I am currently an undergrad, getting my degree in Public Health with a Health Promotion specialization. I have been looking at graduate schools and I cannot choose between a Master of Science in Public Health or the simple Master of Public Health (MPH) Some schools I have been looking at only allow MPH studies to be for doctors and health professionals, while others allow anyone to join their program...But what is the difference between the Masters of Science and the MPH? And what kind of jobs would you find yourself in after graduating? Thanks :) Don't know if anything additional may be useful - I am more interested in a professional career in public health than research/academia (though maybe someday I would like to do some research projects in my career)
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I am beginning a regular MPH degree at SJSU in California. Email me and we can talk further
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MSPH and MPH are nearly equivalent, but don't expect the MSPH program to include majors like community health, health education, health communication or health policy. A MSPH program will likely include various branches of epidemiology and biostatistics, and maybe environmental health. Since you said you want to actually *PRACTICE* public health, the MPH might be a better fit for you. It's broader and interdisciplinary. My MPH is in epidemiology/biostatistics. I am an infectious disease epidemiologist, and I do research at the local health department. I had to study health behavior, health policy and other non-science topics in public health in addition to all the epidemiology stuff I did. My friends who were in other public health majors are working in various fields such as health administration, consulting, health education, news writing, nutrition and fitness, and statistics.
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