MPH MPH Programs That Don't Require Work Experience

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So, I am looking at which MPH programs I might want to apply to. I noticed that there are some programs that require some sort of relevant work experience and there are also programs that strongly recommend that you have some work experience before applying. Then there are other programs, like BU and Tulane, that don't require work experience. As of now, I don't have any public health work experience. I may be able to line up a public health internship in September, but that isn't guaranteed and even so, it would only be a 4 month internship.

So my question is, what other schools are there that people know of that don't require work experience? I know that this information can be found by looking at each individual website, but there are just so many schools, so I am asking if there are any other specific programs that people know for sure that say they don't require work experience for applying???

 

[GUH]

UC Irvine does not require work experience, assuming things haven't changed a lot in the past couple of years.

It seems silly for an MPH program to require public health work experience before attending, since the job market for public health is absolutely brutal without a graduate degree or some other outstanding qualification.

 

[failureisnotfatal]

UC Irvine does not require work experience, assuming things haven't changed a lot in the past couple of years.

It seems silly for an MPH program to require public health work experience before attending, since the job market for public health is absolutely brutal without a graduate degree or some other outstanding qualification.

Thanks for the reply. I actually looked into some other colleges also and found that Boston University, Tufts University, and Tulane University all say that they don't require work experience and they accept students directly after undergraduate study, so I am probably applying to those 3 schools as well.

 

[themmases]

You might want to look into the accepted/rejected thread and see what work experiences accepted people had. While work experience is important, it doesn't necessarily mean that you need to have had a full-time, career-track job in public health specifically before you apply. Some of the work or volunteer experience you already have may be more relevant than you think-- and if you have no applicable work or volunteer experience at all, how do you know you want a professional degree in the field?

Common experiences of people who get in include undergrad research assistant, clinic volunteer, student health educator, Peace Corps/Americorps, lab tech, research coordinator, lots of healthcare-related jobs physician assistant, admin assistant/secretary in a hospital or medical practice... Schools generally aren't saying you needed to be director of a public health program already. And there are public health aspects of many experiences if you look for them. I worked in medical research-- not public health-- and talked about health literacy in my subjects, and my experience was really well received. Support positions in healthcare and research are definitely attainable with a bachelors degree.

 

[failureisnotfatal]

You might want to look into the accepted/rejected thread and see what work experiences accepted people had. While work experience is important, it doesn't necessarily mean that you need to have had a full-time, career-track job in public health specifically before you apply. Some of the work or volunteer experience you already have may be more relevant than you think-- and if you have no applicable work or volunteer experience at all, how do you know you want a professional degree in the field?

Common experiences of people who get in include undergrad research assistant, clinic volunteer, student health educator, Peace Corps/Americorps, lab tech, research coordinator, lots of healthcare-related jobs physician assistant, admin assistant/secretary in a hospital or medical practice... Schools generally aren't saying you needed to be director of a public health program already. And there are public health aspects of many experiences if you look for them. I worked in medical research-- not public health-- and talked about health literacy in my subjects, and my experience was really well received. Support positions in healthcare and research are definitely attainable with a bachelors degree.

Thank you for your response. I was just thinking about which of my experiences might actually qualify as public health. I have volunteered in a nursing home before so I think that in some capacity, that might qualify.