Master of Public Health (MPH) at Sacred Heart University

Through hands-on opportunities and an impressive student/faculty ratio, students of the Master of Public Health (MPH) program at Sacred Heart receive close mentorship and guidance, and graduate with the skills and knowledge they need to change lives and impact health on a broad scale.

Why Earn Your Master of Public Health (MPH) at Sacred Heart?

Sacred Heart’s Master of Public Health program will prepare you to protect and improve the health of individuals and entire communities. With this degree, you’ll be qualified for a wide variety of careers in public health, epidemiology, and biostatistics.

The program’s curriculum emphasizes community health grounded in a philosophy of social justice, providing students with the opportunity to work with community partners to enhance the health of the local community. 

In the Master of Public Health program, you will also:

• Learn from faculty with strong backgrounds in public health, who have close ties to local, state, and national public health organizations, leaders, and agencies
• Have the chance to participate in collaborative projects between SHU and local organizations including Green Village Initiative, the town of Bridgeport’s “Know Your Numbers” campaign, and the on-campus Vape Awareness campaign
• Approach public health through the lens of social justice, which calls for improving the health of the population while ensuring fair treatment of the disadvantaged
• Critically examine how biological, behavioral, social, and environmental factors influence health
• Learn to create and evaluate programs and policies designed to improve the health of individuals and communities
• Study topics in epidemiology, biostatistics, social ecological determinants of health, health promotion, public health administration, research methods, health systems, and health policy
• Develop a deeper understanding of public health theories, public health program planning and evaluation, community health development, and grant writing
• Explore health administration, and leadership and ethics in public health
• Study in our state-of-the-art Center for Health Care Education 
• Benefit from interprofessional educational experiences with students in related SHU programs, including nursing, social work, public administration, exercise science, and nutrition

Graduate prepared for a career or further study

With an MPH degree, you can pursue a career as a:

• Public Health Educator
• Community Health Worker
• Public Health Administrator
• Epidemiologist
• Health Advocate
• Biostatistician
• Public Health Researcher

Graduates of the public health degree master’s program will have the opportunity to work in a variety of environments, including:

• Hospitals
• Consulting firms
• State, federal and international agencies
• Health departments
• Managed-care organizations
• Community-based organizations