PharmD/MPH Program | Texas Tech University Health Sciences Center

PharmD/Masters of Public Health


The PharmD/MPH program is a reflection of the integrated missions of the TTUHSC Jerry H Hodge School of Pharmacy Pharmacy and the Julia Jones Matthews School of Population and Public Health. The program prepares pharmacy students to meet the increasing challenges in their communities' continuously evolving health care industry and to educate those students to become future health care leaders in public health policy development


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Uniqueness of the Program

  • Out of the 34 accredited schools offering a PharmD/MPH program in the nation, TTUHSC offers one of the few online public health curricular tracks which allows completion of both degrees within the timeframe of the PharmD curriculum
  • The MPH program consists of a minimum of 45 credit hours, including eight core courses, an applied practice experience (APE) and an integrated learning experience (ILE)
  • Students are able to utilize 9 credit hours from School of Pharmacy coursework towards the Masters in Public Health program, offering a distinct advantage to those working on both degrees concurrently in the ability to complete the MPH coursework in less time
  • Applicants for the combined PharmD/MPH Degree program must have a prior baccalaureate or higher degree to be admitted into the program
  • Designed to develop leaders in health care organizations
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PharmD/MPH

dual-degree program launched in 2022

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Summers Online

MPH portion delivered

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asynchronous

available on all 4 SOP campuses

PharmD/MPH Opportunities

Pharmacy career paths with the MPH include:

  • Health policy development and quality managers within local, county, state or federal government agencies
  • Community health and immunology
  • Emergency and humanitarian response
  • Genetics research
  • Insurance, managed care organizations, health systems
  • Family and juvenile health
  • Faculty members for schools of public health, health professions and advanced