School at a Glance
Established: | 1944 |
Current Dean: | John R. Finnegan Jr. (2005 – present) |
Rankings: | #9 School of public health #2 Master of Healthcare Administration program #6 National Institutes of Health (NIH) funding |
Students: | 1,327 |
Alumni: | 11,816 |
Faculty: | 130+ full-time |
Avg. grant funding per faculty: | $568,000 |
Academic Divisions: |
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Degrees Programs: | 19 Graduate degrees (15 master’s and 4 doctoral) |
Research Centers: | 22 |
School Highlights |
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Proven Impact — our research has led to (among many innovations):
- Legislation that allows Medicaid payment for services from a certified doula for pregnant women in Minnesota
- Legislation that requires all new and remodeled buildings to be fully accessible to people with disabilities
- National Minor’s Consent to Health Services Act of 1971
- First comprehensive definition of childhood abuse and neglect
- First model to predict probability of complications from radiation therapy
- the first report to show high rates of concussions associated with youth football players (1983)
- First city-wide ban of cigarette vending machines in the U.S. (1989)
- FDA-proposed restrictions of tanning bed use by people 18 years of age and younger
- Changes in the care and treatment of HIV-positive people worldwide based on the SPH global START trial
- Development of the Minnesota Model used nationwide to track foodborne illness outbreaks
- Development of the Minnesota Code to read electrocardiograms in a universally applicable and understandable way
- Mediterranean Diet
2020 Graduating Student Profile
Total number of graduates: | 434 |
Average age: | 31 |
Age range: | 22-65 |
Female: | 73% |
Male: | 27% |
American Indians and students of color: | 26% |
International students: | 15% |
Graduates by degree
MHA: | 64 |
MPH: | 284 |
MS: | 37 |
PhD: | 23 |
Certificate recipients | 26 |
2020 Incoming Student Profile
Total number of graduates: | 466 |
Average age: | 28 |
Age range: | 21-60 |
Female: | 74% |
Male: | 26% |
American Indians and students of color: | 31% |
International students: | 11% |
Incoming students by degree
MHA: | 55 |
MPH: | 321 |
MS: | 35 |
PhD: | 33 |
Certificate recipients | 22 |