Public Health and CSUs

<p>What are good California State Universities for public health? Undergrad or graduate programs.
Also, if I want to get a masters in public health, should I be looking at colleges with good bachelors of public health or good masters of public health for undergrad? Thanks!</p>

<p>UC Irvine for sure! They are known for their undergraduate program, whereas UCLA and UC Berkley have better graduate programs, ranked by US News #10 and #8 respectively (I’m not sure as to how developed their undergrad is). </p>

<p>In terms of your questions about getting a masters, the answers depend on your specific circumstances: what you want to do with the degree, if you want to a combined BS/MS, your financial situation, ect.
For example, if you want to go into health policy as opposed to epidemiology (which are both aspects of a public health major), you might be leaning towards attending U Michigan, a school renowned for its health policy program, to obtain your masters. If you did your undergrad at a CSU, it wouldn’t matter how prestigious their MPH program is as your traveling elsewhere for grad school. Alternatively, you could enter into a combined BS/MS program, in which case the quality of the graduate school education would be very important. </p>

<p>Cal State Long Beach probably has the strongest program of any of the CSUs.</p>

<p>@brennz‌ UCI is not a Cal State. It, like UC Berkeley and UCLA, is a member of the University of California system.</p>

<p>SDSU would be another Cal State option. The major is Microbiology with an emphasis in Public Health.</p>

<p>CSU Fullerton is another cal state to check out.</p>

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<p>Nope! Or rather, you could, but it’s not necessary. the MPH is an interdisciplinary degree and you can major in anything in undergrad to get it. Majors in the social and natural sciences are most competitive, but it depends on what you want. For example, if you’re interested in environmental health sciences an undergraduate major in chemistry or biology would be most useful. If biostatistics is your interest, obviously a major in math or statistics would be great. But if you are interested in health promotion or health education, any social science major - sociology, anthropology, psychology, political science, economics, etc. - could be a good choice.</p>

<p>Of course, a major in public health would be great and helpful too! Just you don’t have to.</p>