Overview

To prepare you for your career, at The University of Alabama at Birmingham we've designed our Public Health - Physician Assistant Studies program to give you a thorough understanding of social and environmental determinants of health, population disease prevention and health promotion strategies, health disparities, epidemiological research analysis, and health-care quality improvement capabilities. First, you'll complete 23 core curriculum hours.

Next, you'll take seven credit hours from a concentration that fits with your particular interests. Your choices are environmental health science, epidemiology, health behavior, health care organization and policy, or a combination (general MPH). In addition, you must complete the MSPAS courses; however, you may share 12 credit hours between the two degrees. Finally, before you hit the job market, we want to give you real-world experience in one of our rural primary care clinical community partners.

Students may complete the MPH degree program totally online, in class, or through a mix of online and in class experiences.

Fast Facts:

Physician assistants are licensed to practice medicine under the supervision of a licensed physician.
The MPH can be earned completely online—and it's one of the best online programs of its kind in the nation, according to OnlineMasters.com.

Programme Structure

Courses:

Public Health Management and Evaluation
Leadership for Evidence-Based Public Health
Environment and Health: The MPH Capstone
Health Care Delivery and Reimbursement
Analysis of Professional Literature
Clinical Research

Key information

Duration

Full-time
- 24 months

Start dates & application deadlines

Starting 2026-05-11 00:00:00
- Apply before 2026-05-01 00:00:00
Starting 2026-08-25 00:00:00
- Apply before 2026-08-01 00:00:00
Starting 2027-01-12 00:00:00
- Apply before 2026-12-01 00:00:00

Language

English

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Credits

72 SCH

Delivered

On Campus, Blended, Online

Campus Location

Birmingham, United States

Disciplines

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Academic requirements

GPA

English requirements

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Other requirements

General requirements

Students must apply separately to the MPH and MSPAS programs. Upon acceptance to the MSPAS program, dual degree students will be accepted automatically to the MPH degree program.

Learn how to apply to the MSPAS program.
Learn how to apply to SOPH. Students must apply to the MPH program through the UAB Graduate School. Select "MPH dual program" and then the MPH/MSPAS track.Test score field is required, so enter GRE or MCAT and a date to advance in the application.
The reference letter field is also required, so enter three names from the CASPA application and select no when asked if they will be electronic submission.

Tuition Fees

Tuition fees are shown in and the most likely applicable fee is shown based on your nationality.

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Applies to you

Non-residents

48024 USD / year

≈ 48024 USD / year
Out-of-State

44892 USD / year

≈ 44892 USD / year
Domestic

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In-State

18396 USD / year

≈ 18396 USD / year

Living costs

Birmingham

United States

1019 - 1648 USD / month

The living costs include the total expenses per month, covering accommodation, public transportation, utilities (electricity, internet), books and groceries.

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