Online MPH programs

I don't know if you found a school yet.I'm planning on applying to Walden University MPH program.Its online.

Hello, I am new to the site and I saw that you were looking for an online school in Public Health. I don't know if I am late or what but TUI University has a great one. I am currently in the MSHS in Public Health right now and I think it is wonderful (except for epidemiology). At TUI University I do work full time and do 12-14 hour work days when I do work and still manage to complete class work. It is solely online, which for me is great. I hope this helps some.

Deanna Andrews

UMass/Amherst and Hopkins has an online program

American Public University has an online program.

http://www.apus.edu

hello,

I am new to this site as of five minuets ago, however i have been reading posts and surfing this site for a couple of months now. I graduated a year ago with a degree in public relations, and although everyone says get a job in your field and go to school later i instead want to go ahead and get everything done. My overall goal is get my master's in public health and then get an associates degree in nursing. As far as my master's degree is concerned i have a daughter in kindergarten who is hearing impaired and due to the fact that i have been in school since the time she was born i have been struggling to spend enough time with her like i want to.i feel that i have been a bad mother and not as involved with getting through her disability as i should. ( Oh i am also a single mother). So i guess my question is would it be better to go to a college in my city or just get my master's online, and then go to school for nursing. That way i will have more time to commit to my daughter. I am interested in working in the non-profit organization arena or in public health departments. If anyone can give me some advice i would truely appreciate it. I've heard about capella university but a lot of people have not, has anyone attended that school? or has done a mph program online? if so how is it and what schools are accrediated? Also what would be the best way to accomplish my goals in an reasonable amount of time?

I don't know if my suggestion is suited to you. I am not trying to do a plug for my university. But as I have just about to finish my MPH here in Australia - I thought you might be interested that you can do this degree online anywhere in the world. We have alot of Canadians & American students who I believe can only do the Masters degree in International Public Health - however you will probably be able to downpack it in a year. The dollar will be better for you as it is stronger than than the Aussie dollar at the moment. Consider that you are likely to have a bit more of an edge seeing you have a degree in another International country - you will have to do your homework and see if its the best choice for you....I suggest you check out the website.. www.sph.uq.edu.au - ( school of population health is under the University of Queensland located in Brisbane, Australia).

Hope I have given you food for thought!

Cheers:nuke:

UNC Chapel Hill (NC) has a great public health program, but I do not know if it is online or not.

Just be careful to check to see if the program is accredited by the Council on Education for Public Health (CEPH). I was also looking at Walden until I asked if it was accrediated and it is not. Some MPH positions required a degree from an accredited school. Also, why pay so much money if its not?

I'm curious what those of you think about getting an MSN vs an MPH? Does it matter?

hi:

check this out. schools which are accredited by the ceph (council on education of public health).

note the time of initial accreditation, and the conclusion of the current accreditation term (in parentheses).

http://www.ceph.org/files/public/master_list.v.9.pdf

i am about to graduate from fiu's online mph program. it is ceph accredited. though tuition has increased since i started, it is still a more reasonably priced school than most. except for biostatistics, i have thoroughly enjoyed the program.

Really..oh wow, ok was the program hard to get into? And would i need to take the gre, my gpa was just below a 3.0. I've heard about the school but would love to hear about your experience. Sorry for all the questions.

for full admission, requirements are a 3.0 gpa, resume, 3 recommendation letters, and a letter of intent (optional). the gre is not required. i don't think the program is hard to get into. from my experience there weren't a lot of papers or group projects, which i like. i don't care for programs that rely too heavily on group work. for one, it can be very difficult, but not impossible, to do group work in an online program. i don't like classes that count group projects as a major percentage of your grade. these are some of the reasons why i left my msn program to do an mph program instead. the instructors i had were fairly reasonable in their expectations except for maybe the one i had for biostatistics, but from what i see they aren't teaching it anymore. i've been doing the program part-time since 2007, and only started going full-time this year. there is a 300 hour internship that's required. i'm doing mine now. you must have at least 30 credit hours completed and all core courses completed before beginning the internship. it's 45 total credits to graduate. it's best to start planning the internship early because the negotiation process can be long depending on your selected agency. if you have at least 3 years of prior public health experience then you can petition to do a master's research project or master's thesis instead. you also have the option of completing a graduate certificate for specialization purposes. i'm also pursuing a graduate certificate in health promotion and disease prevention. the credits are also used as electives for my mph. the mph itself is a generalist degree. i hope i've answered some of your questions. if not, feel free to ask anything else.