Student Journey

Your Public Health Journey

Looking for a rewarding, meaningful career? You’ve come to the right spot. There are countless ways to make a positive, lasting impact on the lives of people in your local community and around the world. ASPPH has the resources to help you through your journey from considering the field, to exploring educational options, to entering your career, and beyond.

EXPLORE

DECIDE

APPLY

FINANCE

LEARN

CAREER

ENGAGE

EXPLORE PUBLIC HEALTH

ASPPH raises awareness about education and career options in public health through This Is Public Health. Visit This Is Public Health to learn more about what public health is, why students choose to study it, and what types of careers you can have in public health.

Profiles in Public Health Student Stories Events Student & Alumni Achievements

DECIDE TO STUDY PUBLIC HEALTH

ASPPH offers many opportunities to learn about your graduate school options in public health. Use our resources to find your best fit for graduate school.

Academic Program Finder Degrees Areas of Study

APPLY TO GRADUATE SCHOOL

Ready to apply to graduate school? Most schools and programs use ASPPH’s centralized application service, SOPHAS.

Use our Academic Program Finder to determine their application process.

10 Things to Know SOPHAS

FINANCE YOUR DEGREE

Graduate school is an important investment for your future, but it doesn’t have to break the bank. Use ASPPH’s curated scholarship database to find external funding for graduate school.

Scholarship Database

LIFE-LONG LEARNING

As a student, ASPPH supports your growth as a future public health leader. Additionally, ASPPH acts as the secretariat for Delta Omega, the public health honorary society.

Ambassadors SELPH CPH Delta Omega

FIND YOUR CAREER

Students who graduate from ASPPH member institutions are eligible for our competitive Fellowship opportunities. Not seeking a fellowship? Use our jobs database, Public Health Jobs, to find the right opportunity for you.

Fellowships Public Health Jobs

GET INVOLVED

Public health is ever evolving, and so should your knowledge. ASPPH acts as the secretariat for the National Board of Public Health Examiners (NBPHE), the entity behind the Certified in Public Health (CPH) credential. Learn more about how you can become a CPH on NBPHE’s website.

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"Public health is a multidisciplinary field dedicated to achieving health equity and preventing disease by addressing the social determinants of health."

Walae Hayek

MPH, Biostatistics & Epidemiology

"My experience working in health care inspired me to pursue a Master of Public Health. When helping patients I was exposed to the public health issues, such as barriers to accessing care, food insecurity, and housing instability, which many Oklahoman’s struggle with."

Tate Atkinson

MPH, Health Administration and Policy

"Public health is the interdisciplinary field of study whose sole purpose is to investigate, inform, and intervene on any subject that causes harm to the health of the mass population."

Marcus McKay Jr.

MPH, Epidemiology

"Public health means acknowledging the interconnectedness of our world and using it to address the root of the inequalities in health outcomes that we see today."

Ashley Vaughn

MPH, Health Promotion and Health Behavior

"Public health is a collaboration of concepts and ideas that are the foundation for building strong, healthy communities."

Deanna Gatling

MPH, Environmental Health

"Public health to me is not just the social, economic, judicial, medical, and biological factors that contribute to individual and community well-being, but also finding where we can contribute to and bolster the systems that support this well-being."

Alyssa Rentuza

MPH, Epidemiology