Master of Public Health with a Concentration in Epidemiology Online

Collect, analyze, and communicate the data that guides major public health decisions and disease-prevention efforts while continuing to work full time with this accelerated online program.

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Start class: 1/19/27
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Program Overview

Advance your career with a Master of Public Health – Epidemiology online

Become a public health leader when you earn the Master of Public Health – Epidemiology online. Develop your ability to address complex health concerns impacting communities through 100% online course work that includes foundational public health training and specialized epidemiology topics, such as public health research, health disparities, environmental health, and community health assessment.

You will gain advanced expertise in evidence-based research, disease surveillance, population health analysis, and data-driven decision-making. Apply your knowledge in a real-world setting through a required public health practicum that can be completed in person or remotely. Upon graduation, you will be eligible to sit for the Certified Health Education Specialist (CHES®) examination.

As a student of this online MPH in Epidemiology, you will learn how to:

  • Develop specialized epidemiology, surveillance, and public health research skills
  • Build advanced competencies in disease prevention, population health analysis, biostatistics, and evidence-based public health decision-making
  • Gain practical training in epidemiology, public health research, health disparities, environmental health, and community health assessment
  • Prepare for careers within government health agencies, healthcare systems, nonprofit organizations, and research institutions
  • Develop analytical and research capabilities aligned with growing workforce demand for epidemiology and public health professionals
  • Strengthen qualifications for leadership, research, and advanced public health career opportunities
  • Contribute directly to improving public health outcomes, disease prevention efforts, and population health initiatives
As a student of this online MPH in Epidemiology, you will learn how to:
  • Develop specialized epidemiology, surveillance, and public health research skills
  • Build advanced competencies in disease prevention, population health analysis, biostatistics, and evidence-based public health decision-making
  • Gain practical training in epidemiology, public health research, health disparities, environmental health, and community health assessment
  • Prepare for careers within government health agencies, healthcare systems, nonprofit organizations, and research institutions
  • Develop analytical and research capabilities aligned with growing workforce demand for epidemiology and public health professionals
  • Strengthen qualifications for leadership, research, and advanced public health career opportunities
  • Contribute directly to improving public health outcomes, disease prevention efforts, and population health initiatives

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Total Tuition $21,085*
Duration As few as 18 months
Credit Hours 42
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Tuition

Discover the affordability of a Texas State online program

Tuition for the MPH – Epidemiology online degree program is affordable and paid by the course, so you can achieve your academic goals while remaining within your budget.

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Program Per Credit Hour Per Course Per Program
MPH – Epidemiology $502 $1,506 $21,085*

*Students in Accelerated Online Programs are not eligible for payment plans or emergency loans. Tuition and fees are subject to change by legislative or Board of Regents action; changes become effective on the date of enactment. BookSmart fees are automatically added each semester but are not included in program costs; students may opt out by the start of each term. Registrations after the tuition deadline require full payment at registration. Cost of Attendance details are available through TXST One Stop.

Tuition breakdown

Total Tuition $21,085*
Per Credit Hour $502

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Calendar

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The Texas State Master of Public Health – Epidemiology is delivered in a convenient online learning format that offers maximum flexibility for working adults like you. Choose the start date that fits your goals.

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TermStart DateApp DeadlineDocument DeadlineRegistration DeadlineTuition DeadlineClass End DateTerm Length
Spring 1 20271/19/271/4/271/11/271/19/271/14/273/8/278 Weeks
Spring 2 20273/9/272/23/273/2/273/9/273/4/245/12/278 Weeks
Summer 1 20276/1/275/17/275/24/276/1/275/27/277/2/275 Weeks
Summer 2 20277/5/276/21/276/28/277/5/277/1/278/5/275 Weeks
Fall 1 20278/25/278/11/278/18/278/25/278/19/2710/13/278 Weeks
Fall 2 202710/18/2710/4/2710/11/2710/18/2710/14/2712/16/268 Weeks

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Apply by 1/4/27
Start Class 1/19/27

Admissions

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Apply to the MPH – Epidemiology online program quickly and easily with our streamlined admission process. Review the admission requirements below and take the next step toward your professional goals.

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To be eligible to earn your Master of Public Health – Epidemiology online from Texas State University, you must have the following:

  • Completed online application
  • Nonrefundable application fee of $55 ($90 for international*)
  • Baccalaureate degree from a regionally accredited university
  • Copy of official transcripts from all institutions where course credit was granted
  • Minimum 2.75 GPA overall or 2.75 GPA in your last 60 hours of undergraduate course work including any completed graduate courses
  • Resume/CV
  • 500-word, double-spaced, and typed statement of purpose addressing addressing your interest in public health and your career goals related to public health
  • Two letters of recommendation from persons best able to assess your ability to succeed in graduate school

For applicants without a U.S. bachelor’s degree (or equivalent)**:
You must submit an approved English proficiency exam score that meets the minimum program requirements.

