Public Health Data Science (MS) at University of Southern California

Programme overview

The MS in Public Health Data Science prepares students for data science careers focused on public health data: wrangling and managing large health datasets, statistical methods, and machine learning.

Duration: 32 units | Study mode: full-time | Location: Los Angeles, CA, United States

What you will study

32 units from courses in Biostatistics, Population and Public Health, and Computing; core courses total 16 units, including PM 566 Introduction to Health Data Science.

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Application information

Entry requirements

Admission requirements are published on the Department of Population and Public Health Sciences webpage (pphs.usc.edu).

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.

Master of Accounting: students can start in the summer (Summer Intensive Program, mid-June to mid-August) or the fall; all students graduate at the end of the spring semester in mid-May.

Master of Accounting (MAcc): application opens August 7, 2026; international applicants and priority deadline January 10, 2027; domestic non-accounting majors (summer start) April 1, 2027; domestic accounting majors (fall start) May 1, 2027; application fee $120.

Public Diplomacy (MPD): application deadline January 15, 2027; the USC Graduate Admission Application opens October 1, 2026.

Online Executive Master of Health Administration: application fee $105.

Apply through the official page: https://admission.usc.edu/

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