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 #5 Online Master of Public Health Degree #3 Largest research portfolio at UMN |
| Students: | 1,408 |
| Alumni: | 10,500+ |
| Faculty: | 130+ full-time |
| Avg. grant funding per faculty: | $800,000 |
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| Degrees Programs: | 19 Graduate degrees (15 master’s and 4 doctoral) |
| Research Centers: | 25 |
| 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
2018 Graduating Student Profile
| Total number of graduates: | 413 |
| Average age: | 32 |
| Age range: | 22-65 |
| Female: | 66% |
| Male: | 34% |
| American Indians and students of color: | 19% |
| International students: | 19% |
Graduates by degree
| MHA: | 88 |
| MPH: | 233 |
| MS: | 30 |
| PhD: | 36 |
| Certificate recipients | 26 |
