Overview

The mission of the Behavioral and Community Health program at University of Maryland is to promote the development of behavioral and community health professionals who understand the science, theory, and practice of public health and can apply this knowledge toward the enhancement of health status of communities. The MPH program is designed as a professional degree to prepare behavioral and community health professionals working in public health service as practitioners, administrators, supervisors, educators, consultants, and researchers. Students will participate in both academic and applied training in program planning and implementation, program evaluation, public policy analysis, research, and management.

Career paths

Public Health Informatics Specialist
Science & Policy Fellow
Capacity Building Research Analyst
Assistant Director, Health Promotion & Wellness Services
Communicable Disease Health Educator
Health Communication Fellow
Program Consultant
Communications Specialist

Programme Structure

Modules included:

Leadership, Teams, and Coalitions: Policy to Advocacy

Methods and Techniques of Research

Program and Policy Planning, Implementation, and Evaluation

Community Assessment through Qualitative Methods

Public Health Informatics

Key information

Start dates & application deadlines

Starting 2026-08-26 00:00:00
- Apply before 2026-04-04 00:00:00 , National
Starting 2027-01-27 00:00:00
- Apply before 2026-11-15 00:00:00 , National

More details

International deadline not announced

Language

English

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Credits

45 SCH

Delivered

Online

Campus Location

College Park, United States

Disciplines

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Academic requirements

We are not aware of any specific GRE, GMAT or GPA grading score requirements for this programme.

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General requirements

Statement of Purpose
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SOPHAS Application: Applications for this School of Public Health Program must first be submitted through the Public Health application system. SPH applicants should only complete the UMD application after their SOPHAS application has been verified and you have been notified to complete the UMD application.
Applicants first submit the SOPHAS application, the centralized application service for schools and programs of public health (Step 1). Once the SOPHAS application has been verified applicants will submit their UMD Supplemental application (Step 2). Applicants will receive an email from the SPH Admissions team with instructions for how to complete the UMD Supplemental Application. Applications will not be reviewed until both the SOPHAS and UMD Supplemental applications are completed.

Tuition Fees

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Non-residents

84510 USD / full

≈ 84510 USD / full
Out-of-State

84510 USD / full

≈ 84510 USD / full
Domestic

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In-State

39510 USD / full

≈ 39510 USD / full

Funding

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