A
jewel in the crown of the University of South Florida, the College of Public
Health (COPH) was founded in statute by the Florida Legislature in 1984 as the
first school of public health in the state.
Innovative Learning
The
COPH is home to the most faculty and staff who have earned the certified in
public health (CPH) designation in the U.S.
- The University of South Florida College of
Public Health was the first in the U.S. to offer a distance-based MPH via
satellite technology
- COPH launched a new MPH curriculum to meet the
changing landscape in public health (2014); students have a 100% pass rate on
the CPH exam
- COPH contains several high-tech, active learning
classrooms
- COPH’s
online MPH ranked #1 in the country (2018, Master’s Programs Guide)
- COPH’s
online master’s program ranked #2 in the country (2016, Nonprofit Colleges
Online)
Community Engagement
- More than 100 COPH students annually travel to
20+ countries, including Panama, Belize, Uganda, Malaysia and Ecuador
- COPH partners with 170 international organizations
for experiential learning and research
- COPH
is a global resource with 12 centers and
institutes, including two WHO Collaborating Centers for Social Marketing and
Onchocerciasis Diagnostics
- COPH provides training and continuing education
to more than 50,000 individuals each year
- COPH students annually dedicate 38,000+ hours to
internships and 2,400+ hours to volunteer activities
Undergraduate Education
The
College of Public Health is home to the first accredited undergraduate public
health degree program in Florida.
- COPH Health Scholar Program was launched to give
undergraduate students an edge
- COPH is home to the Peace Corps Prep Program
- COPH provides study abroad programs to Cuba,
London, Japan and Panama
- COPH
ranks in the top five best online bachelor’s in public health degrees (2017,
College Choice)
USF’s undergraduate public health degree ranked
#1 among nation’s best for veterans (2015, College Factual’s Top 10
Veteran-Friendly Public Health Schools)
Graduate Education
The
University of South Florida College of Public Health is a founding member of
the Association of Schools and Programs of Public Health.
- COPH is ranked #1 in the state of Florida, #2 public school in the southeast, and #16 nationally among Council on Education for Public Health accredited schools (2019-2022, U.S. News and World Report)
- COPH ranked #8 for best online master's in program health (2020, BestMastersPrograms.org).
- COPH MSPH in occupational exposure science is ranked #8 in the U.S. (2019, MPHonline)
- University of South Florida ranked #12 for Top 25 Campus MPH Programs (2019, MPHonline)
- COPH master's program is one of the top most affordable options in the country (2018-2019, HealthcareAdministrationEdu.org)
- Six Fulbright Scholars are earning advanced
degrees at the COPH
- The only online MPH epidemiology concentration
in the U.S. is housed at the COPH
- COPH offers Florida’s first and only
fully-accredited MSPH with a concentration in genetic counseling
- COPH offers Florida’s first and only
fully-accredited MPH with a concentration in nutrition and dietetics
Alumni
More
than 6,200 University of South Florida College of Public Health alumni are
improving the public’s health throughout the U.S. and in remote areas around
the world.
- Outside of Florida, the largest concentrations
of COPH alumni work in metro-Atlanta with CDC-related organizations and in
metro-Washington, D.C.
- Three immediate past-presidents of the Florida
Public Health Association are either COPH alumni or current students