Master's Degrees
Global Health, MS
Learn to conduct multidisciplinary research on health issues of global importance in your Master of Science in Global Health from Mason. You’ll complete coursework on a variety of public health topics, including: epidemiology, biostatistics, research methods, and more.
Career paths include: Health policy advisor or analyst, health program manager, researcher, public health advisor, and professor/educator.
Total credits: 42
Health Informatics, MS
Build a multifaceted career in the health care industry with your Master of Science in Health Informatics from Mason. You’ll gain the highly specialized knowledge and skills you need to support the adoption and use of health information systems and data analytic applications for a variety of clinical, administrative, and research purposes.
Concentrations include: Health data analytics, health informatics management, public health informatics, and quality informatics.
Career paths include: Health data scientist, health informatics specialist, research specialist, health information systems specialist, and computer systems analyst.
Total credits: 30-26
Health Systems Management, MHA
Lead health care organizations with your Master of Health Administration from Mason. You’ll advance your strategic, business, analytical, and decision-making skills and gain the tools you need to successfully manage and transform the evolving health care industry.
Concentrations include: Executive, and healthcare quality.
Career paths include: Hospital administrator, clinical workforce administrator, health care policy consultant, underwriter at health care organization, and administrative services and facilities manager.
Total credits: 45
Family Nurse Practitioner, MSN
Become a primary care nurse practitioner with your Master of Science in Nursing from Mason. The Family Nurse Practitioner track will prepare you to expand your scope of practice and provide holistic care to individuals, families, and populations across the health continuum.
Career paths include: Family Nurse Practitioner (FNP), nurse informaticist, public health leader, and nurse executive.
Total credits: 49
Nutrition, MS
Build a career improving nutrition at the local, national, and/or global level with your Master of Science in Nutrition from Mason. You’ll learn to assess, evaluate, and intervene in the most current and relevant nutrition issues.
Concentrations include: Community nutrition, and dietetics.
Career paths include: Registered Dietitian Nutritionist (RDN), nutritionist researcher, health and wellness manager, public health nutritionist/advocate, nutrition and dietetic technician, wellness consultant, sports nutritionist, food scientist, and nutritional aid.
Total credits: 39-45
Public Health, MPH
Protect and advance the health and well-being of others with your Master of Public Health from Mason. You’ll gain the foundational public health knowledge and competencies to address the most pressing and emerging health problems.
Concentrations include: Community health promotion, epidemiology, dietetics, food security and nutrition, global health, health policy, health equity and social justice, and public health practice.
Career paths include: Epidemiologist, research associate, environmental health specialist, public health analyst/advisor, clinical research manager, and community health educator.
Total credits: 42
Social Work, MSW
Advance your social work practice with your Master of Social Work from Mason. You’ll learn how to promote the well-being of individuals and communities by ensuring economic and social justice for all. Our MSW program will provide you with an initial generalist year, followed by a year of specialized study.
Specializations include: Children, youth, & families, and adults & healthy aging.
Career paths include: Licensed Clinical Social Worker (LCSW), behavioral health therapist, child welfare worker, military/veteran's affair social worker, public policy analyst, housing and community development worker, and community organizer.
Total credits: 60; 1,050 hours of supervised field practicum
Accelerated Bachelor's to Master's Programs
Highly-qualified undergraduates may be admitted to a bachelor's/accelerated master's program. The program allows you to obtain both degrees in an accelerated time-frame.
Graduate Certificates
Psychiatric Mental Health Nurse Practitioner, Graduate Certificate
Prepare for the Psychiatric Mental Health Nurse Practitioner (PMHNP) role with this graduate certificate. You’ll study advanced practice psychiatric nursing in a variety of settings within the health care delivery system. Course and practice content focus on the assessment and management of serious mental illness.
Total credits: 23-32
Epidemiology
Prepare to apply the principles and methods of epidemiology to health research with this graduate certificate. You’ll build skills such as study design, data collection and management, data analysis and interpretation, and communication of research findings. Introductory coursework includes epidemiology and biostatistics, and then you can choose four elective courses in areas ranging from infectious disease epidemiology, to social epidemiology, and more.
