Masters in Public Health? (PhD, degree, best, healthcare)

[rdj20]

I'm thinking about obtaining my masters in Public Health..what is this degree usueful for? Has anybody obtained it? If so how do you like your line of work. I like healthcare and I want to get to the root of healthcare issues that Americans are facing. Is this a good reason to obtain this degree? Any feedback?

[NJBest]

My uncle has one... but he also has an MD... so he became a physician. He's successful.

[jasper12]

I think that this is best paired with an undergrad degree in something related to Healthcare, so that you can go into administration, and supervision. Even if your undergrad is HR, Business, Accounting, that is still related...

[jobaba]

Originally Posted by rdj20

I'm thinking about obtaining my masters in Public Health..what is this degree usueful for? Has anybody obtained it? If so how do you like your line of work. I like healthcare and I want to get to the root of healthcare issues that Americans are facing. Is this a good reason to obtain this degree? Any feedback?

I know someone who had a pHd in it. She did epidemiology, AIDS studies, and got to travel to Africa. Pretty interesting stuff.

[mattywo85]

Its actually a very good degree to have. It usually involves management or a similar aspect of a particular wing of a hospital, managing budgets, and so on. Its also great because most starting salary's for the position are around 60k/yr.