r/publichealth • u/SadBreath PhD/MPH • Aug 28 '19

ADVICE School and Jobs Advice Megathread Part III

All job and school-related advice should be asked in here. Below is the r/publichealth MPH guide which may answer general questions.

See the below guides for more information:

  1. MPH Guide
  2. Job Guide
  3. Choosing a public health field
  4. Choosing a public health concentration
  5. Choosing a public health industry

Past Threads:

  1. Megathread Part I
  2. Megathread Part II
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u/maf1492 Oct 17 '19

Would I be able to get a job with just an undergrad degree in Public health, or is an MPH really the bare minimum that companies are willing to take?

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u/maf1492 Oct 17 '19

I'd like to go into community health if that helps.

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u/notgoodenoughforjob Oct 18 '19

Depends on where you live- in smaller cities/ rural areas it is much easier, but even in big cities local health departments do hire people without MPH. At the local health department I worked at, very few people had an MPH (most who did were managers), and in my ~70 person office at a state health department, only a handful have an MPH.