Applying to both MHA and MPH?

[Kon2D3]

I've been told that it's unwise to apply to two different departments at the same university (like health management vs. epidemiology) since it could make me look like I am unsure of what I want to do, but can I apply to an MHA and MPH program at the same school with a focus in Health Management/Policy?

I would like to apply to both in order to keep my options open and see what happens, but I don't want to do it if it hurts my application.

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[Kon2D3]

Bump, hopefully someone has an idea?

 

[751866]

I can see that concern, but I don't have specific experience with it. I will comment on the choice of an MHA, though.

Unless you really like the specific courses of the MHA program (or are okay with less flexibility), I would recommend you apply to an MBA program and the MPH rather than MHA and MPH. People in medicine respect decent MBA degrees, as do people in business/finance/law. There really isn't reciprocity in terms of business/law/finance giving the same respect to an MHA degree from a similarly impressive school (despite what people with MHAs will tell you). This also would give you more of a reasonable explanation if it's at the same school: "I want to get some business background and I want to further my understand of public health." Then, you can pick whichever or both programs.