Johns Hopkins MHS vs. MPH

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Hi all,

I will be applying for MPH programs in Epidemiology for Fall 2012, and I have a question about the Johns Hopkins program. I'm not in medical school and I don't have the minimum 2 years of public health experience, so I cannot apply for the MPH program there. Is the MHS program in Epi an equivalent substitute? Or am I better off getting an MPH somewhere else that will admit me? Basically, I want to know whether the Johns Hopkins name would give me more credence with future employers, or are they looking for the magical three letters (MPH).

Of course, this is all still a hypothetical question since I haven't been admitted, or even applied to anywhere! But it is something I've been wondering about for a while now.

 

[Stories]

Hi all,

I will be applying for MPH programs in Epidemiology for Fall 2012, and I have a question about the Johns Hopkins program. I'm not in medical school and I don't have the minimum 2 years of public health experience, so I cannot apply for the MPH program there. Is the MHS program in Epi an equivalent substitute? Or am I better off getting an MPH somewhere else that will admit me? Basically, I want to know whether the Johns Hopkins name would give me more credence with future employers, or are they looking for the magical three letters (MPH).

Of course, this is all still a hypothetical question since I haven't been admitted, or even applied to anywhere! But it is something I've been wondering about for a while now.

MHS more or less an equivalent to the MPH. In reality, what the degree is in is the most important thing. However, wherever you do go to school, you definitely want it to be a CEPH-approved program.

 

[swaffles]

Really, the only big difference between the MPH and MHS (or MSPH as they call it now, I think - it's still a gray area) Epi programs is that the MHS probably has practicum added on to it. Since the MPHers come in with two years of health experience, they probably don't have a lot of field/lab work built into their programs while the MHS/MSPHers do. As for if employers care if it's an MPH or MHS - I honestly doubt it. I'm seeing almost no difference in the value of the degrees offered, just the length of each one. However, don't trust me 100% because although I'm at Hopkins right now, I'm in a different MSPH department and in my department, it's as I've described.