Online Master of Public Health

Gain valuable expertise to improve public health and make a difference.

5/1/23 Next Application Due Date
5/15/23 Start Classes

Program Overview


The EWU Master of Public Health is offered fully online

$16,500* Total Tuition
As few as 14 months Duration
60 Credit Hours

The Eastern Washington University online Master of Public Health program can give you a broad array of career options and the ability to make a difference in a meaningful way—by educating patients, slowing the spread of disease and increasing life expectancy.

This online MPH degree prepares you to examine the sociological perspective of health care inequities and to develop the means to improve them. The coursework for this master's degree incorporates an integrated learning experience to match theory with real-world application. For example, you will create a Biostats toolkit to use in the field for research studies—to help you understand which statistical tool should be used to interpret and analyze data.

EWU’s MPH faculty has practical experience in both rural and global health communities—giving you an expansive view of public health learnings.

As you pursue your online master’s degree in public health, you can prepare for in-demand roles such as public health educator, contact tracer, community health adviser, or biostatistician. According to Burning Glass Technologies, there is more than 13 percent projected growth for Emergency Management Directors, 10 percent growth for Epidemiologists, and more than 18 percent for Health Educators in the next ten years in the Washington region.

The Eastern Washington University School of Business is accredited by AACSB International (AACSB).

In this online MPH, you will learn to:

  • analyze public health issues;
  • develop programs to meet assessed public health needs;
  • assess program outcomes addressing public health concerns; and
  • apply funding concepts, both public and private, to public health initiatives.
  • analyze public health issues;
  • develop programs to meet assessed public health needs;
  • assess program outcomes addressing public health concerns; and
  • apply funding concepts, both public and private, to public health initiatives.

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EWU offers a variety of health care degrees online. Check out all our online health care programs.

$16,500* Total Tuition
As few as 14 months Duration
60 Credit Hours

The Master’s in Public Health and Graduate Certificate in Public Health are accredited by the Council on Education for Public Health (CEPH).

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Tuition


See why our online graduate degrees are cost-effective

The online MPH program offers the same affordable, pay-by-the-course tuition to students residing in and out of the state of Washington.

Tuition breakdown:

$275 Per Credit Hour
$16,500* Total Tuition

*Tuition and fees subject to change. Total program cost does not include foundation courses. If foundation courses are required, the cost will be added to the total program cost.

Tuition breakdown:

$275 Per Credit Hour
$16,500* Total Tuition

Calendar


Save these important dates and deadlines

The EWU online MPH is designed to be efficient for working professionals, featuring six-week courses and seven start dates a year. View the full calendar to find the best start date for you, along with deadlines for registration, required documents and tuition payment.

Now enrolling:

5/1/23 Next Application Deadline
5/15/23 Start Classes
TermProgram Start DateApplication DeadlineRegistration DeadlineTuition Deadline
Spring I4/3/233/20/233/29/234/1/23
Spring II5/15/235/1/235/10/235/13/23
Summer I7/10/236/23/237/5/237/8/23
Fall I9/18/239/4/239/13/239/16/23
Fall II10/30/2310/16/2310/25/2310/28/23
Winter I1/2/2412/19/2312/27/2312/31/23
Winter II2/12/241/29/242/7/242/10/24
Spring I4/1/243/18/243/27/243/30/24
Spring II5/13/244/29/245/8/245/11/24
Summer I7/8/246/24/247/2/247/6/24

Now enrolling:

5/1/23 Next Application Deadline
5/15/23 Start Classes

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Admissions


Register quickly and easily – here’s what you need to know

The admission process for the online MPH is simple and streamlined. You can get started right away, without taking time away from your professional or personal commitments.

Admission Requirements:

  • Bachelor's degree
  • Cumulative GPA of 3.0
  • Professional resume

Online MPH Admission Requirements

  • Bachelor's degree from a regionally accredited institution
  • Overall cumulative GPA of 3.0 or cumulative GPA of 3.0 in the last 90 quarter or 60 semester-graded postsecondary credit hours**
  • If your GPA is lower than a 3.0 and you have relevant work experience, we encourage you to apply. Applicants with GPAs below 3.0 are considered for admission on a case-by-case basis.
  • Official transcript from the college/university where degree was earned
  • Professional resume

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**We encourage you to apply if your GPA is lower than a 3.0 and you have at least 3 years of professional work experience. Applicants with GPAs below 3.0 are considered for admission on a case-by-case basis. Please contact an Enrollment Services representative at 800-826-3411 for more information.

