Admissions

Qualifications for 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 three program options ranging from 16 to 36 months in length, leading to the M.P.H.with one option available to complete supervised practice hours to become eligible to take the Registration Examination for Dietitians.

If candidates:

Have a nutrition or dietetics degree and are eligible to take the R.D. exam (or are already a R.D.), they may apply for the Standard program (STND) or the 16-month nutritional epidemiology program (NEP).

Have a nutrition or dietetics degree but have not yet done a CADE accredited dietetics internship, they may apply for the Coordinated Master’s Program (CMP) option, the Standard Program (STND) or the Nutritional Epidemiology Program (NEP).

Do not have a dietetics or nutrition degree but will have completed specific science prerequisites before starting the M.P.H., they may apply for the Coordinated Master’s Program (CMP), the standard program (STND) or the nutritional epidemiology program (NEP). Science prerequisites include: one general biology course with a lab; two general chemistry courses with a lab; one organic chemistry course, one biochemistry course and one social science course (sociology, psychology, etc).

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 Deadlines

• Coordinated Masters Program (CMP)- Dec. 15
• Standard Program (STND) - Dec. 15, priority deadline
                                         - Apr. 15, final deadline
• Nutritional Epidemiology Program (NEP)
                                         - Dec. 15, priority deadline
                                         - Apr. 15, final deadline