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MS Population Health at University of Wisconsin-Madison

University of Wisconsin-Madison, United States

Programme overview

The Department of Population Health Sciences, part of the School of Medicine and Public Health, strives to provide leadership in the emerging, integrative field of population health. Its mission is to create, integrate, disseminate, and apply knowledge promoting the most efficient, equitable, and effective possible use of resources to maintain and improve the health of populations. The department offers two graduate degree programs: an MS and a PhD in population health and an MS and PhD in epidemiology.

Department: Population Health Sciences  |  Duration: 30 credits  |  Study mode: full-time  |  Location: Madison, WI, United States

What you will study

The degree requires a minimum of 30 credits. Learning outcomes: Articulate, critique, and elaborate the health services, health assessment, microeconomic, biostatistical, and epidemiologic foundations of Population Health research and practice.

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Application information

Entry requirements

Students apply to the Master of Science in Population Health through one of the named options: Epidemiology Population Health

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.

Entry terms (spring, summer or fall) vary by programme and are listed on each programme's Graduate Guide admissions tab. An applicant may have active applications in only one entry term at a time.

Application deadlines vary by programme and are listed on the programme's Graduate Guide admissions tab. Applications are submitted through the Graduate School application portal. The application fee is $75 US, non-refundable, payable by credit card (MasterCard or Visa) or debit/ATM; international applicants pay an extra $6 processing fee. Up to three programmes in the same entry term can be applied to for one application fee.

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