| Department |
Program |
Admission Requirements |
| Behavioral and Community Health Sciences |
MPH |
- Minimum GRE scores of 500/153 (58th percentile) Verbal; 600/148 (33rd percentile) Quantitative.
- Minimum 3.5 undergraduate GPA.
- Health-related experience (work or volunteer).
- Undergraduate health-related research experience.
- All majors acceptable if above criteria are met.
|
| Biostatistics |
MS |
- Two semesters of calculus.
- Minimum GRE scores of 156 Verbal; 157 Quantitative.
- Minimum 3.0 undergraduate GPA.
- Suggested major in mathematics, although all other majors acceptable if above criteria met.
|
| Environmental and Occupational Health |
MPH or MS |
- Grade of B or better in the following courses: biology (2 courses required), organic chemistry, general chemistry, physics, and calculus.
- Minimum GRE scores of 153 Verbal and Quantitative.
- Minimum 3.0 undergraduate GPA.
- Major in biology, chemistry, or mathematics.
|
| Health Policy & Management |
MHA |
- Minimum GRE scores of 160 Verbal; 153 Quantitative.
- Minimum 3.5 undergraduate GPA.
- Minimum score of 5.0 on GRE analytical (writing sample).
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| Please note that applicants to the MHA program are strongly encouraged to have completed one economics course in partial fulfillment of the Pitt Public Health requirements for six credits in the social and behavioral sciences. |
Human Genetics
(not Genetic Counseling) |
MPH or MS |
- Scores in 70th percentile or higher in each GRE general section: verbal, quantitative, and analytical (or analytical writing).
- Minimum 3.5 undergraduate GPA.
- Coursework in chemistry, biochemistry, and molecular biology.
- All majors acceptable if above criteria are met.
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| Infectious Diseases and Microbiology |
MPH or MS |
- Minimum 3.5 undergraduate GPA.
- Combined general GRE scores in the 75th percentile or higher.
- Strong letters of recommendation from persons directly familiar with the applicant’s academic performance.
- Appropriate undergraduate major.
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