Master of Public Health Overview
The Department of Health Science offers a degree program leading to a Master of Public Health (MPH) in Community Health Education. This graduate program began in the Fall of 1996, was initially accredited in 2000, and in 2003 received full accreditation by the Council on Education for Public Health (CEPH) through December 31, 2010. NMSU is a member of the Council of Accredited MPH Programs (CAMP), and a member of the Returned Peace Corps Volunteer (RPCV) Fellows Program. Please be sure to take a look at our MPH Alumni Networking page. The NMSU MPH Program is a member of the Western Interstate Commission for Higher Education (WICHE) Western Regional Graduate Program (WRGP) student exchange program. NMSU also offers a joint MPH/MSW degree program.
The mission of the MPH program is: To provide academic, professional, and service excellence in preparing community health education professionals who will demonstrate competent leadership, innovation, and technical expertise at local, state, national and international levels, in particular with border health problems in communities along the U.S./Mexico border.
The Department of Health Science has developed an on-line version of the existing main campus MPH program, to be phased in over a period of up to three years.
Prospective students should meet all requirements as outlined in the NMSU Graduate School application and complete the MPH application for admission (note that there are two [2] different forms: one for the in-person program only and the other for the on-line program only). Please see the prospective students section.