ProgramCIP 51.2201

Public Health, General

A program that generally prepares individuals to plan, manage, and evaluate public health care services; to function as public health professionals in public agencies, the private sector, and other settings; and to provide leadership in the field of public health. Includes instruction in epidemiology, biostatistics, public health principles, preventive medicine, health policy and regulations, health care services and related administrative functions, public health law enforcement, health economics and budgeting, public communications, and professional standards and ethics.

Definition from U.S. Department of Education, National Center for Education Statistics (CIP 2020).

Also called Public Health, General (MPH), Public Health, General (DPH).