Public Health: professional practice doctorate records.

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Official classification: Public Health, General.

A program that generally prepares individuals to plan, manage, and evaluate public health care services; to function as public health professionals in public agencies, the private sector, and other settings; and to provide leadership in the field of public health. Includes instruction in epidemiology, biostatistics, public health principles, preventive medicine, health policy and regulations, health care services and related administrative functions, public health law enforcement, health economics and budgeting, public communications, and professional standards and ethics.

Check the public health curriculum, prior preparation, practical requirements and any recognition relevant to your intended role. This broad classification does not identify every specialist public health field.

This selection is the source professional practice doctorate category, award level 18. It stays separate from research doctorates and other doctorate awards. Verify the exact qualification, current applicant route and recognition in the intended jurisdiction; the award category does not establish eligibility for professional practice.

Source: connected NCES IPEDS first-major completion records, exact CIP 51.2201, award level 18. This list does not rank institutions or measure admissions capacity.

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Each annual row is a separate observation, not a current entering class or unique-person count. The year ending 2025 covers July 2024–June 2025. Institutions can appear in several years.

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