4+1 Accelerated Master’s Degree Programs
Jump-start your future career with UMass 4+1 degree programs.
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The UMass 4+1 Accelerated master’s degree gives college credit toward your university undergraduate degree, while fulfilling some of the course requirements of a graduate degree.
The School of Public Health and Health Sciences offers a variety of Accelerated 4+1 bachelor + master’s degree programs. These programs allow interested undergraduates to take 12 to 18 credits of graduate coursework in their senior undergraduate year, and then complete their master’s degree with just one additional year of full-time graduate study.
Gain a Competitive Edge
Earning a master’s degree can give you a competitive edge when applying for jobs, and completing the degree in one extra year of graduate study gets you into your career faster.
Save Money
Completing your graduate degree with just one additional year of study — instead of two — also saves you a full year of tuition. That’s an average savings of $17k for an in-state student.
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Applications are due in January every year, and students must be juniors to apply.
In the spotlight
"I chose UMass because I wanted a school that saw public health issues as dynamic and multifaceted, and that didn’t back away from the complexities of issues around health and health inequities."
MS in Biostatistics
With a focus on modern challenges in statistical computing and big data as related to public health, the biostatistics MS program at UMass Amherst trains students in data management, data analysis, and statistical theory.
MPH in Community Health Education
Community health professionals are on the frontlines of efforts to address health inequities and improve quality of life. UMass Amherst’s 4+1 BS/MPH in community health education prepares students to join them in this vital mission.
MPH in Environmental Health Sciences
Prepare to become a leader who can understand and mitigate the effects of environmental stressors on human health. The MPH in environmental health sciences equips you with the knowledge and leadership skills to make the planet a safer, healthier place for humans and other species.
MS in Environmental Health Sciences
Environmental health has taken on a new sense of urgency in the 21st century. The field needs leaders with the passion, skills, and education to understand the impact of environmental agents on human health and create solutions to these pressing problems.
MPH in Epidemiology
The MPH in epidemiology is a generalized degree that provides an opportunity to develop an epidemiological orientation to public health problems, as well as improve methodological and quantitative skills.
MS in Epidemiology
The MS in epidemiology provides a scientific, systematic, data-driven, and rewarding academic path for those with advanced skills in math and science who are interested in epidemiological research.
MPH in Health Policy and Management
The health care field encompasses far more than health. It’s about policy, finance, law — and it’s constantly changing. Health policy and management professionals tackle critical issues every day, from health care quality to health informatics.
MS in Nutrition
Nutritionists study the relationship between food and health. If you have a gift for working with people and an aptitude for science, you’ll enjoy this field, with its strong grounding in general chemistry, organic chemistry, biology, anatomy and physiology, biochemistry, and microbiology.