Accredited, nationally recognized

In U.S. News and World Report’s Best Graduate Schools 2008 edition, the School of Public Health is ranked No. 21 overall. Saint Louis University has the only accredited School of Public Health in the state of Missouri and is one of just 39 schools of public health accredited by the Council on Education for Public Health (CEPH).  As such, the School is in elite company with such long-standing schools as those at Harvard, Johns Hopkins and Columbia. 

The Council on Education for Public Health (CEPH) is the nationally recognized accrediting body for both schools of public health and public health programs.  Following its last accreditation process, SLU SPH received the maximum re-accreditation of seven years.

What are the benefits of attending an accredited school of public health? 

• Accreditation is a rigorous peer-review process; attending a CEPH accredited school of public health means assurance for students that each schools’ educational programs have been found to be satisfactory by other accredited schools of public health;
• Assurance of receiving a well-rounded graduate education. Accredited schools of public health must provide degree programs in each of the five core public health areas: Epidemiology, Biostatistics, Environmental Health, Behavioral Sciences/Health Education, and Health Services Administration.
• Advanced degree opportunities. Accredited schools of public health must offer at least one doctoral degree, in addition to master's level degrees.
• Assistance in the transfer of credits between institutions, or in the admission of students to advanced degrees, through the general acceptance of credits among accredited institutions when the performance of the student has been satisfactory and the credits to be transferred are appropriate to the receiving institution;
• Assurance that the degree earned will qualify the graduate for many jobs which specify graduation from an accredited school as a condition of employment; and
• Eligibility for public health internships and fellowships sponsored by various federal agencies, as well as student assistance resources that are available only through accredited schools.

(Information provided by the Association of Schools of Public Health)

Additionally, the SLU Master of Health Administration Program is recognized for its excellence by having achieved the highest level of accreditation possible from the Commission on Accreditation of Health Management Education (CAHME) – reaccredited for seven years in both 1997 and again in 2004.  The SLU MHA Program has been continuously accredited since the Commission was founded in 1968.

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