Admissions

The major admits applicants with career goals in public health and applied nutrition, nutrition education, community intervention, and nutritional epidemiology.  Applicants must have a bachelor’s degree from an accredited college or university. Relevant experience in a public health setting is preferred.

The major offers two program options of 16 and 24 months leading to the M.P.H.

If candidates:

• Have a dietetics degree and are R.D.s or R.D.-eligible, they may apply for the 16-month program. A 16-month nutritional epidemiology emphasis is available.
• Do not have a nutrition degree but will have completed specific science prerequisites before starting the MPH, they may apply for the 24-month program. A 24-month nutritional epidemiology emphasis is available.  Science prerequisites include: one general biology course with a lab; two general chemistry courses with a lab; one organic chemistry course, and one biochemistry course.
• Have a nutrition degree but do not desire R.D. credential, eligible for the 16-month program. A 16-month nutritional epidemiology emphasis is available.

Preferred performance levels are:

• GPA of 3.0
• Composite GRE score of 1000, with a 3.5 on the AWA (Analytic Writing Assessment)
• TOEFL score of 600/250/100 (international applicants)

Application Process

Applicants must submit their application directly to SOPHAS, the centralized online application service.

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