
Doctor of Public Health (DrPH) – Health Policy Leadership and Management
Credit Hours
Industry Expertise
Qualified faculty with years of professional experience
Transfer Credits
Transfer up to 50% of degree total to Liberty
Invaluable Training
Complete a practicum & gain valuable experience
Accreditation
Liberty University is accredited by SACSCOC
Credit Hours
Industry Expertise
Qualified faculty with years of professional experience
Transfer Credits
Transfer up to 50% of degree total to Liberty
Invaluable Training
Complete a practicum & gain valuable experience
Accreditation
Liberty University is accredited by SACSCOC
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Doctor of Public Health: Health Policy Leadership and Management Degree
Gain the skills that can help you strategically lead in healthcare and public health with a Doctor of Public Health (DrPH) – Health Policy Leadership and Management from Liberty University.
Here, you’ll have the opportunity to learn how to confidently engage in policy, management, and financial systems across the public health landscape. You’ll also find out how to assess an audience’s knowledge and learning needs to develop strategies that promote inclusion and equity within public health programs, policies, and systems.
Discover how to apply the Christian worldview to public health practice in diverse settings and populations. Our Public Health professors are grounded in their Christian faith and have expertise in policy, management, leadership, budgeting, and quantitative, qualitative, and mixed research methods.
With this degree, you can learn how to communicate public health science to diverse stakeholders at all levels of health literacy, to influence behavior and policies. You’ll also have the opportunity to add to your career in the areas of:
- Public Health Financing
- Leadership
- Resource Management
- Policy Development
Gain hands-on experience with real-world applications through this degree program’s practicum. And, through our required dissertation, you’ll also be able to design a research project to address a public health issue that adds knowledge to the literature of the public health discipline.
The Doctor of Public Health – Health Policy Leadership and Management is offered by the Department of Public Health in the School of Health Sciences.
Additional Cognates
- Doctor of Public Health(DrPH) – Maternal and Child Health (Available Fall 2026)
- Doctor of Public Health (DrPH) – Public Health Practice (Available Fall 2027)
CEPH Accreditation
The Department of Public Health degree programs are accredited by the Council on Education for Public Health (CEPH). This is in addition to Liberty University’s institutional accreditation.

Academic Information for the DrPH in Health Policy Leadership and Management
Credit Hours
56 credit hours
Program of Study
Public Health (DrPH) – Health Policy Leadership and Management
Admission Requirements
Admissions requirements for the Doctor of Public Health – Health Policy Leadership and Management
Public Health Courses You Could Take
- Finance in Public Health Practice (PCHR 820)
- Leadership & Management in Public Health (PCHR 826)
- Crisis & Response in Public Health Policy & Practice (PCHR 830)
- Formulating Policy: Strategies & Systems of Policymaking in the 21st Century (PCHR 832)
Public Health Jobs
- Health Policy Analyst
- Non-Profit Executive Director
- Health Department Director
- Health Consultant
- Public Health Faculty
- Health Policy Advisor
- Program Director