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Master's Degrees

Pitt Public Health graduate programs offer both academic and professional degrees from which you may choose, depending on the career direction you want to pursue upon graduation.

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. Joint degrees allow you to combine your Pitt Public Health degree with a degree from another school in the University of Pittsburgh.

MPH in Behavioral and Community Health Sciences

MPH in Environmental and Occupational Health

MPH in Epidemiology

MPH in Health Policy and Management

MPH in Human Genetics

MPH in Infectious Disease Pathogenesis, Eradication, and Laboratory Practice

MPH in Infectious Disease Management, Intervention, and Community Practice

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:

MS in Biostatistics

MS in Environmental and Occupational Health

MS in Epidemiology

MS in Genome Bioinformatics

MS in Health Services Research and Policy

MS in Human Genetics

MS in Infectious Diseases and Microbiology

Other Professional Degrees

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

Master of Health Administration in Health Policy and Management

Master of Science in Genetic Counseling

New master's programs - Appy Today!

MS in Genome Bioinformatics

The Department of Human Genetics has launched a new Master of Science in Genome Bioinformatics (MSGB) which prepares students for careers analyzing the human genome both in academia and in pharmaceutical and genomic testing industries.

New MS concentrations in Biostatistics

Public health and medical research is rapidly evolving with changes in technology and access to large quantities of complex high dimensional data. To address these demands of the current job market, Pitt Biostatistics has introduced two new concentration options for the MS degree starting this fall: Health Data Science (HDS) and Statistical and Computational Genomics (SCG).

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Are you not sure where you fit best within public health? Download this guide to Deciding on a Field of Study (PDF) for questions that will help you plan your path in public health.

Meet a master's student

Meet Ashika Mani, accelerated MS student

Meet Ashika Mani, accelerated MS student

Ashika Mani (BIOST MS '21) joined Pitt Public Health this year via our Accelerated 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 more to learn beyond ... (12/11/2019)

Meet Arvon Clemons, MS student in statistical and computational genomics

Meet Arvon Clemons, MS student in statistical and computational genomics

Part of what led Arvon Clemons to Pitt Public Health was the city of Pittsburgh. He felt a connection to a city that was similar to his hometown of St. Louis. His academic background doesn’t feel as congruous with his current study. But ultimately, both the city and the program are turning out to b... (12/09/2019)

Meet Lingyun Lyu, MS grad, PhD candidate

Meet Lingyun Lyu, MS grad, PhD candidate

Lingyun Lyu (BIOST PhD '22) is a second-year Ph.D. student in Biostatistics at Pitt Public Health. She came to Pitt in 2016 and earned her M.S. in Biostatistics in 2018. She loved the master’s program and thinks that it’s really well-designed. In addition to many essential statistical theory and ap... (12/09/2019)

Meet Kayleigh Adamson, MS student

Meet Kayleigh Adamson, MS student

Kayleigh Adamson (BIOST MS '20) is from Crawford County in Northwestern Pennsylvania. With about 60 people in her graduating class, she grew up a self-described rural country girl. She started college at Penn State Behrend in Erie, PA, transferring to main campus for her junior and senior years. At... (12/09/2019)

Boyd wins Lingzi Lu Memorial Award

Boyd wins Lingzi Lu Memorial Award

Kristina Boyd (BIOST '19) will receive the 2020 award, created in 2013 by the American Statistical Association in partnership with the International Chinese Statistical Association in rememberance of Lingzi Lu, the first-year student in the statistics master's program at Boston University who lost ... (12/05/2019)

Students present interdisciplinary content in community session on health justice

Students present interdisciplinary content in community session on health justice

On a wet Wednesday night, December 4, Pitt Public Health student advocates Sarah Sanders (BCHS ’22), Sarah Bigelow (BCHS ’20), Paris Ekeke (EPI ’20), and Amy Raslevich (HPM ’22) joined peers from the schools of law and nursing for a Health Justice Night at Pitt's Community Empowerment Center in Hom... (12/04/2019)

Ngo named Joseph F. Mulach Jr. and Louisa A. Mulach Scholar

Ngo named Joseph F. Mulach Jr. and Louisa A. Mulach Scholar

"This award meant a lot to me in terms of having a bit more financial stability, which has allowed me to focus more n my studies and work," said Marilyn Ngo (HUGEN '20) of being named one of this year's scholars. "Research in this field can go towards helping so many people in new and innovative wa... (11/27/2019)

Students & community collaborators create 'Disrespecting the Border' mural

Students & community collaborators create 'Disrespecting the Border' mural

Pitt student Camilo Ruiz (BCHS/Anthropology '20) collaborated with artists Leah Patgorski and Gil Rocha on a community mural-making workshop resulting in a magnificent art piece entitled "Disrespecting the Border." An artist and teacher from Laredo, Texas, Rocha facilitated a diverse group of nine... (11/26/2019)

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Master's Degrees

Master of Public Health (MPH)

MPH in Behavioral and Community Health Sciences

MPH in Environmental and Occupational Health

MPH in Epidemiology

MPH in Health Policy and Management

MPH in Human Genetics

MPH in Infectious Disease Pathogenesis, Eradication, and Laboratory Practice

MPH in Infectious Disease Management, Intervention, and Community Practice

Multidisciplinary Master of Public Health

Master of Science (MS)

MS in Biostatistics

MS in Environmental and Occupational Health

MS in Epidemiology

MS in Genome Bioinformatics

MS in Health Services Research and Policy

MS in Human Genetics

MS in Infectious Diseases and Microbiology

Other Professional Degrees

Master of Health Administration in Health Policy and Management

Master of Science in Genetic Counseling

MS in Genome Bioinformatics

New MS concentrations in Biostatistics

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