Influence With Integrity Through a Master of Public Health
Drive real, lasting change and influence today’s most critical public health challenges.
The Maxwell School of Citizenship and Public Affairs can put you on the right path.
Syracuse University’s globally focused MPH program prepares you to tackle real-world public health challenges. Through coursework and hands-on experience, you will learn to address health needs across diverse communities, investigate disease causes, design prevention strategies and lead effective public health programs.
- Graduate in 2 years with the 42-credit master’s degree
- The Syracuse University MPH program is accredited by The Council of Education for Public Health.
- The MPH applied practice experience allows you to demonstrate program competencies in an applied practice setting with established Syracuse University and world partners in U.S. or international contexts.
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Making an Impact
“Our goal of this study is to understand how newspapers for people of color discuss prostate cancer, examining both risk factors and media representation. We identified a significant gap in news coverage for people of color on this crucial health issue.” Mingxuan (Jessica) Li, and fellow students Michelle Asiedu-Danso and Matthew Scrape, received the Public Health Education and Health Promotion Student Award from the American Public Health Association for their research.
Mingxuan (Jessica) Li ’24 Master of Public Health
Core Requirements
The following courses will prepare you with the fundamental skills and knowledge to be an impactful leader:
- Analysis of Public Health Data
- Applied Epidemiology
- Health Equity and Social Determinants of Health
- Health Leadership and Management
- Introduction to Prevention Science or
Development and Evaluation of Public Health Programs - Public Health Applied Practice Experience
- Public Health Policy
- Practicum
Global Health Concentration
Maxwell’s MPH program offers a distinctive global health concentration, exploring how policy, culture and environment shape health worldwide. You will gain hands-on experience through real-world projects and international partnerships. Faculty with deep global expertise bring the curriculum to life through case studies and collaborative research.
You will complete the following core courses in global health:
- Environmental Determinants of Global Health
- Global Health Governance
- Infectious Disease: Epidemiology and Control
You will also select one approved elective:
- Global Health and Aging
- Global Perspectives in Alcohol and Other Drug Policies
- Global Health Communication and Advocacy
- Indigenous Peoples, Colonization and Global Health
- Substance Use and Mental Health: Global Contexts
Where do alumni work?
Maxwell MPH graduates are leading change all over the world.
Current alumni job titles include:
- Clinical Research Coordinator
Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center, New York, NY, U.S. - Public Health Program Coordinator
Connecticut Department of Public Health, Hartford, CT, U.S. - Grant and Development Specialist
MN Perinatal Association, Minneapolis, MN, U.S. - Injury Prevention Coordinator
Denver Department of Public Health and Environment, Denver, CO, U.S. - Public Health Officer
Carnival Cruise Line, Miami, FL, U.S. - Second Chance Program Coordinator
IDMAJ Foundation for Development, Casablanca, Morocco
I am Maxwell.
I am incredibley grateful for the support my professors from Syracuse have provided me along the way, even after graduation. To this day, I maintain communication with them and seek their guidance.”
Catherine Faruolo ’23 MPH
Applied Epidemiology Fellow, Council of State and Territorial Epidemiologists