Lead with purpose. Serve your community. Improve the health of the world

Public health professionals are on the front lines of creating healthier, stronger, and more resilient communities. Concordia University Wisconsin’s Master of Public Health (MPH) in Applied Community and Population Health program equips you with the knowledge, skills, and evidence-based perspective to promote health, prevent disease, and serve others. Rooted in Concordia’s mission to prepare students to serve “Christ in the Church and the world,” our MPH program integrates science, service, and stewardship. You’ll gain the practical tools to address today’s complex public health challenges while grounding your work in compassion, ethics, and faith.

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Program Overview

Our flexible, online format is designed for both working professionals and recent graduates who are ready to make a difference in healthcare, government, nonprofit, or community settings. The program’s applied approach ensures you can immediately connect theory to practice whether you’re designing health programs, conducting research, or shaping policy.

Our 42-credit program includes 14 courses designed to provide a strong foundation in public health theory, leadership, and applied practice. Courses are taught by experienced faculty from CUW’s health sciences and public health programs.

Career paths

Graduates of CUW’s MPH program are prepared for leadership roles across the public, private, and nonprofit sectors. Click here to review career outlooks for a Master of Public Health degree.

What to Expect

This degree offers a mission-focused perspective on public health and prepares you to serve as a globally minded citizen working to protect and promote the public’s health. It is an engaging, multidisciplinary educational program filled with practical application opportunities to prepare you to be a strong, competitive candidate in the public health sector.

Program outcomes

Through this degree program, all graduating students will be able to:

  • Integrate Christian and Servant Leadership values and qualities into public and population health interventions.
  • Assess and differentiate individual health approaches and population-based public health approaches to care.
  • Evaluate the unique public health-related needs of specific populations.
  • Apply various population health analytic tools (e.g., systems thinking, implementation science, and informatics) to population health problems.
  • Advocate for public health issues that impact populations served.

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