People who work in public health help communities prevent disease and improve health and wellbeing. The two concentrations, Health Sciences and Community Health/Health Promotion, prepare students for a variety of exciting public health careers.

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Public Health: Take the Path to a Rewarding Career

If you鈥檙e looking for a fulfilling and meaningful career, the B.S. in Public Health is right for you. As a student, you鈥檒l prepare for careers that promote wellness, prevent diseases and address health disparities on a local, national and global scale.聽

Public Health Career Options

Earn a B.S. public health degree and gain the skills and knowledge to thrive as a community health professional, epidemiologist, medical and services manager and many other careers. Some of our students pursue graduate studies in public health and health sciences.

Stefany Campbell at the edge of a road holding a device to measure water samples

UMass Lowell graduates work in a variety of settings, including:

  • Community health centers
  • Local and state public health departments
  • Corporate wellness organizations
  • Nonprofit organizations
  • Long-term care facilities
  • Hospitals
  • Technology sector
  • Academia
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Choose a concentration that fits your career goals

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With the public health major, you can choose between two concentrations, each leading to a wide range of career opportunities.

  • Community Health/Health Promotion Concentration 鈥� Prepare for a career as a community health professional in a variety of settings, including community health centers, hospitals, and public health departments. You鈥檒l learn skills in communication and teaching related to health promotion and disease prevention in community settings. Gain experience with the community health practicum.
  • Health Sciences Concentration 鈥� Focus on health sciences with flexibility of selecting courses in an area of your interest within a public health framework. Courses prepare you to work in the field of public health including areas such as epidemiology and disease surveillance. This concentration serves as a pathway to graduate programs in health sciences, including medical school, physician assistant, nursing and other postgraduate professional health programs.听听

Courses you'll take

The B.S. in Public Health offers courses that provide a solid foundation in critical thinking, advocacy, leadership, teamwork, research, statistics, biological and life sciences, social and behavioral sciences and communication.

Check out our degree pathways鈥攁 suggested four-year schedule鈥攆or a possible pathway toward your B.S. in Public Health.

In the final semester, you will聽participate in a required capstone experience, spending several hours per week in a setting that is associated with your career goals.聽

Visit the Academic Catalog to view聽all Public Health courses聽and learn about the聽Public Health minor听补苍诲听Population Health Informatics and Technology minor.

贵颈苍诲听all degree pathways, including those from prior enrollment years.

Upon completion of the B.S. degree program in Public Health at UMass Lowell, our graduates will be able to:

  1. Articulate critical public health problems and their causes, including an understanding of the environmental, social, behavioral, and biological factors influencing health.聽
  2. Apply the basic concepts of data collection and analysis to health data.
  3. Identify and use evidence-based approaches to address population and community health needs.聽
  4. Identify prevention strategies for a range of public health, applying critical analysis and reasoning skills to problem solving.聽
  5. Apply the fundamental concepts of program assessment, planning, implementation, evaluation and management in a culturally appropriate fashion.聽
  6. Evaluate the economic, historical, ethical, and political/legal contexts of public health problems and solutions and the challenges that practitioners face.
  7. Identify and access resources for researching public health problems and critically evaluate research.
  8. Use the public health-specific tools of communication.

Why study public health at UMass Lowell?

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Experiential Learning

Gain skills and career connections through learning experiences with our聽partner organizations, including:聽

  • Premier healthcare facilities
  • Laboratories and clinics
  • Non-profit organizations
  • Government agencies
  • Health science industry听听


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Health Sciences Hub

Prepare for success in our聽Health Sciences Hub,聽a designated space in the Health and Social Sciences building where you can:聽

  • Meet with your advisor
  • Get tutoring help
  • Access anatomical models
  • Attend workshops on topics such as nutrition, wellness and mental health
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Fun Outside the Classroom

Put your learning into practice. Check out some of the fun ways UML students come together.

UMass Lowell student Rabia Haider

Bachelor鈥檚-to-Master's Program

Get on the fast track to an advanced degree with our accelerated bachelor's-to-master's program.

  • Available to juniors and seniors with a grade point average of 3.000 or higher
  • Offers a continuous, coordinated sequence of courses
  • Reduced credit-hour requirements can save you time and money

Meet Our Students

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Haylee Dussault '16, '18
Nutritional Science, Public Health

Haylee Dussault was a part of the first class of students in the Master of Public Heath Dietetics program. Shortly after graduation, she passed the registered dietitian exam and landed her dream job.

I鈥檝e been given the opportunity not just to make valuable connections in the dietetics industry, but to also focus on making a real impact on school food service.
Read More 杏吧原创 Haylee Dussault 
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Lawreta Kankam '22
Public Health, Pre-med

Lawreta Kankam is passionate about public health. She plans to go on to medical school so she can provide both care and preventive health programs for underserved groups.

My whole life, I鈥檝e wanted to be a doctor. But real health is more than medicine; it鈥檚 prevention.
Read More 杏吧原创 Lawreta Kankam 
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Kate Killion '21
Public Health 鈥� Dietetics

Kate Killion came to UML because it鈥檚 the only university in New England that offers a dietetics degree with a public health perspective.

The UMass Lowell program really emphasizes the public health influences, even on individual health.
Read More 杏吧原创 Kate Killion 
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Donald Rogers 24', 25'
Exercise Science, Master of Public Health

Donald Rogers gained research experience as an exercise science major, which fueled his desire to become a physician scientist.

The professional experiences that I鈥檝e had are incredible.
Read More 杏吧原创 Donald Rogers 

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UMass Lowell's Master of Public Health and BS programs are accredited by the Council on Education for Public Health. for more information.

Add a Minor in Population Health Informatics and Technology

Pair the Public Health major with a minor in Population Health Informatics and Technology (PHIT) and gain solid knowledge in IT for solving public health problems. Join one of the fastest-growing fields of Health informatics and develop innovative ways of collecting, storing, analyzing, and sharing public health data.