MPH in Nutrition
Deepen your knowledge of this growing field with an MPH focused on nutrition.
UMass Amherst’s MPH in nutrition prepares you to tackle the most complex modern-day nutritional issues and their relationship to the health of communities.
The first fully online public health master’s of its kind, the 47-credit program gives nutrition, public health, and health care professionals the education to pursue a variety of career paths.*
You’ll join students with diverse experiences from across the country and the world and learn both from faculty and each other.
Our online program combines a foundation in public health theory and practice with a primary focus on how nutrition impacts health, from epidemiology to public health policy. You’ll come away with the skills to make a meaningful difference in public health nutrition.
MPH in nutrition course requirements:
- Four Public Health core courses (12 credits)
- Five Nutrition core courses (15 credits)
- One leadership course (3 credits)
- Two graduate level electives (6 credits)
- Practicum (3 credits)
- Final Capstone project (3 credits)
*Note: SARA guidance
Benefits list
100% Online
The MPH in nutrition program is fully online, with asynchronous courses that let you log in whenever and wherever it’s convenient for you. Busy schedule? Take as few as one course per term (or as many as three when your schedule opens up). Need a semester off? You can pause at any time.
Take Courses Before You Enroll
Want a head start? Need course credits for another program? Not sure if online learning is right for you? Try before you apply. You can take up to four courses as a non-degree student — as long as you earn a B or better grade, we’ll transfer all course credits into the program once you’re admitted.
Put Coursework Into Practice
The online nutrition master’s program lets you apply what you’ve learned through a hands-on practicum at a public or private public health or nutrition agency near your home or workplace. Guided by a faculty advisor, you’ll have the option of an internship or field experience, either paid or unpaid.
Featured class
Malnutrition as it exists in developing countries and its socioeconomic background. Protein-energy malnutrition, famine, vitamin and mineral deficiency diseases, synergism between nutrition and infection, and the role of international agencies in fig
Featured faculty
Heather Wemhoener
Director, Online MPH in Nutrition Program
Focus on clinical dietetics
Christy Maxwell
Director, Dietetic Internship Program
Focus on micronutrients, telomeres, gerontological nutrition, nutritional epidemiology
Lorraine Cordeiro
Director, Center for Research on Families
Focus on food security, adolescent health and nutrition, undernutrition, refugees/immigrants
Application information & deadlines
Applicants must have either an advanced degree, be an RD, or have a bachelor's degree and two years' professional experience. For those with the advanced degree, prerequisites are required.
Spring Admissions
Applications for admission to the spring term are due on Oct. 1 each year.
Fall Admissions
Application deadline for admissions to the fall term is June 15 each year.
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Nutrition
Offering an interdisciplinary approach to the study and application of the relationship between diet, foods, and health.