A program that focuses on the application of public health specializations, the social and behavioral sciences, and policy and communications methods to the study of health problems in low- and middle-income countries and regions, and prepares individuals to function as professional international health specialists. Includes instruction in health education and promotion, research design and evaluation, infectious disease epidemiology, international health policy and management, public nutrition and food security, information systems, program evaluation, medical anthropology, international communication, behavioral sciences, maternal and child health, demography and population policy, and health care finance and economics.
International Public Health/International Health is relatively popular as a minor/second major with 201 people graduating with it as a minor in academic year 2018-19.
| University of California-San Diego | 54 |
| Major | Graduates | Colleges |
| Public Health, General | 7,239 | 152 |
| Public Health Education and Promotion | 3,206 | 76 |
| Community Health and Preventive Medicine | 1,665 | 32 |
| Public Health, Other | 1,572 | 20 |
| Health Services Administration | 933 | 30 |
| Infectious Disease and Global Health | 0 | 0 |