Doctor of Public Health
Format: Online or in person on the Statesboro Campus
Credit Hours: 60-69
Entry Terms: Fall
You are already committed to improving public health—now it’s time to level-up! Our doctoral graduates are leaders in public health, healthcare, and research. They are university professors, hospital CEOs, health department directors, andworld class practitioners and scientists. They shape health policy, they prevent disease, they make the world healthier.
Whether you’re a full-time student or an employed public health professional, our doctoral program will give you the knowledge, skills and values you’ll need to be a leader in public health.
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Our doctorate degree in public health will prepare you for broad-based public health practice through advanced courses in: biostatistics, environmental health, epidemiology, health services administration and social and behavioral sciences. Because public health is an interdisciplinary field with several career options, graduates can pursue several careers, such as: healthcare administrator, university or college professor, health policy analyst, biostatistician and epidemiologist.
Why choose the DrPH program at Georgia Southern?
- Program options for both full-time and part-time students.
- Fully online leadership program.
- Faculty mentors who are invested in student success.
- Affordable, student-centered learning environment.
- Hands-on curriculum.
Our doctoral graduates have found jobs at:
CDC, FDA, National Cancer Institute, Hospitals, Pharmaceutical Companies, Health Departments and Districts, and Universities across the country, to name just a few.
Three or Four year program of study
The DrPH is a 60-credit hour degree program and is designed to be completed in three or four years. See the DrPH Plans of Study. In addition to coursework, students complete a 300-hour preceptorship and are required to prepare, complete and successfully defend an integrative learning experience.
Concentrations
The DrPH program offers students the opportunity to specialize their training in five program concentration areas on our Statesboro campus:
Biostatistics
The DrPH Biostatistics program prepares students to function as advanced biostatisticians in public health and biomedical related fields. Students completing a DrPH in Biostatistics will be able to develop and apply statistical reasoning and methods to address, analyze and solve problems in public health, healthcare, biomedical, clinical and population-based research.
Community Health Behavior and Education
The DrPH Community Health Behavior and Education program prepares students to assume leadership positions within community health programs. With a solid grounding in social and behavioral sciences theory, the graduate will be well-equipped to provide leadership in a variety of community/public health programs, conduct community-based participatory programs, seek funding through grant writing, and develop and disseminate research-based evidence.
Epidemiology
The DrPH Epidemiology program prepares individuals to function as applied epidemiologists in public health fields. Students will be able to serve the community, region, state and nation working through government, private and academic sectors by using their gained epidemiological skills in order to help solve public health problems in rural and urban environments.
Health Policy
Health Policy and Management focuses on integrating and applying knowledge and skills in leadership, practice, policy analysis, program and budget management, and communication, with an emphasis on the applications of policy, practice and management perspectives to contemporary health problems. Students will be trained to provide leadership in public health and health organizations in a variety of settings.
Public Health Leadership Online
The DrPH Public Health Leadership (online) program focuses on providing leadership training and experiences in the public health community. Students will become leaders adept at complex problem-solving for the efficient utilization of resources, analysis of health needs in the community, policy development and implementation.
“I feel fulfilled through the training and mentorship, and the networking opportunities I’ve had, — I feel like that built me into a researcher and will prepare me for whatever challenges that I face in the future. And through my experience here, I know people to connect with when I have challenges, and I know how to identify resources to make me a better researcher.”
— Sylvia Ofori, DrPH
Our program is accredited by the Council on Education for Public Health.
Undergraduate programs are available on both the Armstrong and Statesboro Campuses. Graduate programs are available on the Statesboro campus or online.
Do You Have Questions? Contact Us!
Jiann-Ping Hsu College of Public Health
Email: Graduate Advisor
Armstrong Campus
Solms Hall, Suite 109
11935 Abercorn Street
Savannah, GA 31419
912-478-2674
Statesboro Campus
Hendricks Hall
501 Forest Dr.
Statesboro, GA 30458
912-478-2674
Last updated: 5/26/2023