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The Future of Public Health is Happening at the Yale School of Public Health

The Yale School of Public Health possesses an uncommon ability to connect the widest possible range of people, disciplines, and ideas — within our school, across Yale, and beyond academia — to create innovative public health solutions that work. We’re a new breed of adventurous collaborators. We dream. We draw on every discipline. We consider every facet. We pursue groundbreaking talent, novel technology, and new knowledge, whatever its origin.

YSPH at a Glance

Highlights
  • Founded: 1915 by C.-E. A. Winslow, the first graduate-level public health studies in the country
  • One of the first eight accredited schools of public health by the American Public Health Association in 1946
  • Ranked in the top 5.3% of schools of public health
  • Student:Faculty ratio is 3:1
  • First MPH Public Health Modeling Concentration
  • First Accelerated MBA/MPH degree in Health Care Management
  • First U.S. school of public health to offer a professional, online, 18-week certificate program on Climate Change and Health
  • Six acclaimed departments: Biostatistics, Chronic Disease Epidemiology, Environmental Health Sciences, Epidemiology of Microbial Diseases, Health Policy and Management, and Social and Behavioral Sciences
  • MPH students in all departments can add the Global Health Concentration, Public Health Modeling Concentration, Climate Change and Health Concentration, U.S. Health Justice Concentration, Implementation Science Track, or Maternal and Child Health Promotion Track
  • 15 joint degree programs at Yale and 4 joint degree programs with international universities
  • An annual budget of more than $125 million, including $77 million in sponsored program income
Leadership
  • Dean: Megan L. Ranney, MD, MPH, FACEP, C.-E. A. Winslow Professor of Public Health (Health Policy) and Professor of Emergency Medicine
Alumni
  • 8,101 (PhD, MS, MPH, DrPH), in 82 countries
Student:Faculty Ratio
  • 3:1 based on 2023 ASPPH reporting data

346 faculty (113 PIF & 233 Non-PIF)
840 students (726 Masters & 114 Doctoral)
actual: 840/346 = 2.427

Median Class Size
  • Spring 2024/Fall 2024: 20
Faculty
  • Full-time 145
  • Part-time 254
  • FTE 180.3
  • Postdoctoral associates and fellows 73
  • Visiting Faculty 33
  • Centers and Institutes 18
Staff
  • 213 Total Staff
    • 160 Managerial & Professional (M&P):
      • Manager: 32
      • Professional: 128
    • 53 Clerical & Technical (C&T):
      • Administrative Support: 35
      • Technician: 18
MPH Student Profile (2024-2025)
  • 596 total MPH students
  • 529 FTE students (includes 78 joint degree students)
  • Average age: 26
  • Countries represented: 31
  • International students: 41%
  • Among U.S. students:
    - Historically underrepresented racial/ethnic groups: 25%
    - Students of color: 58%

MS Student Profile (2024-2025)
  • 134 total MS students
  • Average age: 23
  • Countries represented: 8
  • International students: 92%
PhD Student Profile (2024-2025)
  • 110 total PhD students
  • Average age: 28
  • Countries represented: 12
  • International students: 53%
  • Among U.S. students:
    - Historically underrepresented racial/ethnic groups: 26%
    - Students of color: 41%
MPH Applied Practice Experience (APE)

All MPH candidates must complete an Applied Practice Experience (APE) as part of their graduation requirement. Most choose to do this through an approved summer internship between the first and second year of the program. Placements are usually 8-12 weeks in length and can take place at domestic or international locations.

In 2024, 79.6% satisfied the APE requirement through an internship. Those students were based in 72 cities in 19 countries around the world.

Internship sites that offered paid placements made up 42.7%, and the remaining students found funding from other sources (stipends, fellowships, etc.) to offset personal expenses.