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

Sundus Siddique and Laura Punnett stand in front of a research display at the APHA Conference.
Sundus Siddique '20
MPH in Epidemiology, Doctor of Science in Public Health Candidate

Sundus Siddique, a physician and public health researcher, has published studies and presented at conferences about healthy workplaces.

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Omolade Adeniyi playing volleyball at UMass Lowell
Omoladé Adeniyi '19
Public Health, Health Sciences Concentration

Omoladé Adeniyi is looking to make a difference in health care for those who are underrepresented.

College is really a time for you to figure out who you are. UMass Lowell allowed me to do that.
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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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Mallory-Hillard-Community-Health-Sustainability
Mallory Hillard ’11
Community Health & Sustainability

Thanks to UMass Lowell, Hillard says she's found true satisfaction and happiness in her career and in herself.

Perhaps the single most important opportunity my education provided was ‘real-world’ interactions.
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