Overview

The OSU MPH program offers a unique opportunity to complete a graduate certificate in public health. The 12 credit hour graduate certificate in public health can be completed in one academic calendar year through online learning. The certificate emphasizes learning in the five core competencies of public health: biostatistics, epidemiology, environmental health, health care administration, and social and behavioral sciences.

The coursework allows students to develop and practice public health skills while engaging in specific studies of populations or diseases of interest. The certificate program prepares students to engage with multiple sectors of public health.

Students learn to address current local, national, and international health problems through approaches that apply recent and impactful empirical scientific knowledge. Graduates of the certificate program may apply their completed coursework towards the requirements for the full Master of Science in Public Health.

Workforce Need

The need for public health professionals in both urban and rural areas in Oklahoma and throughout the United States remains high. Employment opportunities in public health fields projected to grow 17% by 2030 according to U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics, with an average of 16,000 openings each year. Public health careers can be found in local, state, and federal government; nonprofit organizations; businesses and corporations; hospitals and healthcare organizations; state, county, and local health departments; and universities.

Proposed Curriculum

Admissions Requirements and Deadlines

Application Requirements

• Meet the admission standards of the Graduate College
• Have the equivalent of at least a 3.0 undergraduate GPA

Graduate Certificate Admissions

• Submit an application
• Pay the required application fee
• Submit any needed transcripts
• Once admitted, submit a plan of study.

Once you have completed the course requirements for the Certificate Program, to receive your certificate you must submit an Application for Certificate Completion Form to the Registrar's Office.

MPH Faculty

The MPH faculty is comprised of researchers and practitioners with a wide array of

experience. This includes working within large public health agencies (e.g. county and state health departments, community-based organizations), grant-funded public health projects, and evidence-based research.

Our faculty have expertise and scholarly work across a variety of areas, including:

• Addiction

• Environmental Health

• Healthcare Administration

• Health Education and Communications

• Global Infectious Diseases

• Public Mental Health

• Physical Health & Wellness

• Rural and Underserved Populations

• Sexual Health

Cost

Oklahoma State University offers an affordable single rate for graduate students in online degree and certificate programs.

Cost details for in-state, online graduate students
Cost details for out-of-state online graduate students

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