Professional and Online Programs
Online and Flexible programs for working professionals at UMass Amherst.
The fields of public health and health sciences are constantly evolving as new research findings, technologies, and other advances emerge. That’s why many working professionals in these fields decide to continue their studies. Others decide the time is right to shift their focus and begin the work of changing careers.
Whatever your reasons, you’ll find a variety of fully online graduate degrees and certificates at the School of Public Health and Health Sciences. Courses are designed to be flexible, so you do not need to quit your current job or come to Amherst. The school also offers flexible learning for those who want to balance campus-based and online learning. Our programs include:
- MPH in Public Health Practice
- MPH in Nutrition
- Global Health certificate
- Population Health for Health Professionals certificate
- Non-degree stand-alone classes to build skills
- Post-baccalaureate programs in speech, language, and hearing.
We offer two application deadlines each year for the degree programs and rolling admissions for the certificates. The non-degree and post-baccalaureate programs require no application and can be done in spring, summer, winter, or fall.
Explore our programs
Graduate Student Practicum in Ghana Spring 2024
A cohort of MPH students traveled to Ghana in January for their practicum coursework. The graduate practicum in Ghana program is interprofessional and service-learning in nature and has the sole aim of providing public health and healthcare professionals with the ability to gain skills working and learning in low-resource healthcare settings.
Benefits list
Ultimate Flexibility
Our programs are designed to fit into your busy schedules. Students are allowed to complete just one course a semester or up to three. They can take time away if needed, and with the asynchronous format, log in to classes anytime during the day or week.
Great Value
As New England’s only publicly funded school of public health, SPHHS provides great value compared to our private institution peers. Professional program students pay one flat rate, regardless of location and do not pay technology fees.
Fully Accredited
Every online program in the SPHHS is fully accredited by the Council of Education for Public Health and the New England Association of Schools and Colleges, a key benefit of attending UMass Amherst.
Featured faculty
Daniel Gerber
Focus on community health, partnership, adult learning.
Anne Hewitt
Anne Hewitt has been teaching in the Online MPH in public health practice since 2002. She specializes in health program planning and evaluation..
Lawrence Pellegrini
Senior Lecturer in Health Policy and Management
Focus on Social Security disability, health economics, mental health
In the news
Alumnus Giovanni Satta ’22MPH Publishes Paper on COVID-19’s Impact on Central-Line-Associated Bloodstream Infections
Alumnus Giovanni Satta ‘22MPH publishes paper on COVID-19’s impact on Central-Line-Associated Bloodstream Infections in the international journal, ScienceDirect
Alumna Jennifer Rasmussen ’22MPH Publishes Paper Advancing Environmental Justice
Public Health Practice alumna Jennifer Rasmussen '22MPH recently published a paper in a special issue of the journal Challenges devoted to planetary health.
ACSM Names Alumna Louise Valentine '17MPH 2023 Certified Professional of the Year
The American College of Sports Medicine (ACSM) has named Public Health Practice alumna Louise Valentine '17MPH as its Certified Professional of the Year.
Professional and Online Programs
Fully asynchronous and flexible undergraduate and graduate programs for working professionals at UMass Amherst