Online MPH in Public Health Practice
100% Online | Part Time | 2.5-3 years| 42-credits
Come and feel the difference experience makes!
Advance your career with our Online MPH in Public Health Practice, built for working public health and health care professionals. With 24 years of experience delivering quality online education, we offer a comprehensive, skills-based curriculum designed to equip you with practical expertise. Enjoy small class sizes that enable personalized attention and engage with accessible faculty committed to your success. Benefit from dedicated advising services that support your academic journey every step of the way. Our program emphasizes community connection, fostering a supportive network while preparing you to make real-world public health impacts. Flexible, focused, and trusted—join a program that empowers you to grow and lead in public health practice.
Benefits list
Small Class Sizes
Core classes are capped at 40 students, while electives are limited to 25 students, ensuring personalized attention.
Accessible Faculty
Our faculty are readily available to answer questions, address concerns, and provide guidance throughout and after each course.
Dedicated and Comprehensive Advising Services
We offer academic and career advising tailored to your education and professional goals. Throughout your time in the program and up to six months after graduation, you have full access to our advisors. Book an appointment today!
Become a member of the UMass SPHHS Community
You will have the opportunity to connect with faculty, staff, and your fellow students through a variety of online and in-person events.
Featured classes
Learn how to design impactful studies and write compelling research prospectuses to advance your career in public health.
The course will examine international organizations and the role that they play on population health in both developed and developing countries.
Featured Faculty
Lawrence Pellegrini
Senior Lecturer in Health Policy and Management
Focus on Social Security disability, health economics, mental health
Andrea Ayvazian
Focus on community health education and community-engaged research to reduce health disparities; learner-centered curriculum design and teaching
In the Spotlight
"It blended the ability to be flexible with also the ability to meet and team and partner with your other classmates who brought executive level content and expertise to the table, which to me is what catapults it beyond any education I had in the past."
Application information & deadlines
Applications are considered once a year. Admission deadline for fall is June 15, with a priority deadline of Feb. 1st. Students apply to the SOPHAS application system.
Fall term Priority Deadline
Please submit both applications to be considered for priority fall admissions.
Fall admissions-Final Deadline
June 15th is the final deadline for fall admissions.
Professional and Online Programs
Fully asynchronous and flexible undergraduate and graduate programs for working professionals at UMass Amherst
Accreditation
All Online Programs with SPHHS are fully accredited by the Council on Education for Public Health (CEPH) and by the New England Association of Schools and Colleges (NEASC)