East Carolina University · Department of Public Health

DrPH Health Policy, Administration, and Leadership Concentration

Awarded degree: Doctor of Public Health — Health Policy, Administration, and Leadership

Professional doctorateDrPHMPH pathwayFunding not verified

Overview

A practice-based Doctor of Public Health with a Health Policy, Administration, and Leadership concentration for public health and healthcare professionals with at least two years of post-master's practice experience. Classes are offered online with on-campus milestone events; the program requires a 400-hour applied field practicum and a dissertation, and admits a cohort each fall.

Official program name: DrPH Health Policy, Administration, and Leadership Concentration
Awarded degree: Doctor of Public Health
Source: public-health.ecu.edu · verified October 12, 2026
Degree level: Doctoral — professional doctorate
Program classification: MPH with a health management pathwayNamed option: Health Policy, Administration, and LeadershipA Master of Public Health with an officially named health policy and management or health administration concentration. The awarded degree is the MPH.
Pathway: Standard pathway
School: East Carolina University — Department of Public Health
Source: public-health.ecu.edu · verified October 12, 2026
Location: Greenville, NCWhere the university is located. Study is online; this is not a residency requirement and does not decide whether you may enroll from your state.
Required credits: 50 hours with MPH; 74 hours without MPH
Source: public-health.ecu.edu · verified October 12, 2026
Duration: Not verified
Start terms: Fall
Source: public-health.ecu.edu · verified October 12, 2026
Teaching language: English (not separately stated)

Why this program is listed

DrPH with an officially named Health Policy, Administration, and Leadership concentration.

Source: public-health.ecu.edu · verified October 12, 2026

We list healthcare administration bachelor's, master's and doctoral degrees — dedicated and joint degrees, and (separately labelled) MBA, MPH and other degrees with an officially named healthcare administration pathway. Eligibility rules

Format and attendance

Coursework delivery, campus attendance, class schedule and study intensity are shown separately, each only as the university states it. “No required campus visits” appears only when official wording supports it — online coursework alone does not establish it.

Academic delivery: Online with required campus visitsCoursework is online, with required in-person sessions such as an orientation, residency, immersion or on-campus presentation.
Source: public-health.ecu.edu · verified October 12, 2026
Campus attendance: Required campus residency or visitsIn-person attendance required
Source: public-health.ecu.edu · verified October 12, 2026
Class schedule: Not verified
Study intensity: Not published

In-person requirements as published

Campus visit Required
Campus attendance for certain milestone events
Greenville, NC
Source: public-health.ecu.edu · verified October 12, 2026

Administrative residency, internship and practical experience

Practical training happens at a health organization, not on campus, and is shown separately from campus attendance. Hours, who arranges the placement and whether it can be completed near home are shown only when the university publishes them.

Practicum Required
Site-based Applied Field Practicum of 400 hours
Published hours:
400 hours
Placement:
Placement arrangement not stated
Near the student's home:
Not stated
Source: public-health.ecu.edu · verified October 12, 2026

An online program can still require an internship or residency at a health organization. Confirm where it can be completed before you enroll. About administrative residencies

Curriculum

Dissertation

Dissertation coursework of 9 or more credit hours after comprehensive exams and the applied field experience
Source: public-health.ecu.edu · verified October 12, 2026

Admissions

Required, optional, waived and not-required items are shown exactly as the university states them. Anything not listed is not verified — not “not required”.

Prior degree: OptionalAn MPH is not required; students without one complete 24 credit hours of MPH core courses
Source: public-health.ecu.edu · verified October 12, 2026
Work experience: RequiredAt least two years of post-master's professional public health practice experience
Source: public-health.ecu.edu · verified October 12, 2026
Recommendation letters: Required3 letters — Three letters of recommendation via SOPHAS
Source: public-health.ecu.edu · verified October 12, 2026

Tests

GRE General Test: Not required
Source: public-health.ecu.edu · verified October 12, 2026

We do not publish acceptance rates or estimate admission chances.

Start dates and deadlines

Dates are shown with the term the university printed. A past date is marked passed and is never carried into a new cycle.

Application deadline
April 15 · for Fall
The university does not print a year with this date.
Source: public-health.ecu.edu · verified October 12, 2026
Year not printed

Tuition and fees

Each amount keeps its student category, academic year and basis. Per-credit, per-term and whole-program figures are not comparable with each other, and tuition is not the full cost of attendance.

Tuition for this online program: not verified. We publish this only when the institution states it on an official page.

Funding

Scholarships, assistantships, fellowships, tuition discounts and employer support exactly as the university publishes them. Competitive awards are not guaranteed; loans must be repaid and are not scholarships. Tuition and scholarships guide

Funding classification: Funding not verified

We have not verified an official funding policy for this program. That does not mean funding is unavailable.

Scholarships, fellowships or assistantships for this program: not verified. We publish this only when the institution states it on an official page.

Accreditation, certification and enrollment restrictions

Separate questions: is the institution accredited, is this specific program accredited or certified (CAHME for graduate healthcare management programs, AUPHA certification for undergraduate programs), and does the university publish restrictions on who can enroll?

Institutional accreditation

Southern Association of Colleges and Schools Commission on Colleges (SACSCOC) — accreditedSource: ope.ed.gov · verified October 10, 2026

Program accreditation and certification

Council on Education for Public Health (CEPH) — programmatic accreditation: accreditedProgram covered: Doctor of Public HealthMPH and DrPHSource: public-health.ecu.edu · verified October 12, 2026

Published enrollment restrictions (state authorization)

Not verified — check the university's state authorization page before applying from outside North Carolina.

International applicants

Not verified for this program.

Sources and verification

Every fact on this page comes from the official pages below. Last verified October 12, 2026.

DAPIP — SACSCOC institutional accreditation record (data files downloaded 2026-10-10) — U.S. Department of Education dataset (IPEDS / DAPIP), verified October 10, 2026
public-health.ecu.edu/accreditation/ — Official program page, verified October 12, 2026
public-health.ecu.edu/drph-health-policy-administration-and-leadership-concentration/ — Official program page, verified October 12, 2026
public-health.ecu.edu/drph-hpal-faqs/ — Official program page, verified October 12, 2026
public-health.ecu.edu/public-health-admissions/ — Official admissions page, verified October 12, 2026

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