

The Ph.D. degree in Public Health bridges public safety and health career pathways to address a nationwide shortage of public health workers.
The Public Health major comprises the following concentrations:
For more information about graduate admissions, visit the graduate admission website. For more information on international admissions, visit the international admission website.
GRE scores may be waived as determined by graduate coordinator.
Applications submitted by this deadline will receive the strongest consideration for admission.
Graduates of this program will be able to:
Code | Title | Credit Hours |
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Major Requirements | ||
BST 83014 | APPLIED REGRESSION ANALYSIS OF PUBLIC HEALTH DATA | 3 |
EPI 72028 | METHODS OF EVIDENCE BASED PUBLIC HEALTH | 3 |
EPI 73027 | BIOLOGICAL BASIS OF PUBLIC HEALTH | 3 |
SBS 73020 | ADVANCED METHODS IN PREVENTION SCIENCE | 3 |
Concentrations | ||
Choose from the following: | 48-66 | |
Minimum Total Credit Hours: | 60-78 |
Code | Title | Credit Hours |
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Concentration Requirements | ||
BST 83012 | SURVIVAL ANALYSIS IN PUBLIC HEALTH | 3 |
EPI 73034 | LONGITUDINAL DATA ANALYSIS | 3 |
EPI 83016 | PRINCIPLES OF EPIDEMIOLOGIC RESEARCH | 3 |
Content-Related Electives 1 | 9 | |
Culminating Requirement | ||
EPI 80199 | DISSERTATION I 2 | 30 |
Minimum Total Credit Hours: | 48 |
Content-related elective courses should be selected by the student with a faculty advisor, depending upon the student's research interest. It may occur within the College of Public Health or in other disciplines outside the college.
Each doctoral candidate, upon admission to candidacy, must register for Dissertation I for a total of 30 credit hours. It is expected that a doctoral candidate will continuously register for Dissertation I, and thereafter Dissertation II, each semester, until all requirements for the degree have been met.
Code | Title | Credit Hours |
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Concentration Requirements | ||
EPI 73026 | DESIGN AND IMPLEMENTATION OF HEALTH SURVEYS | 3 |
or EPI 83017 | EPIDEMIOLOGICAL ANALYSIS | |
HPM 72015 | EMERGING ISSUES IN PUBLIC HEALTH POLICY AND MANAGEMENT | 3 |
HPM 72030 | GRANT WRITING IN PUBLIC HEALTH | 3 |
HPM 73021 | HEALTH CARE FINANCE | 3 |
HPM 73022 | STRATEGIC MANAGEMENT OF PUBLIC HEALTH ORGANIZATIONS | 3 |
HPM 73031 | PUBLIC HEALTH POLICY ANALYSIS | 3 |
HPM 80198 | DIRECTED RESEARCH IN HEALTH POLICY AND MANAGEMENT | 3 |
HPM 81000 | PUBLIC HEALTH LAW AND REGULATION | 3 |
Content Related Electives 1 | 12 | |
Culminating Requirement | ||
HPM 80199 | DISSERTATION I 2 | 30 |
Minimum Total Credit Hours: | 66 |
Content-related elective courses should be selected by the student with a faculty advisor, depending upon the student's research interest. It may occur within the College of Public Health or in other disciplines outside the college.
Each doctoral candidate, upon admission to candidacy, must register for Dissertation I for a total of 30 credit hours. It is expected that a doctoral candidate will continuously register for Dissertation I, and thereafter Dissertation II, each semester, until all requirements for the degree have been met.
Code | Title | Credit Hours |
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Concentration Requirements | ||
SBS 73018 | THEORIES OF PREVENTION SCIENCE | 3 |
SBS 73019 | METHODS OF PREVENTION SCIENCE | 3 |
SBS 73020 | ADVANCED METHODS IN PREVENTION SCIENCE | 3 |
SBS 80100 | EMERGING ISSUES IN PREVENTION SCIENCE | 3 |
SBS 80198 | DIRECTED RESEARCH IN PREVENTION SCIENCE | 3 |
SBS 83010 | QUALITATIVE METHODS FOR PUBLIC HEALTH RESEARCH | 3 |
Content-Related Electives 1 | 12 | |
Concentration Electives, choose from the following: | 6 | |
BST 83013 | EXPERIMENTAL DESIGNS IN PUBLIC HEALTH RESEARCH | |
EPI 73026 | DESIGN AND IMPLEMENTATION OF HEALTH SURVEYS | |
HPM 72030 | GRANT WRITING IN PUBLIC HEALTH | |
Culminating Requirement | ||
SBS 80199 | DISSERTATION I 2 | 30 |
Minimum Total Credit Hours: | 66 |
Content-related elective courses should be selected by the student with a faculty advisor, depending upon the student's research interest. It may occur within the College of Public Health or in other disciplines outside the college.
Each doctoral candidate, upon admission to candidacy, must register for Dissertation I for a total of 30 credit hours. It is expected that a doctoral candidate will continuously register for Dissertation I, and thereafter Dissertation II, each semester, until all requirements for the degree have been met.
Applications to the Health Policy and Management concentration are not being accepted at this time.
The Ph.D. degree in Public Health is accredited by the Council on Education For Public Health (CEPH).
Currently accepting applicants.
The PhD in Public Health specializing in Epidemiology at Kent State University prepares students for a career in public health research, which demands interdisciplinary skills to meet the challenges of a rapidly changing field. Doctoral students in the epidemiology specialization will learn to design and implement studies and use advanced quantitative methods to examine critical and emerging health issues.
Students pursuing their PhD in Public Health specializing in Epidemiology can take advantage of the fact that many College of Public Health faculty focus their research in: global health epidemiology, infectious and chronic disease epidemiology, and cancer epidemiology.
PhD trained epidemiologists are scholars and leaders in a variety of settings, including:
Many work for the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention in Atlanta, GA, or for other governmental agencies.
If you want to pursue a career that will help you make a difference, the Kent State College of Public Health is a great place to get started.
The PhD in HPM is temporarily suspended and closed to applications.
The PhD in Public Health specializing in Health Policy and Management at Kent State University prepares students for a career in public health research, which demands interdisciplinary skills to meet the challenges of a rapidly changing field.
Doctoral students in the health policy and management specialization will learn to design and implement studies and use advanced quantitative methods to examine critical and emerging health issues.
Students pursuing their PhD in Public Health specializing in Health Policy and Management will benefit from active faculty research agendas in:
Students who graduate with the PhD in Public Health's Health Policy and Management specialization are scholars and leaders in a variety of job settings, including Federal and state health agencies, academic health centers and hospitals, policy and research institutes, managed care and insurance corporations, and health planning organizations.
If you want to pursue a career that will help you make a difference, the Kent State College of Public Health is a great place to get started.
The Ph.D. in Public Health specializing in Prevention Science prepares students for careers in public health research that demand interdisciplinary skills to meet the challenges of a rapidly changing discipline. Students are prepared to be independent researchers with a focus on prevention science and its application to evidence-based practice through advanced quantitative and qualitative methods.
Students who graduate with the Ph.D. in Prevention Science are scholars and leaders in Federal and state health agencies, academic health centers and hospitals, policy and research institutes, managed care and insurance corporations, and health planning organizations.
The Prevention Science doctoral curriculum consists of a minimum of 91 credit hours organized in five curricular domains:
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