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Earn your MPH degree 100% online or on campus

The Master of Public Health (MPH) degree at Missouri State can now be completed through a fully online option.

The tradition seated (on campus) option is still available, too.

Key details to know

  • Finishing the degree exclusively in either option may take longer. Most students use both online and seated courses to finish the degree in about two years.
  • The online option is also available for the two graduate certificates: public health core and public health administration.
  • The field experience is still required for the online option. Though the field experience can be done locally, you must actually spend the required amount of time (200 to 400 hours) at the public health agency in order to complete the requirements.

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A smart investment in your future — Missouri State delivers enriching opportunities along with affordable costs and extensive financial aid options.   MSU's Master's of Public Health degree is among the top 10 most affordable MPH degree programs in the country.

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Student publications

Selected publications by Master of Public Health (MPH) students. Students’ names are highlighted in bold.

  • Goswami D, KR Thompson. 2020. Parental monitoring of academics and adolescents’ engagement in substance abuse. Journal of Public Health Issues and Practices. 4: doi10.33790.
  • Claborn, DM, SS Chowi, M Meyers, D Duitsman, and KR Thompson. 2019.  Mosquito occurrence in 36 counties of Southern and Western Missouri. Southwest Naturalist.
  • Famutimi, D, Thompson, KR.  Trends in substance use and treatment admissions among the homeless in the United States: 2005-2015.  Journal of Public Health Issues and Practices. (Submitted April 2018).
  • Claborn DM, Poiry M, Famutimi OD, Duitsman M, Thompson KR.  2018.  A survey of mosquitoes in southern and western Missouri. Journal of the American Mosquito Control Association. 34(2): 131-133.  
  • Norton, PJ and DM Claborn. 2016. Mosquito Survey Assessing Risk of Disease in Missouri. Journal of the Greene County Medical Society (September) pp. 16-17. Also available online.
  • Claborn, DM and C Oestreich. 2015. Disasters and Public Health in Topics in Public Health, David Claborn (ed.). Intech Publishers, London. 
  • Roberts L, B Brauer, WL Nicholson, BN Ayres, KR Thompson and DM Claborn. 2021. First record of the Asian Longhorned Tick Haemaphysalis longicornis in Missouri. Journal of the American Mosquito Control Association 37(4).
  • Acheampong CO, MA Barffour, KJ Schulze, J Chileshe, N Kalunwana, W Simusantu, KP West Jr. AC Palmer. 2021. Age-specific differences in the magnitude of malaria-related anemia during low and high malaria seasons in rural Zambian children. eJHaem. DOI: 10.1002/jha2.243.
  • Claborn DM, KA Sovavane. 2010. Public health components of academic programs in homeland security.  Journal of Homeland Security and Emergency Management. doi 10.2202/1547-7355.1664
  • Claborn DM, SS Chowi, M Flint, C Acheampong. 2020. Surveillance for a vector of Zika virus and two other mosquito species in four ecoregions of Missouri: An a posteriori analysis. Viral Outbreaks. Intech Publishing, London.

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