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The Highest Standards in Public Health Education within Your Reach

A Master of Public Health with a concentration in Public Health Administration allows you to gain the knowledge and skills you need to make a difference in your community. Learn how to influence decisions, to create and implement policies, and to manage programs that promote the public's health.

In this two-year* program, you will:

  • Develop multidisciplinary and collaborative strategies for solving public health challenges;
  • Understand the factors which influence local, national, and global legislative and social politics and policies;
  • Apply broad-based, state-of-the-art quantitative and qualitative skills needed to understand and control the occurrence of disease;
  • Enhance communication skills by working with diverse populations; and
  • Be positioned for a leadership role in health promotion and disease prevention.

The IU School of Public Health-Bloomington is known nationally and internationally for the quality of its graduate programs. Our Council on Education for Public Health (CEPH) accreditation means that you’ll have an advantage in securing the best jobs in public health.

Prepare yourself to assume a leadership role in the public or private sector. All coursework is available 100% online and is accessible anywhere with internet access, meaning you do not have to put your career on hold to pursue graduate education.

*Program can be completed in two years if attending full time.

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Learn from Renowned Faculty in an Interdisciplinary, Diverse Program

As a graduate student at the Indiana School of Public Health-Bloomington, you will have the opportunity to work closely with our world-class faculty, both in your coursework and through research.

Our faculty have interdisciplinary interests such as community health, rural health, nature and physical activity, worksite wellness, recreation, promotion, and marketing and disabilities. These interests encourage them to take a multidisciplinary approach to research to solve some of the most complex and pressing health-related issues facing the world today, such as:

 

  • Obesity
  • Drug and alcohol abuse
  • Sexual health
  • Human exposure to environmental hazards
  • Rural health disparities

Additionally, by becoming a Hoosier, you’ll be joining a university that celebrates diversity in all of its many forms. In fact, for its commitment to creating a diverse student body, Indiana University was named a 2022 Diversity Champion by Insight into Diversity.

Career Opportunities in Public Health Administration

The online MPH in Public Health Administration program prepares you to assume leadership roles in the public and private sectors and to effectively create and implement policies and manage programs that promote the public’s health with the opportunity to focus on rural populations.

Coursework includes health policy, finance and budgeting, program evaluation, leadership, legal issues, and resource acquisition and management.

Work in a variety of settings, including:

  • Regulatory agencies
  • Advocacy groups
  • Professional associations
  • Think tanks
  • Consulting firms
  • Local, state, and federal government agencies
  • Nonprofit organizations
  • Businesses and corporations
  • Hospitals
  • County health departments
  • Universities
  • Health foundations and health-based grant projects

Potential career titles include:

  • Evaluation Specialist
  • Public Health Advisor
  • Public Health Policy Analyst
  • Public Health Research Coordinator
  • Program Manager
  • Project Director
  • Program Coordinator
  • Public Health Consultant
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