MPH in Community Health Education
Address community health inequities with a public health education master’s program.
Expand your knowledge base in public health, sharpen your professional skills, deepen your knowledge of community health issues, and prepare to assume a greater professional responsibility with UMass Amherst’s MPH in community health education.
Designed for experienced public health professionals, the 42-credit program combines a foundation in public health theory and practice with a focus on addressing community health inequities. Its unique curriculum features a practicum that allows students to apply public health knowledge and skills in a real-world setting, working with a community or public sector organization to assess public health needs.
MPH Community Health Education course requirements:
- Four public health core courses (12 credits; required minimum grade of B-)
- Six community health education core courses (18 credits)
- Two electives of your choice (6 credits)
- Community applied practice experience (3 credits)
- Integrative learning experience (3 credits)
Benefits list
Full-Time or Part-Time Enrollment
Community health education master’s candidates who enroll full-time can expect to complete degree requirements in two years. Candidates who choose to enroll part-time should plan to complete degree requirements within three years.
Research Centers and Institutes
Our faculty support and contribute to the Center for Community Health Equity Research, Center for Program Evaluation, and Institute for Global Health, where we foster transdisciplinary research, teaching, and outreach across basic and applied sciences and public health and clinical practice.
Practicum Experience
Our MPH students complete a Community Applied Practice Experience that demonstrates attainment of both foundational and concentration competencies. The practicum allows them to work with a community or public sector organization to assess public health needs.
Featured class
Introduction to major health issues in the developing world, factors that affect health status, models for tackling these problems, and the role of industrialized countries in improving global health.
Featured Faculty
Krishna Poudel
Director, Institute for Global Health
Focus on HIV/STI prevention; health promotion and disease prevention; global health; evaluation of behavior change interventions
Linnea Evans
Focus on racism; stress and coping; early-onset chronic health conditions among Black Americans; inequities in adolescence.
Daniel López-Cevallos
Focus on health equity, social determinants of health, Latinx immigrants, community-engaged research, Latin America
Aline Gubrium
Program Head, Community Health Education
Focus on sexual and reproductive health, rights, and justice; participatory digital, visual, and narrative research methodologies; health promotion
Application information & deadlines
Prospective students must apply first through the SOPHAS site and then the UMass Graduate School Supplemental Application, which will be emailed to you upon completion of the SOPHAS application.
Application Deadline
The formal application deadline is Feb. 1. Students must complete both applications by this date.
Community Health Education
Addressing health inequity and improving community health for all.