Master's Degrees

With seventeen master's degree options (plus joint degrees), you're sure to find one that fits with your personal strengths, academic background, and career goals. You can even add an extra credential with a specialized graduate certificate in the area of your choice, such as global health, health equity,  LGBT health and wellness, or health systems leadership. Pitt Public Health can help you forge your own future through a master's program of your choice. 

Master of Public Health (MPH)

An MPH is a public health professional degree that prepares you to enter the public health field by working for an agency or organization. 

Maximize MPH in Behavioral and Community Health Sciences

Maximize MPH in Environmental and Occupational Health

Maximize MPH in Epidemiology

Maximize MPH in Health Policy and Management

Maximize MPH in Human Genetics

Maximize MPH in Infectious Disease Pathogenesis, Eradication, and Laboratory Practice

Maximize MPH in Infectious Disease Management, Intervention, and Community Practice

Maximize Multidisciplinary Master of Public Health

Master of Science (MS)

An MS is an academic degree that prepares you to do research in academia or industry. We offer the MS in the following departments:

Maximize MS in Biostatistics

Maximize MS in Environmental and Occupational Health

Maximize MS in Epidemiology

Maximize MS in Genome Bioinformatics

Maximize MS in Health Services Research and Policy

Maximize MS in Human Genetics

Maximize MS in Infectious Diseases and Microbiology

Other Professional Degrees

Pitt Public Health also offers two non-public health professional degrees.

Maximize Master of Health Administration in Health Policy and Management

Maximize Master of Science in Genetic Counseling

Joint Degree Options

Joint degrees allow you to combine your Pitt Public Health studies with a second from across the University of Pittsburgh, including: 

Pick your field of study

Deciding on a Field of Study (PDF)

Not sure where you'll fit best in public health?

Answer your questions and plan your path in public health with help from this guide, Deciding on a Field of Study (PDF).

How to apply

Review application deadlines and instructions or

Apply online now

Using SOPHAS, the centralized application service for graduate schools of public health.

Meet a master's student

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Salunke accepted into Internal Medicine Residency at the University of Connecticut 

Salunke accepted into Internal Medicine Residency at the University of Connecticut

Graduating master's student in IDM's community practice track Rajeev Salunke (IDM '20) has been accepted into the internal medicine residency program at the University of Connecticut. Hear directly from Rajeev about his background, his experiences at Pitt Public Health, and his aspirations for the ... (04/28/2020)
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Meet Ruishen Lyu, MS student in biostatistics 

Meet Ruishen Lyu, MS student in biostatistics

Just like with his interest in preventative medicine, Ruishen Lyu (BIOST MS '20) had two main reasons for choosing Pitt from among the other universities to which he was accepted. The first was the great reputation of a large research university like the University of Pittsburgh. The second was the... (01/29/2020)
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Meet Ashika Mani, accelerated MS student in statistics and biostatistics 

Meet Ashika Mani, accelerated MS student in statistics and biostatistics

Ashika Mani (BIOST MS '21) joined Pitt Public Health this year via our Accelerated Bachelor's/Master's Program. “It was a pretty natural choice as I was looking to jumpstart my graduate studies early,” she said. “I was almost done with my undergraduate requirements.” She felt like she had so much m... (12/11/2019)
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