St. John’s University is one of America’s leading Catholic
universities—recognized for superior programs, Vincentian
values, and a commitment to service and leadership in health
sciences. A graduate degree from St. John's will help you build
your knowledge, advance in your field or embark upon a new career.
Students enjoy world-class academics; distinguished professors;
high-tech facilities; and a long tradition of excellence and
service. Our diverse, scholarly academic community will add
vitality to your learning experience. Convenient evening
classes are offered for students who balance the demands of work
and family.
The MPH program at St. John’s provides an education and experience
to identify and emphasize disease prevention in metropolitan and
underserved communities, as well as, enforce a collective
understanding and individual responsibility for health, global
health, and health care. Graduate students also benefit from the
MPH program’s location in New York City—a hub of diversity, public
health organizations, and public health research.
Program Strengths
The MPH program combines a solid academic
foundation in core public health disciplines coupled with a
specialization in either
community health or
global health and real world preparation for today’s most
dynamic careers in public health.
- Evening Classes. Convenient evening classes
are offered for students who balance the demands of work and
family.
- Community health and global
health. St. John’s MPH program allows students to focus on
either community health or global health. The community
health concentration equips students to address epidemiology,
prevention, social and behavioral factors, and to plan, implement,
and monitor essential health programs that impact the health of
local communities. The global health concentration prepares
graduates to design, implement, monitor, and manage global health
programs. Regardless of specialization, the MPH program at St.
John’s will prepare students to serve as leaders in public health,
with the knowledge and experience to generate new ideas through
research, to shape health care policy, and to best serve those in
need.
- Curriculum. The competency-based curriculum
places a great deal of emphasis on research and evaluation methods
and determinants of health.
- Real-world experience. Students complete a
supervised fieldwork practice experience (internship) at a public
health organization or agency. This experience complements the
student’s coursework and provides a hands-on application of public
health skills and knowledge learned in the classroom. Each student
is supervised by a qualified on-site public health professional
(preceptor).