Document Submission Information

Please do not send transcripts directly to EWU, as this may delay processing your application. If you are ordering electronic transcripts, please select the CAS application as the recipient.

If you are ordering a mailed paper transcript, please have all transcripts sent to:

GradCAS Transcript Processing Center
PO Box 9217
Watertown, MA 02471

Note: You will need to use the Transcript ID form (found in your GradCAS application portal) as part of your submission so that your transcript can be matched to your application.

Courses


Review the curriculum for your online Master of Public Health at EWU

In order to earn the online Master of Public Health, you must complete 15 courses (60 credit hours).

PUBH 501 must be taken in your first term.
Duration: 6 weeks
Credit Hours: 4
This course provides a foundational and historical orientation for the public health professional including public health issues, concepts and terminology. Theoretical frameworks and program development skills that support the public health generalist are examined. PUBH 501 must be taken in your first term.
Duration: 6 weeks
Credit Hours: 4
This course introduces health delivery systems. Topics covered include various health services delivery models and standards that impact population health, experience of care and per capita costs. Current practices are reviewed.
Duration: 6 weeks
Credit Hours: 4
This course covers the tools needed to collect, analyze, and display data using software. Quantitative and qualitative analysis of biological data is explored. Software is used to apply the collection, analysis, and display of data in all areas of public health.
Duration: 6 weeks
Credit Hours: 4
This course challenges students to understand both the healthcare financial responsibilities and governance oversight for health systems. The student will learn the financial operations and governance to help any organization be successful. The modules, taking a practical approach, will cover subject matters such as; financial operations, revenue cycle management, budgeting, hierarchical reporting process and expectations, governance and regulatory compliance.
Duration: 6 weeks
Credit Hours: 4
This course begins with an overview of common policy perspectives, before moving on to discuss major relevant policy issues in the United States healthcare system and elsewhere. Healthcare policy impacting private and public entities including Medicare, Medicaid, Department of Defense, Veterans Administration, Indian Health Services are examined. The course concludes with an examination of influencing policy development, including media and community initiatives.
Duration: 6 weeks
Credit Hours: 4
This course provides students with the foundations of epidemiology, including its principles, concepts, and methods of epidemiologic practice; design, interpretation and evaluation of epidemiologic investigation. The course prepares the student to apply epidemiologic concepts to solve public health problems.
Duration: 6 weeks
Credit Hours: 4
This course focuses on environmental and occupational health and epidemiology. An examination of human-environment interactions and the Anthropocene concept as well as environmental influences on health and occupational health.
Duration: 6 weeks
Credit Hours: 4
This course examines the impacts of social determinants of health among local, national, and global populations. Attention to how race, class, power, wealth, structural bias, racism, and sexism undermine health is incorporated as a personal exploration of cultural competence. Students explore mitigating health inequities from a micro and macro lens.
Duration: 6 weeks
Credit Hours: 4
Using a systems-based approach to explore public health responses to biological and radiological outbreaks. Attention is given to legal, governance and ethical dimensions of risk management in vulnerability assessment. Emergency planning and preparedness for ‘major incidents’ are a foci.
Duration: 6 weeks
Credit Hours: 4
This course addresses development of core competencies needed to plan, implement and evaluate public and community health interventions. Students are introduced to a range of theories, evidence-based strategies, and resources critical to effective public health practice.
Duration: 6 weeks
Credit Hours: 4
This course presents concepts of social media and technology from a public health perspective. Students develop strategies in public health promotion utilizing various online platforms. Content includes graphic design, foundations of color, typography, ideas, concepts & forms, and various social media platforms.
Duration: 6 weeks
Credit Hours: 4
This course explores professionalism, ethics, and leadership in the Public Health profession. Content is designed for application for future leadership roles.
Duration: 6 weeks
Credit Hours: 4
This course focuses on the skills to conduct contemporary public health research and grant submission including human subjects protection. Students develop an Individualized Learning Experience proposal including a review of the literature.
Duration: 6 weeks
Credit Hours: 4
This experiential course serves as a formative and reflective opportunity for students to apply their knowledge and learned behaviors in a chosen practical experience. Students create a learning plan to implement an applied practice experience that results in a quality work products that demonstrate meeting competence as a public health generalist.
Duration: 6 weeks
Credit Hours: 4
This is the culminating course for achieving a Masters in Public Health. Students defend their Integrative Learning Experiences, document their Applied Practice Experiences, and verify meeting all program competencies. Students reflect on these learning experiences through development and submission of an electronic portfolio. Through successful completion of this portfolio students effectively demonstrate meeting all CEPH accreditation requirements for a MPH generalist degree.

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