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Accredited universities offer online public health PhD degree programs with specializations in general program, community health, epidemiology, and community health education and promotion.
Online PhD in Public Health Programs
If you're looking for a degree that can provide you with the advanced training you need for top jobs in public healthcare administration, consider an online PhD in public health. Perfect for individuals with working experience in public health, an online program enables you to learn virtually any time and any place, while giving you access to qualified instructors and other motivated students. Depending on your program, you might choose to concentrate in areas such as epidemiology or community health education.
Courses you might find in your online PhD program include:
- Program and policy evaluation
- Analytic methods for public health practice
- Health economics and financial management
- Law and ethics for public health leaders
Coursework might include analyzing policy and case studies, developing legislative proposals or new practice interventions, designing and implementing public health programs, and a specialized dissertation on a major public health problem.
Individuals with an online PhD in public health find employment in areas such as healthcare administration and social work. The U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics reports that employment in both fields is expected to increase faster than average. Salaries for health care administrators can vary, but the Medical Group Management Association reported that in 2004 administrators of practices with 26 or more physicians earned a median salary of $132,955.
Pursue your Public Health degree today.
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Northcentral University - Online
At Northcentral University, we teach individuals, not just classes. Our unique, proven online educational experience is designed to help you achieve your goals using your own style of learning.
Learn more about programs at Northcentral University - Online.
The Doctor of Business Administration (D.B.A.) serves as preparation for advanced positions of leadership in business, government, philanthropy, and policy and advocacy organizations. D.B.A. learners gain the skills to advance to top leadership positions and to retain them through rigorous reflection on their professional experiences, in-depth exposure to the insights offered by the world's leading organizations, review of classic and cutting edge theory and research, and mastery of methods and techniques to identify, understand, apply, and communicate strategically critical knowledge. As stewards of the discipline of Business Administration, D.B.A. learners focus upon the communication and application of knowledge in Business Administration. The electronic commerce specialization is designed for learners who want to become proficient in conducting business on the Internet and/or the World Wide Web. Online marketing, web-based applications, enabling methodologies and tools for online payment and transactions are included in the curriculum.
The need has never been greater for business leaders who can contribute to the knowledge base of contemporary business by making strategically adroit linkages between theory and practice. Learners gain the skills to meet that need through rigorous reflection on their professional experiences, in-depth exposure to the insights offered by the world's leading organizations, review of classic and cutting edge theory and research, and mastery of methods and techniques to identify, assess, understand and communicate strategically critical knowledge. The electronic commerce specialization is designed for learners who want to become proficient in conducting business on the Internet and/or the World Wide Web. Online marketing, web-based applications, enabling methodologies and tools for online payment and transactions are included in the curriculum.
Northcentral University is accredited by The Higher Learning Commission and a member of the North Central Association of Colleges and Schools ( www.ncahlc.org), located at 30 N. LaSalle Street, Suite 2400, Chicago, IL 60602-2504, (312) 263-0456.
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