Public Health (BS): Online
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Simmons prepares students to confront complex health challenges and advance equity in their communities. Our online Bachelor of Science (BS) in Public Health combines rigorous science, data-driven analysis, and a deep commitment to social justice and population health. Here, you’ll study the systems and structures that shape health outcomes, learn from expert public health faculty, and build the skills to advocate for healthier policies, organizations, and communities.
Your Public Health Experience at Simmons
- Study the science behind public health through biology, microbiology, environmental science, and the chemical determinants of health.
- Build core skills in epidemiology, statistics, and social research so you can understand and interpret health data.
- Examine how health, illness, and society intersect, with a strong focus on inequities by race, gender, sexuality, and place.
- Learn to communicate clearly about health through specialized coursework in health communications and health promotion.
- Explore global health and health systems and policy to see how decisions at every level impact population health.
- Complete a senior capstone that lets you apply what you’ve learned to a real public health issue.
- Interpret public health data and communicate it clearly to diverse communities, with attention to literacy and health literacy.
- Work with real public health case studies and compare how different countries’ public health systems respond.
Public Health Education Focused on Equity and Impact
Simmons’ online BS in Public Health gives you a strong foundation in the science, data, and social forces that transform community health around the world. Through your coursework, you’ll learn to analyze how policies, environments, and inequities influence who gets sick and who gets care. You’ll also engage with emerging research on issues like infectious diseases, chronic illnesses, and environmental hazards, and graduate ready to contribute to public health efforts that prioritize healthier futures for all.
Simmons is very accommodating to real life when it comes to both one’s professional and educational pursuits. I love being in the community, I love advocacy… this Public Health program is really pulling some other qualities out of me that were laying dormant for a little while.
— Tarsha Adams ’27, Public Health
Public Health at a Glance
$72,000
Median pay
Workers with healthcare-related bachelor’s degrees have a national median annual wage of about $72,000 across roles.
*Bureau of Labor Statistics
23%
Projected growth
Jobs for medical and health services managers are projected to grow 23% by 2034, much faster than average.
*Bureau of Labor Statistics
95%
Employment or Graduate School
Within six months of graduation, 95% of Simmons undergraduates are employed or enrolled in graduate school.
(First Destination Survey for 2023-2024)
Take on a Real Issue with a Public Health Capstone
Solve a real public health question through an internship, research project, or thesis in your senior capstone. You might work with a community organization, analyze local or national health data, or dig into a policy challenge and present recommendations. You’ll have faculty guidance and create a final poster, paper, or thesis that showcases your learned skills. More than a project; this gives you a concrete project to talk about in job and graduate school applications.
Supportive Online Community for Future Public Health Leaders
As an online public health student at Simmons, you’ll learn in a women-centered digital campus for adult and transfer students, balancing work, family, and school. Live evening classes, small-group discussions, and interactive activities create space to debate real health issues and hear perspectives from classmates. You’ll also have access to dedicated online advisors, tutoring, writing and research support, and a virtual library, so you can stay on track academically while exploring the public health topics and career paths that matter most to you.