There are a good number of MPH scholarships available today for qualified candidates.
Earning a master’s degree in public health (MPH) has been proven to be a wise career decision, given the great increase in employment for many types of public health professionals.
Of course, no matter how much job demand there is in the profession of public health, how to pay for your MPH master’s degree is always a major consideration. Getting an advanced education in public health will provide you with excellent career potential, but having to pay for two or three years more of tuition can be difficult.
Fortunately, there are a good number of MPH scholarships available today for qualified candidates, including these excellent options listed below. Note that some of these scholarships are available to an MPH student at any university, and some are specifically for the students for that particular university:
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Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health: This is a specific MPH scholarship in the university’s Center for Global Health Scholarship, which they award to five MPH students per year who are planning to work internationally after receiving their education.
- Public Health Community Scholarship: The purpose of the merit-based Public Health Community Scholarship is to help Public Health students pay for the costs of their education. Open to all students of public health. Merit-based valued at $2,500
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Columbia University Mailman School of Public Health Scholarships: Columbia University offers several partial and full scholarships to MPH students, based upon both academic achievement and need.
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Advance Africa Public Health Graduate Scholarships: This organization, which promotes public health improvements in Africa, has a series of MPH scholarships that are open to international students only.
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Brown University Public Health Scholarships: Brown University offers several partial MPH scholarships to a limited number of extremely well qualified candidates. Also, the university has the MPH Global Health Scholars Program that enhances the educational experience of certain MPH students.
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Washington University in St. Louis MPH Scholarships: This leading MPH program offers full tuition, merit based and partial scholarship awards to top MPH candidates who have shown strong academic achievement, leadership and commitment to improving public health.
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The Mitch Greenlick Public Health Scholarship: This scholarship is awarded to students planning to study for their MPH degrees at Oregon Health & Science University, and who wish to commit to serving under-represented communities.
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The University of Hong Kong Master of Public Health Scholarship: This scholarship is awarded to two MPH candidates at the university each year, and is based upon academic merit and community service.
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Eve Jones Memorial Scholarship in Global Health Science: This scholarship is at the University of Oxford for qualified MPH students, and is reserved for those who intend to study disease and improvement of health care in lower income countries.
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National University of Singapore MPH Scholarships: This university offers several MPH scholarships, including the Saw See Hock MPH Scholarship; the NUS Graduate Scholarship for ASEAN Nationals and the WDA Healthcare Scholarship Programme.
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The Tylenol Scholarship Program: This program offers a vast variety of different scholarships to students of any school within the United States, who wish to pursue an education within any facet of health care, including MPH students. The scholarships offered by the Tylenol Scholarship Program vary in size from $1,000-$10,000.
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The University of Pennsylvania: Offers the Shiriki Kumanyika Award for Public Health Leadership scholarship to one MPH student annually who not only excels in their studies, but also shows innovative potential to improving public health. This student must show the ability to motivate and inspire others to improve the health and healthcare practices within the community.
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University Of Pennsylvania MPH Scholarship Award: This award is for all students who have shown a need for financial aid, and wish to continue their education in the public health field.
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The Katie Evans Memorial Scholarship: This is a scholarship sponsored by The Foundation for Sustainable Development and is open to all MPH students who share a passion for improving the health of those living in underprivileged communities through international internships.
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The Reed Frost Scholarship: This is another scholarship award given by John Hopkins Bloomberg School for Public Health. This scholarship covers around 75% of the tuition needed for a MPH degree, and is named in recognition of two masters of the field, Lowell J. Reed and Wade Hampton Frost.
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Boston University Scholarships: This university has several graduate scholarships that are open to highly qualified public health students.
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UAB School of Public Health – 2012-2013 Scholarship Luncheon
