MS Health Policy and Management at University of Massachusetts Amherst

Programme overview

The two-year, 48-credit MS in Health Policy and Management prepares students for health services research, planning, evaluation and administration. It includes an 8-credit master's thesis.

What you will study

Five public health core courses including Introductory Biostatistics (13 credits), two health policy and management core courses (6 credits), four research fundamentals courses (12 credits), three concentration courses (9 credits) and the thesis (8 credits).

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Entry requirements

Health Policy and Management graduate programmes (MPH, MS, PhD): bachelor's degree (or international equivalent) by the start of the programme; successful applicants typically hold at least a 3.0/4.0 GPA; no specific undergraduate courses required; personal statement (MPH/MS) or short essay responses (PhD); minimum of three letters of recommendation; resume/CV; GRE not required. For the PhD, applicants with an advanced professional degree (MD, DDS, DVM) or other graduate degree and/or at least two years of public health work experience are preferred. Applications go through SOPHAS and the UMass Supplemental Application; PhD priority deadline December 1, SOPHAS deadline February 1.

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Tuition is charged per credit, so the total depends on the modules you register for each year. Current fees are listed in the official fee schedule.

Intake: Fall; deadline February 1

Duration: 2 years; 48 credits

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