title: Some trends in schools of public health.
abstract: Some of the recent changes in the schools of public health include: an increasing number of schools and of graduates; a decrease in both the awarding of the MPH degree as compared with other masters degrees, and the DrPH degree as compared with the PhD; a trend toward lengthening the time for achieving the MPH degree; an increase in part-time study for graduate degrees; institution of undergraduate programs and external masters degree programs; a thrust toward greater continuing education activities; and a broadened base for the student population in terms of the heterogeneity of professional backgrounds and prior experience, a wider age range with more younger students, more women students, fewer foreign students, and an increase in minority representation.
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D000367:Age Factors; D002170:Canada; D004496:Education, Continuing; D004500:Education, Graduate; D005006:Ethnicity; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008913:Minority Groups; D011634:Public Health / Q000193:education; D012581:Schools, Public Health; D012737:Sex Factors; D013336:Students, Health Occupations; D014481:United States