Engaged Learning
Public Health, BS
Learn to improve the health of whole populations. Advocate for health equity and social justice. Prepare to lead in public health locally and globally.
Keep Communities Healthy
Through coursework and fieldwork, you’ll develop the knowledge and skills you need to improve population health outcomes and to pursue health equity. This 56-unit public health major gives you the space to double major or add a minor if you wish.
Gain Real World Experience
Intern at a public health agency. Advance your professional development. Make connections in the field. You’ll graduate equipped and inspired to enter the public health workforce or apply to graduate school in public health and related fields.
Laura Chyu
Professor
A Value-Driven Public Health Education
Public health is about working from your heart for a better world where health and well-being are attainable for all."
Laura Chyu
Professor
Public Health Program Highlights
- Complete an internship and gain real-world experience in public health
- Learn how to seek health equity and health justice
- Learn to heal the whole person: body, mind, spirit
- Learn in the city of health tech, health care, and public health innovation
- Study a range of areas across disciplines to become well-rounded
- Connect with USF's highly ranked MPH program and explore the MPH as an undergraduate
Join the Horizon Collective
Starting in your first semester at USF, find your people, your purpose, and your profession by tackling real-world interdisciplinary projects in sustainability, AI, and health.
Pre-Med & Pre-Health Professions Advising
Your path to a career in health professions starts here. University of San Francisco pre-health advisors are here to help with prerequisite courses, application recommendations, and career information.
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In just five years, earn a BS in Public Health and a Master of Public Health. Get a discount on your fifth year.
Public Health Accreditation
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The University of San Francisco Master of Public Health Program is fully accredited by the Council of Education for Public Health (CEPH) through December 31, 2026.
CEPH Accreditation Third-Party Comment Period Now
The University of San Francisco, School of Nursing and Health Professions will host the Council of Education for Public Health (CEPH; https://ceph.org/) from Dec 7-8, 2026, when CEPH conducts its reaccreditation site visit for our baccalaureate and master’s public health programs. In accordance with CEPH’s procedures, the council provides the opportunity for program constituents and other interested parties to submit, in writing, third-party comments concerning a program’s qualifications for accreditation. Third-party comments regarding programs hosting evaluations must be received by CCNE by no later than 30 calendar days before the scheduled site visit and therefore, by Sept 7, 2026.
Third-party comments must relate to the CEPH Accreditation Criteria for Schools of Public Health & Public Health Programs (2024). The third-party comment process allows for any interested party to provide feedback directly to CEPH to inform the accreditation review of the USF public health programs. CEPH does not share this feedback with the USF public health programs. CEPH shares all third-party comments with the site visit team for their consideration when assessing the accreditation criteria. All public comments must be submitted directly to CEPH and only by the following address: submissions@ceph.org.
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