About the School

Educating Tomorrow's Leaders for a Healthier World

The School of Health and Environment has a long tradition of excellence in teaching, research and community service that reaches across disciplines, throughout Massachusetts and beyond.

It is this excellence that gives students an edge to solve today's monumental health and environmental problems that face the world. Every day, our students are given educational opportunities that allow them to learn while accomplishing health-oriented community service.

Fast Facts

• Undergraduates: 919
• Graduate Students: 245
• Departments: 5
• Research Centers & Institutes: 6
• Faculty: 75
• Staff: 50
• Degrees Offered: 24
• Graduate Certificates: 15

The School’s accomplishes its mission of educating tomorrow’s leaders for a healthier world in the following ways:

• Excellent academic programs in the health and environment professions that prepare graduates to practice their professions with knowledge and competence.
• Interdisciplinary research that increases students’ understanding of health, disease and disability.
• A public university’s commitment to community service, advancing prevention-based strategies in health and environmental policy.

Signature Programs

• The nation's first gerontological nurse practitioner program.
• An accelerated master's degree in Work Environment allows undergraduates to complete a B.S. and M.S. in five years.
• The new Bachelor of Science Degree in Environmental Health, is the only program offered in the Northeast.
• The nation's first graduate certificate program in public health laboratory science.
• A new Ph.D. degree prepares advanced nurse scientists for faculty and researcher roles.
• The only physical therapy degree program offered by a public institution in Massachusetts.
  

Visit our Programs of Study to see our degree offerings all in one place.

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