeSequenced to be completed within 12 months; the minimum load for a full-time student is 9 credits per term.
- Campus
- Bethesda campus4301 Jones Bridge Rd, Bethesda, MD 20814
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 experience is required.
- Capstone, thesis or dissertation
- An independent project serves as the capstone of 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
- Not confirmed
- 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, 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)