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Academic Programs | College of Public Health – University of Nebraska Medical Center


Explore our rigorous accreditation standards that ensure our high-quality education in public health.
Dive into our admissions process and embark on your journey into public health.
Find the perfect fit for your public health education with our diverse program options.
Learn how we enhance student learning and engagement with resources, activities, organizations, research and more.
Through rigorous emerging data sciences, our department connects numbers to reality to help people make informed decisions that improve health.
Our department dives deep to find out the whys behind who’s getting sick and injured then trains practitioners and researchers to change things for the health of it.
Our department specializes in understanding and transforming care delivery systems so people can live their healthiest.
Healthy and safe people in all environments we live in, produce food in, and work in is our department’s big picture goal.
Our department engages with people and communities to expand our collective understanding of good health and how to achieve it, together.
The UNMC College of Public Health offers a wide range of programs and degrees to provide students with a comprehensive, well-rounded education in public health.
Our programs’ curricula balance the key areas of education, research and practice and are tailored to meet the professional development needs of our students. Graduates from our programs go on to become leaders in their chosen field, whether in research, academia, or as public health practitioners across the public and private sectors. Learn more about our programs and begin your journey to promoting public health locally, nationally and internationally.
Our professional certificate and degree programs (certificates, MPH, MHA, DrPH) emphasize solving public health or health care problems by applying multidisciplinary approaches and methods in public health practice settings, such as local, state or national public health agencies and health care organizations. These degrees are administered on a college-wide basis with specialization in a particular department.
Our academic degrees (MS and PhD) are designed to prepare students for academic and research roles and settings. These programs emphasize students’ understanding of theoretical issues and application of disciplinary methods to the study of public health. Academic degrees are offered and administered by each individual department and the University of Nebraska Graduate College.
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