Doctor of Public Health (DrPH) – Public Health Practice

Available Fall 2027

Residential Doctor of Public Health in Public Health Practice

Expand your leadership impact with a degree that can enhance your expertise in the public health profession.

The Doctor of Public Health (DrPH) – Public Health Practice degree from Liberty University is structured to prepare experienced professionals to lead organizations, strengthen communities, and respond to complex public health problems in real-world settings. Here, you can grow as an advanced practitioner who can lead public health work across health departments, nonprofit organizations, health systems, governmental agencies, global health organizations, and more.

The Doctor of Public Health – Public Health Practice is an applied doctoral program designed for public health professionals preparing for executive, administrative, consulting, policy, and systems-level roles.

The program emphasizes:

• Leadership and strategic decision-making
• Evidence-based practice
• Program implementation
• Monitoring and evaluation
• Public health translation
• Data analysis to guide organizational and community change

The Doctor of Public Health – Public Health Practice is offered by the Department of Public Health in the School of Health Sciences.

Additional Cognates

• Doctor of Public Health(DrPH) – Health Policy Leadership and Management
• Doctor of Public Health (DrPH) – Maternal and Child Health

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Research Opportunities

With the Doctor of Public Health – Public Health Practice, you can engage in faculty-mentored research, applied evaluation, implementation-focused projects, and independent doctoral work. You may also build projects from appropriate professional settings.

In this program, you’ll be able to use university-supported technology resources and software commonly used for public health data collection, management, and analysis.

This program offers a dissertation pathway that will give you the opportunity to demonstrate doctoral-level public health practice by investigating a meaningful problem, applying evidence, using appropriate methods, and producing findings that can inform practice, policy, systems improvement, or organizational decision-making.

Our Public Health Professors

Our faculty are grounded in their Christian faith and bring public health expertise in a wide range of areas, including leadership, health equity, and community engagement.

This range of expertise supports you as you prepare to lead public health work in applied, organizational, and community settings.

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Academic Information for the DrPH in Public Health Practice

Admission Requirements

Admissions Requirements for the Doctor of Public Health — Public Health Practice

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