B.S in Public Health

Make a Difference in the World

With a B.S. in Public Health, you'll prepare for a career that creates healthy communities through education, research and promotion of healthy environments and lifestyles. Also explore the minors below and the accelerated BS to MS degree program.

Earn a Master of Public Health (MPH) or Master of Science in Health Information Management

Make a difference in the world by improving human health. Our programs include:

Doctoral Degrees

Graduate Certificates

Public Health Certificate Programs

To apply or for more information, contact the undergraduate or graduate admissions office.

Meet Our Students

Sandra Ocampo standing in front of a dresser with books.
Sandra Ocampo '24
Master of Public Health, Dietetics

Sandra Ocampo switched her career from investment management to dietetics.

I felt confident that the MPH dietetics program would offer me a solid path to my future of becoming a registered dietitian.
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Abdul Hameed holds up his diploma
Abdul Hameed '20
Public Health – Healthcare Management

A practicum in infection prevention at a hospital prepared Abdul Hameed for a job with the CDC, preventing the spread of the novel coronavirus in hospitals and other health-care facilities.

I’ll never get another chance for this experience.
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Lawreta Kankam in front of shrubs at Health and Social Sciences Building
Lawreta Kankam '22
Public Health, Pre-med

Lawreta Kankam is passionate about public health. She plans to go on to medical school so she can provide both care and preventive health programs for underserved groups.

My whole life, I’ve wanted to be a doctor. But real health is more than medicine; it’s prevention.
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Stefany Campbell at the edge of a road holding a device to measure water samples
Stefany Campbell '20
Public Health, Healthcare Management option, B.S. to MPH

Stefany Campbell was hired by Comprehensive Environmental Inc, a civil engineering and environmental consulting firm, before she graduates.

If I didn’t come to UMass Lowell, ... I definitely wouldn’t have found these two internship opportunities that led to a job offer and an exciting career.
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