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Public Health M.P.H.

LEARNING OBJECTIVES

1. Upon completion of the degree program, students will be able to develop statistical reasoning and literacy in the field of biostatistics.

2. Upon completion of the degree program, students will be able to understand patterns of disease and injury and related risk factors in human populations, how this knowledge is derived, and how this knowledge is used to control health problems in populations.

3. Upon completion of the degree program, students will be able to understand environmental and occupational factors including biological, physical, and chemical factors that affect the health of a community and its workers.

4. Upon completion of the degree program, students will be able to understand the organization, cost, financing, quality, and equity of the health care delivery system; the role of the health care delivery system in maintaining the health of populations; and current health management and policy issues.

5. Upon completion of the degree program, students will be able to understand the behavioral, social, and cultural factors related to individual and population health and health disparities over the life course.

6. Upon completion of the degree program, students will be able to understand the foundations of the public health profession, and demonstrate professional, culturally competent knowledge and practice.

7. Upon completion of the degree program, students will be able to collect, manage, and organize data to produce information and meaning; understand how the information and knowledge exchange process can be designed to achieve specific objectives.

8. Upon completion of the degree program, students will be able to synthesize the literature in an area of public health, including identification of gaps in knowledge and strengths and limitations in study design.

9. Upon completion of the degree program, students will be able to recognize system-level properties that result from interactions among humans and social systems, and how these interactions affect the relationships among individuals, groups, organizations, communities, and environments.

10. Upon completion of the degree program, students will be able to use problem solving skills to address public health problems.

SUCCESS RATES

63.9%

3-year graduation rate

2.51

Avg. years to degree

MEDIAN EARNINGS

$120,704

10 years after graduation

$111,101

5 years after graduation

$99,141

1 year after graduation

PLACEMENT2 years after graduation

84.4%

Working in New York

16.2%

Continuing Education

Notes

Graduation rates: the percent of students entering the master’s program any time during the academic year and graduating by May 31 three years later. Methodology is parallel to AAU Data Exchange doctoral completion rates and means that spring entrants have less time to complete. Average of three most recent reporting years (2021-22, 2022-23, 2023-24) Years to degree: the average number of years it takes a student to complete the selected program. Average of the three most recent completion years (2020-21, 2021-22, 2022-23). No Asterisk-Earnings: the median annual earnings of graduates in the selected program at the master’s degree level based on the 2-digit CIP code at 1, 5 and 10 years after graduation. U.S. Census, Postsecondary Enrollment Outcomes Explorer. Degree completers from 2001-2018 in 2020 dollars. Asterisk- Earnings: the median annual earnings of graduates in the selected program at the master’s degree level at 1, 5 and 10 years after graduation. SUNY Graduates Post Completions Interactive Dashboard. Degree completers from 2005-2019 in 2020 dollars. Working in NY State: the percent of graduates working in New York State one year after graduation. Most recent available data from SUNY as of January 31, 2024