I was just accepted to Emory, BU, and Pitt's MPH programs in Epidemiology and am trying to decide between the three. I got an academic scholarship to BU so it's actually a little less expensive than Emory is. I'm interested the most in chronic disease epidemiology and pharmaceuticals. (Also infectious disease epi but not as much!)
I like BU the most out of the three programs. It seems like there are more options for me when it comes to certificates and courses that I could take and I found a lot of faculty doing research that I am interested in. I would rather be in Boston than Atlanta. I think that while Atlanta has the CDC and places the like the American Cancer Society, Boston has major public health institutions, hospitals, and other healthcare organizations that get a lot of NIH funding. Also, even Emory's non-Global MPH program seems to be geared more towards students who want to work in Global Health and I don't really want to do that.
Academically, is Emory a way better Epidemiology program than BU and Pitt? The more I research it, Emory seems like it really is one of the top schools of public health in the country. (It's also down the street from the CDC.) If I decide not to go there am I passing up a huge opportunity academically and career-wise?
I like BU the most out of the three programs. It seems like there are more options for me when it comes to certificates and courses that I could take and I found a lot of faculty doing research that I am interested in. I would rather be in Boston than Atlanta. I think that while Atlanta has the CDC and places the like the American Cancer Society, Boston has major public health institutions, hospitals, and other healthcare organizations that get a lot of NIH funding. Also, even Emory's non-Global MPH program seems to be geared more towards students who want to work in Global Health and I don't really want to do that.
Academically, is Emory a way better Epidemiology program than BU and Pitt? The more I research it, Emory seems like it really is one of the top schools of public health in the country. (It's also down the street from the CDC.) If I decide not to go there am I passing up a huge opportunity academically and career-wise?