The Master of Public Health (MPH) is the degree for those who wish to practice public health locally or globally. Our curriculum provides grounding in the competencies needed to be a successful public health practitioner. Graduates are equipped to address the most pressing and emerging health problems with training in one of six concentrations, including:
Students who concentrate in Health Policy address the nature and importance of policy and policy-making in today’s public health system in order to engage with public health and advocacy organizations on policy issues and to analyze and support policy approaches in an era of scarce public resources and ever-changing priorities.
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Public health is a very broad field and graduates of the George Mason University MPH Program pursue career opportunities in a wide variety of employment settings.
Recent graduates of the MPH work in the following locations:
- Association of State and Territorial Health Officials
- Booz Allen Hamilton
- FHI 360
- Local Health Departments (e.g., Fairfax, Prince William, Alexandria, Prince George’s)
- MITRE
- Neighborhood Health
- George Mason University
- Virginia Department of Health
Recent graduates of the MPH have the following job titles:
- Clinical Research Manager
- Community Health Educator
- Environmental Health Specialist
- HIV Prevention Supervisor
- Maternal/Child Health Program Specialist
- Oral Health Coordinator
- Scientist
- Youth Advocacy Program Associate