Texas A&M University School of Public Health
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Texas A&M University School of Public Health, formerly known as the Texas A&M Health Science Center School of Rural Public Health, is the public health school of Texas A&M University and a component of Texas A&M Health. It offers research, service and degree programs and is the 5th largest School of Public Health in the nation by student count.[3] It was founded in 1998, offering degrees at both the undergraduate and graduate level, and is accredited by CEPH and CAHME. The school has four departments: Environmental and Occupational Health; Epidemiology & Biostatistics; Health Policy and Management; and Health Behavior. They also have six Texas A&M University System Board of Regents approved centers: The Ergonomics Center; Southwest Rural Health Research Center; Center for Community Health and Aging; USA Center for Rural Public Health Preparedness; Center for Health & Nature; Center for Health Equity and Evaluation Research.
Former name | Texas A&M Health Science Center School of Rural Public Health |
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Type | Public |
Established | 1998; 26 years ago (1998) |
Parent institution | Texas A&M University |
Dean | Shawn Gibbs[1] |
Academic staff | 91[2] |
Undergraduates | 2,451 majors; 451 minors[2] |
Postgraduates | 306[2] |
85[2] | |
Location | |
Website | public-health |
In 2022, U.S. News and World Report ranked Texas A&M University School of Public Health 36th out of 206 in the Best Public Health Schools category and 27th for Healthcare Management Program.[4]