  • Official TOEFL iBT scores required with a 78 overall and minimum individual module scores of
    • 19 listening
    • 19 reading
    • 19 speaking
    • 18 writing

**Exemption: Applicants who have earned a bachelor’s degree or higher from a regionally accredited U.S. institution or an equivalent degree from a country on our exempt countries list are not required to submit an English proficiency exam score.

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TXST One Stop
Texas State University – Graduate Admissions
601 University Dr.
San Marcos, TX 78666

*Texas State defines an on-campus international student as anyone with a nonimmigrant visa status, including H-1B visa holders, or those seeking a visa to enroll. If you are not a U.S. citizen, permanent resident, refugee, or asylee, you will be classified as an international applicant.

An online international student is someone who holds citizenship in another country, is not a U.S. permanent resident, and resides outside the U.S. while enrolling in an online program.

Students who are not on a visa but are graduating from a Texas high school after three years in residence are considered domestic applicants.

If you are a U.S. citizen, permanent resident, refugee, or asylee, you are considered a domestic applicant.

Admission Requirements

  • Minimum 2.75 GPA
  • No GMAT/GRE required
  • Bachelor’s degree from a regionally accredited university

Courses

MPH – Epidemiology online degree courses that prepare you for the CHES®

To graduate from the MPH – Epidemiology online degree program, you must complete a total of 42 credit hours, including 39 credit hours of core courses, and three credit hours of electives. Included within the course plan are three credit hours of a required public health practicum, which can be completed in person or remotely.

