BA-BS/MPH 5-year Program for Yale College Students

Yale College students may apply to YSPH for the joint program in the fall term of their junior year. Candidates for admission must present evidence of a commitment to public health, as well as quantitative skills. In addition, a year of college-level mathematics and a year of science and social science are strongly preferred, although some of these expectations can be completed after applying to the program. Additional expectations may apply to particular departments or programs. Applicants must complete YSPH application forms and submit transcripts, SAT scores, two letters of recommendation (at least one from an instructor in a Yale course), and a personal statement. Approval by the dean of the student’s residential college is also required.

Financial aid, if provided during the fifth year, will come from YSPH. The school cannot guarantee that the financial aid award in the fifth year will be equivalent to previous awards.

For more information on the admissions process, please contact ysph.admissions@yale.edu.

The Select Program in Public Health gives Yale College students interested in the field of public health the opportunity to earn a bachelor’s degree from Yale College and an M.P.H. degree from the Yale School of Public Health in a five-year joint program.

A total of 18 course units is required for the M.P.H. degree. Students in the B.A.-B.S./M.P.H. program affiliate with one of seven departments or programs at the School of Public Health. Their primary adviser comes from this department/program, and their specific requirements within the five-year program are defined by this affiliation. Several course requirements can be taken while a senior at Yale College, with the remaining requirements satisfied during the one-year enrollment at the School of Public Health.

In their four years of Yale College enrollment, students complete a standard Yale College major, which consists of at least 36 course credits, 32 of which must be Yale College undergraduate approved courses credits. Two of those Yale College courses may be counted as electives toward the M.P.H. degree requirements. These electives must be on the School of Public Health’s list of approved courses.

The remaining 4 course credits of the 36 required for a Yale College degree are typically taken at YSPH in order to fulfill the M.P.H. degree requirements. Students may take additional YSPH courses while at Yale College, as long as they complete the required 32 undergraduate courses.

Students accepted into the B.A.-B.S./M.P.H. program typically take four or more of the following YSPH courses during their senior year:

• EPH 100 Professional Skills Series
• EPH 101 Professional Skills Series
• EPH 505 Biostatistics in Public Health
• EPH 507 Social Justice and Health Equity
• EPH 508 Foundations of Epidemiology and Public Health
• EPH 510 Health Policy and Health Care Systems
• EPH 513 Major Health Threats: Ethics and Practice

For a complete overview of policies and procedures for this program, please visit the YSPH Bulletin.

Students typically complete an applied practice experience during the summer between the fourth and fifth years of the BA-BS/MPH Program, but also have opportunity to complete the requirement in fall or spring terms fo the 5th year. Learn more about the applied practice experience requirements.

Yale College students interested in the five year BA-BS/ MPH program apply for admission in the fall semester of their junior year. The application period opens on October 1, 2023 and closes on November 1, 2023. A committee of faculty from the School of Public Health will review the applications, and will select a group of candidates to be interviewed. Interviews will be held in late November or early December. Applicants will be notified of decisions prior to winter break.

A completed application consists of the following:

• Applications are submitted through the schools of public health application service, SOPHAS Express.
• Course History from your Degree Audit
• SAT or ACT Scores
• Personal Statement
• Resume
• Two Letters of Recommendation – at least one recommendation must come from a Yale College course instructor.