Yes, you must apply to the Cornell MPH Program via the SOPHAS application portal AND complete the Cornell University Graduate School Quick Application 

SOPHAS charges $150 for the first program you apply to and $60 for each additional program. The Cornell Graduate School Quick Application fee is $40.

An undergraduate degree from an accredited university with GPA of at least 3.0 is preferred.

The GRE is not required.

As of Fall 2021, our Program is STEM-eligible.

With very few exceptions, international applicants must demonstrate English language proficiency by submitting IELTS (International English Language Testing System) Academic or TOEFL (Test of English as a Foreign Language) scores to the Graduate School. Minimum scores must be met to meet the Cornell Graduate School enrollment requirements.

The minimum scores are as follows:

TOEFL

• Speaking: 22
• Reading: 20
• Listening: 15
• Writing: 20

IELTS

Overall band score of a 7.0 or higher on the IELTS Academic exam.

For additional information, please visit the English Language Requirements page.

For more information, please visit our funding page.

No, we do not have fully funded assistantships available, and our scholarship, if awarded, is a partial scholarship to offset some of the tuition costs.

Admitted students can apply for the Cornell Global Game Changer Scholarship by emailing cornellmph@cornell.edu to request a scholarship application. The application requires a one-page essay (maximum) on at least one of the following:

• Detailing their financial situation to include the following: how you are currently paying for college; difficulties that you have in meeting your financial needs; impact a scholarship would have on your education; and/or any special circumstances.
• Explaining that they have: lived and worked (paid or volunteer) in an under-served area (U.S. or international); developed an understanding of inequity and privilege through experience; and developed an appetite for inquiry and a desire to better understand the intersection of sustainability and equity, particularly the social and environmental determinants of health.
• Showing how they have been impacted by one or more of the following criteria: having to overcome disadvantage and/or being a member of any other priority population, including: 
  • Under-served or underrepresented racial and ethnic populations
  • Those from lower-income households
  • First-generation college students
  • Military veterans
  • Single parents
  • Persons who self-identify as having disabilities
  • Persons who self-identify as LGBTQ
  • International students, representative of under-served global communities including refugee populations
  • Rural residents; representative of under-served local communities
  • Students from New York State, particular central and upstate New York

As a professional degree program, we do not offer research opportunities at the program level. Research assistantships would typically go through the faculty member conducting the research. These are found by working with the faculty directly.

Our accelerated, 12-month program is open to those who hold an advanced health-related degree (MD, DVM, DDS, etc.) or substantial (2+ years) public health field experience. This program has a Summer starting term only. It is recommended that applicants contact the program prior to applying.

The Cornell MPH program currently has four concentrations:

• Emergency Preparedness & Management
• Environment, Climate & Health
• Infectious Disease Epidemiology
• Food Systems & Health

This is a 52 credit hour MPH program.

Per the Cornell University Graduate School Code of Legislation, master’s degree students may not count study in other graduate schools toward the registration requirements of their program.

At this time, Cornell University does not offer a Public Health PhD program.

The nature of our ever-changing global community — including both people and animals within the environment — requires a comprehensive systems approach to public health to prevent disease, promote health, and improve the quality of life of the planet’s population as a whole. We want our graduates to be equipped to practice public health using these foci. Learn more here.

Yes. Students graduate from this MPH Program with strong public health knowledge and a toolbox of skills and abilities to be immediately effective in the public health workforce upon graduation, across various sectors, disciplines and fields. Our students work directly with organizations on real-world projects throughout their time with the MPH Program. Our graduates are employed at major public health organizations across the country, and around the world.

Students are encouraged to accept the admission offer as soon as possible.

We expect a cohort of 60 students spread across the four concentrations.

New student orientation will be held from Wednesday, August 16th to Friday, August 18th.

Yes, the Cornell MPH Program received accreditation by the Council on Education for Public Health in March, 2020 and that accreditation is retroactive to 2017 to include all MPH cohorts past and present.

For further questions, please contact:  cornellmph@cornell.edu, 607.253.4390.