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Duration: 8 Weeks weeks
Credit Hours: 3
This course examines leadership and management principles essential to public health practice, including organizational dynamics, staffing, budgeting, program administration, communication, and evaluation. Students explore leadership frameworks and ethical considerations across public health systems and organizational settings while analyzing real-world challenges that influence decision making. By the end of the course, students develop the ability to evaluate leadership approaches and create practical strategies to support effective management and organizational performance in public health contexts.
Duration: 8 Weeks weeks
Credit Hours: 3
This course focuses on introductory and intermediate statistical methods commonly used in public health practice and research. Emphasis is placed on selecting appropriate methods, interpreting results, and understanding the assumptions underlying common analyses. Students use SPSS statistical software to manage data, conduct statistical analyses, and interpret output using real-world datasets. The course covers application of statistical reasoning to evaluate research findings and support analytic decision-making in public health contexts.
Duration: 8 Weeks weeks
Credit Hours: 3
This course provides an in-depth examination of public health practice, past and present. Students study the organization, structure, and function of the United States public health system while analyzing how public health professionals use assessment data to understand population health trends. Emphasis is placed on evaluating public health programs and policies and understanding how the Core Functions of Public Health and the 10 Essential Public Health Services guide the delivery of services. Students engage in evidence-based inquiry and interpret institutional frameworks.
Duration: 8 Weeks weeks
Credit Hours: 3
This course examines social ecological conditions using public health frameworks and theories to analyze health outcome disparities across populations. Emphasis is placed on factors at the individual, interpersonal, organizational, community, and policy levels that influence quality of life. Topics include socioeconomic stability, education access and quality, health care access and quality, neighborhood and built environment, and social and community context. The course also explores the relationship between social determinants of health and national initiatives such as Healthy People 2030. Students engage with data and research to assess how social determinants shape population health outcomes.
Duration: 16 Weeks weeks
Credit Hours: 3
This course examines the use of Intervention Mapping to analyze social ecological influences on population health within the context of public health program planning. Emphasis is placed on applying epidemiological data and behavioral theory to inform development of health education and health promotion initiatives. Core concepts include needs assessment, theory- and evidence-informed strategy selection, partnership and coalition development, implementation planning, and formative, process, and outcome evaluation approaches relevant to population-based public health programs.
Duration: 8 Weeks weeks
Credit Hours: 3
This course introduces students to foundational epidemiological concepts, including determinants of health, patterns of disease in populations, population health descriptive techniques, the use of health indicators, secondary data sources, and disease reporting systems. Emphasis is placed on measures used to assess epidemiological risk and distribution, as well as interpretation of population-level data. Students also examine the foundations of epidemiologic reporting and the role of epidemiology in describing and monitoring population health trends across various populations.
Duration: 8 Weeks weeks
Credit Hours: 3
This course examines major theoretical frameworks used to understand and analyze health behavior across research and practice settings. Emphasis is placed on critical comparison, practical application, and integration of individual, interpersonal, community, and systems-level theories relevant to public health. The course explores the role of theory in health behavior research, intervention development, and program implementation while examining the strengths, limitations, and application of commonly used theoretical approaches across various populations, public health issues, and professional practice contexts.
Duration: 0 Weeks weeks
Credit Hours: 3
This course provides an in-depth analysis of ethical standards, principles, and behaviors related to the field of public health and public health education and promotion. Students explore different ethical perspectives, ethical frameworks for decision-making and analysis, and codes of ethics for the profession. Course content emphasizes the analysis of case studies and scenarios to support ethical reasoning and application. Emphasis is placed on learning how to apply, monitor, and demonstrate an understanding of ethical standards within public health practice and professional settings.
Duration: 8 Weeks weeks
Credit Hours: 3
This course examines patterns in population health outcomes and factors associated with variation across communities. Students analyze population-level data, interpret health trends, and evaluate evidence that informs public health programs and policies. Emphasis is placed on data interpretation, critical appraisal of research, and analytical reasoning. Through applied assignments, health outcome patterns are analyzed, the strength of available evidence is assessed, and potential strategies relevant to the population health outcomes are examined. The course also emphasizes stakeholder perspectives, ethical considerations, and effective communication of findings to inform decision-making in various public health settings.
Duration: 8 Weeks weeks
Credit Hours: 3
This course focuses on principles of international health across global populations by analyzing how social determinants of health influence differences in health outcomes, infectious diseases, reproductive health and nutrition, noncommunicable diseases, mental health, and injury prevention. Emphasis is placed on exploring epidemiological burdens of global disease, as well as the process of assessing, planning, implementing, and evaluating prevention strategies. Students explore roles of public health practitioners collaborating with providers of health services to various populations.
Duration: 8 Weeks weeks
Credit Hours: 3
This course provides an examination of epidemiologic practice and principles, with attention to how population‑level patterns of health and disease are measured, evaluated, and interpreted. Students will study key concepts such as exposure assessment, outcome measurement, and the design of observational and experimental epidemiologic studies. Emphasis is placed on calculating and interpreting disease rates, measures of frequency, and measures of association used in public health research. Throughout the course, students analyze the strengths and limitations of different epidemiologic methods and consider how these tools support evidence‑based decision‑making across a range of public health contexts.
Duration: 8 Weeks weeks
Credit Hours: 3
This course focuses on research models used in public health education and promotion. Students learn how to design research studies using accepted research methods in the social sciences. In addition, students write the introduction, literature review, and methods sections commonly accepted in public health research.
Duration: 8 Weeks weeks
Credit Hours: 3
This course is an examination of the ecological impact on the environment resulting from contemporary sociopolitical action and its resulting influence on human health. Students will be guided to research and interpret evidence-based information on major current environmental issues facing local, national, and global communities.

Choose one course (3 credit hours) from the following prescribed electives:

Duration: 16 Weeks weeks
Credit Hours: 3
This course emphasizes applied practice in public health by investigating and proposing evidence-based interventions for contemporary issues affecting public health on the local and national levels. Students collaborate with professionals in the field to assess organizational and/or community needs and develop public health projects. Attention will be paid to aligning experiences with the U.S. Healthy People 2030 goals and objectives and to the Core Functions of Public Health and the 10 Essential Public Health Services.
Duration: 16 Weeks weeks
Credit Hours: 3
This course provides students the opportunity to engage in an independent study project focused on a public health topic of individual interest or professional relevance. Under the supervision of a faculty member, students design and complete a research or applied experience that aligns with an approved learning plan. Projects may involve literature analysis, methodological development, applied practice activities, or other public health inquiry. The course supports individualized learning and development of competencies through structured academic guidance. It may be repeated once for credit with approval of the Program Coordinator and a different topic emphasis. Prerequisites: Instructor approval.
Duration: 16 Weeks weeks
Credit Hours: 3
This course consists of a 200-hour supervised internship that provides structured professional experience in public health settings. Students engage with organizations serving a variety of populations and complete a project developed in collaboration with the internship site. The experience emphasizes application of public health principles within practice environments, including program planning, implementation, evaluation, and professional collaboration. Internships are approved and supervised by the Program Coordinator or assigned faculty in accordance with program requirements. Prerequisite: Instructor approval.

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