The Department of Health Policy and Management (HPM) offers a specialized Master of Health Administration. These MHA degree paths integrate organizational leadership and management, health policy, and public health and health systems. It provides students with the management skills of a business school education but does so in a context that emphasizes the unique nature of the healthcare system. Students can complete the coursework through the full-time program or part-time program. The curriculum in all of our programs offers ongoing professional development activities. Students also complete practicum fieldwork which offers valuable professional experience. Core courses provide students with a solid understanding of the statistical tools and key concepts used by many public health practitioners. Management and policy courses emphasize the skills needed for careers in health service delivery.

The Accelerated MPH is an intensive, one-year program designed for highly motivated professionals seeking to enhance their careers with a degree in public health. The curriculum is similar to the innovative curriculum of the two-year Columbia MPH but completed at a faster, more demanding pace.

The innovative structure of the two-year Columbia Master of Public Health (MPH) program integrates seven components to ensure that learning in one part of the program informs activities and assignments in another. This is the largest degree program offered by the Columbia Mailman School of Public Health and prepares students for long and fruitful careers in the field.

The Master's in Advanced Clinical Management and Leadership grew from our relationship with our affiliates to advance the education of bachelor's prepared RNs to the master's level.

The Online Master of Health Administration program was designed to provide you with a blend of leadership and management skills you need to successfully run today’s complex US healthcare systems. Woven into each course are themes of evidence-based management, leadership and ethics, effective communication, and career development. The online program is modeled after our CAHME-accredited, on-campus healthcare management-focused program and provides you with the same caliber of instruction and resources while using innovative tools and technologies for a truly unique learning experience.

Become a genetic counselor with compassion, a sense of self, and the skills to be a leader in genetic and genomic health care. The Columbia University Genetic Counseling Graduate Program curriculum combines basic science and clinical medicine with humanism and professionalism.

The Masters Direct Entry (MDE) Program is a full-time accelerated nursing program for non-nurse college graduates who wish to become registered nurses (RNs).

The Combined Postbac Premed-M.S. Bioethics Program, offered in partnership with the Columbia University School of Professional Studies, allows highly-qualified students to enrich and diversify their premedical education prior to enrolling in medical school.

Public Health is the science of protecting and improving the health of populations, communities, and the environment. Every day, millions of people across the globe suffer from preventable diseases, or injuries resulting in lower quality of life and often, unnecessary death.