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With public health, you DEFINITELY want to get a masters at bare minimum. Some people consider a masters the new bachelors. There are already tons of masters out in public health, but with a masters you can do quite a few things (state health agencies, CDC, NGOs, think tanks). If you can get a masters degree from a top notch public health school (Harvard, Hopkins), it will improve your career prospects in public health. It's also important to note that public health is sometimes less the degree you have compared to the people you know and the connections you make. It doesn't matter if you have a bachelors and some other person has a masters if you know the employer and the masters guy doesn't. The employer will hire you. For job prospects, you need to start networking like crazy and making connections (it's not who you know, but who the people you know know).
With a PhD, you can either work in academia, or also with work with the same agencies I mentioned before. Having a PhD increases your job prospects more, though you have to be careful because sometimes a PhD might make you too competitive for a job you want and then an employer may not hire you because they don't want to pay you so much more for your PhD degree.
Think through it carefully. Definitely get a masters degree since it's essential to work in public health as well as a necessary stepping stone to get a PhD. Get a PhD if you want to go into academia and pursue a career in research, but don't expect to get a tenure position as those are very competitive and not everyone can get them. Good luck!
With public health, you DEFINITELY want to get a masters at bare minimum. Some people consider a masters the new bachelors. There are already tons of masters out in public health, but with a masters you can do quite a few things (state health agencies, CDC, NGOs, think tanks). If you can get a masters degree from a top notch public health school (Harvard, Hopkins), it will improve your career prospects in public health. It's also important to note that public health is sometimes less the degree you have compared to the people you know and the connections you make. It doesn't matter if you have a bachelors and some other person has a masters if you know the employer and the masters guy doesn't. The employer will hire you. For job prospects, you need to start networking like crazy and making connections (it's not who you know, but who the people you know know).
With a PhD, you can either work in academia, or also with work with the same agencies I mentioned before. Having a PhD increases your job prospects more, though you have to be careful because sometimes a PhD might make you too competitive for a job you want and then an employer may not hire you because they don't want to pay you so much more for your PhD degree.
Think through it carefully. Definitely get a masters degree since it's essential to work in public health as well as a necessary stepping stone to get a PhD. Get a PhD if you want to go into academia and pursue a career in research, but don't expect to get a tenure position as those are very competitive and not everyone can get them. Good luck!
With a BA in anthropology and a minor in geography I was basically unemployable.
With an MPH with a focus on health education in community and family health I founded my own 501(c)3 nonprofit and was hired on as an executive with United Way. My peers obtained positions such as "wellness coordinator" at a major insurance firm, "public health analyst" at an international consulting firm, "care manager" at a hospital, "health educator II" at a health department, and various other positions across research, consulting, policy, managed care, and leadership. My current position includes fundraising and then giving the money back to local charities using a strategic plan based on community health indicators. Salaries are between 27k to 65k which is a broad spectrum. Upward mobility is possible with an MPH provided you are an excellent team player and have the right connections.
I am returning for a PhD in public health in a department of behavioral science and community health. I expect the projects completed during the program and the successful completion of the degree will open up higher positions in leadership, and will further serve to enhance investigator credibility and organizational capacity for my nonprofit. A PhD will also qualify me for tenure track research and teaching positions at universities around the globe. I expect starting salaries between the 40k - 70k range. Most of my professors took in around 75k -200k at universities and about the same in private industry, with outliers on the lower end and the higher end based on circumstance.
With an MPH with a focus on health education in community and family health I founded my own 501(c)3 nonprofit and was hired on as an executive with United Way. My peers obtained positions such as "wellness coordinator" at a major insurance firm, "public health analyst" at an international consulting firm, "care manager" at a hospital, "health educator II" at a health department, and various other positions across research, consulting, policy, managed care, and leadership. My current position includes fundraising and then giving the money back to local charities using a strategic plan based on community health indicators. Salaries are between 27k to 65k which is a broad spectrum. Upward mobility is possible with an MPH provided you are an excellent team player and have the right connections.
I am returning for a PhD in public health in a department of behavioral science and community health. I expect the projects completed during the program and the successful completion of the degree will open up higher positions in leadership, and will further serve to enhance investigator credibility and organizational capacity for my nonprofit. A PhD will also qualify me for tenure track research and teaching positions at universities around the globe. I expect starting salaries between the 40k - 70k range. Most of my professors took in around 75k -200k at universities and about the same in private industry, with outliers on the lower end and the higher end based on circumstance.
Not exactly the same but...
BA: Biology
MPH: Epidemiology
PhD: Epidemiology
I'm currently a post-doctoral fellow. Environmental cancer epidemiology. I don't make great money. Most PhDs don't. It's just the nature of research jobs. I could make more if I left research and went to say.... consulting. Or market analysis. Or something that's money-focused. But that's not my motivation or goal.
BA: Biology
MPH: Epidemiology
PhD: Epidemiology
I'm currently a post-doctoral fellow. Environmental cancer epidemiology. I don't make great money. Most PhDs don't. It's just the nature of research jobs. I could make more if I left research and went to say.... consulting. Or market analysis. Or something that's money-focused. But that's not my motivation or goal.
