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

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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Cosette Scott.
Cosette Scott '24
Master of Public Health in Epidemiology

Cosette Scott’s internship working with a lead epidemiologist in the Massachusetts Department of Public Health is making an impact on public health policy.

I’m excited to apply what I learned in the classroom to this research.
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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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Stacey Nwachukwu seated on a couch
Stacey Nwachukwu ’20, ’22
Public Health

Stacey Nwachukwu is helping communities and influencing policy at the Statehouse.

I want to be at the decision-making table.
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