Total credits: 18
Global Health
Gain the necessary skills to promote health in a global context with this graduate certificate. The program emphasizes risk factors associated with transnational health concerns and strategies for preventing and controlling infectious and non-communicable diseases in diverse populations. You’ll prepare to work in the diverse cultural and multidisciplinary environments within the global health field.
Total credits: 18
Healthcare Quality
Learn to evaluate healthcare quality and measure the effectiveness of outcomes in this graduate certificate. You’ll study the methods healthcare organizations use to ensure the quality and value of care. Graduate ready to make an administrative impact on the health care industry.
Health Informatics and Data Analytics, Graduate Certificate
Develop and manage health information technology systems with this graduate certificate. You’ll focus on general health informatics or health data analytics. Coursework stresses the impact of technology on outcomes and quality of health care services.
Total credits: 18
Nursing Education, Graduate Certificate
Prepare for nursing educational roles in academic and clinical settings with this graduate certificate. Coursework combines foundational knowledge in education with the principles and practices of nursing education.
Total credits: 15
Nutrition, Graduate Certificate
Learn to apply nutrition principles and scientific evidence and methods to health practice and research among different populations. Coursework explores global nutrition, food and culture, environmental health, food safety, GIS and remote sensing, and more. Discover the role of nutrition in population health with this graduate certificate.
Concentrations include: Food security, and community nutrition.
Total credits: 18
Public Health, Graduate Certificate
Develop a foundational knowledge of public health practice with this graduate certificate. You’ll learn to improve public health and well-being, especially among marginalized communities. Coursework covers a variety of topics such as epidemiology, health economics, food systems, and more.
Total credits: 18
Doctoral Degrees
Health Services Research, PhD
Acquire the interdisciplinary knowledge and skills you need to creatively research complex health system problems with your Doctor of Philosophy in Health Services Research from Mason. Courses focus on analytical and data-driven methods for examining various forces that affect the organization, financing, delivery, and regulation of health care services.
Concentrations include: Knowledge discovery and health informatics, and health systems and policy.
Career paths include: Health care analyst, research scientist, professor/educator, health policy analyst, and consultant.
Total credits: 72
Nursing, DNP
Become an expert nurse practitioner or nurse administrator with your Doctor of Nursing Practice from Mason. As nursing's highest professional practice degree, the program’s emphasis is placed on evaluating and applying the evidence that supports practice, understanding and creating practice delivery systems based on patient outcomes, and assuming leadership roles in practice settings.
Concentrations include: Adult gerontology nurse practitioner, family nurse practitioner, psychiatric mental health nurse practitioner, and nursing administration.
Career paths include: Family Nurse Practitioner (FNP), Psychiatric Mental Health Nurse Practitioner (PMHNP), director of nursing, nurse researcher, nurse informaticist, public health leader, nurse executive, nurse educator/faculty.
Total credits: 72; 1,000 supervised clinical hours
Nursing, PhD
Advance nursing science and help guide the profession with your Doctor of Philosophy in Nursing from Mason. You’ll pursue intellectual inquiry and creative scholarship through independent and collaborative research. Coursework involves mentored research experience, a selection of supporting electives, independent study, and dissertation research.
Career paths include: Nurse scientist/researcher, nurse practitioner, nurse informaticist, public health leader, nurse executive, and nurse educator/faculty.
Total credits: 78
Public Health, PhD
Prepare to respond to the world’s most pressing public health challenges with your Doctor of Philosophy in Public Health. You’ll develop subject matter expertise and the analytical skills to become a successful independent researcher. The program will provide you with a substantive public health knowledge base accompanied by advanced training in research methods and data analysis.
Concentrations include: Epidemiology, and social behavioral sciences.
Career paths include: Professor/educator, medical and health services manager, environmental scientist, medical researcher, epidemiologist, behavioral scientist, and biostatistician.
Total credits: 72