Dual Degree Applicants

You must have received a bachelor's degree from an accredited institution. You will need to request official transcripts to be sent from every institution you have attended. Official transcripts must be sent directly from your institution’s registrar. Transcripts sent from students will not be accepted. Transcripts from any non-US colleges or universities must be evaluated by World Education Services.

Official transcripts can be sent electronically by email (preferred) or mailed to the addresses below.*

Email: [email protected]

Mailing address:

Colorado School of Public Health
Attn: Office of Academic and Student Affairs
University of Colorado Anschutz Medical Campus
13001 E. 17th Place, Mail Stop B119, Suite E3360
Aurora, CO 80045​​

*Please note: The Colorado School of Public Health does require study abroad transcripts, however unofficial copies are accepted. Please either upload in “optional documents” in your SOPHAS application or email unofficial study abroad transcripts to: [email protected].

Your personal ​statement should be two pages in length, single-spaced, and should address the following:

1. Reasons for interest in public health and the alignment with your other program of study,
2. Reasons for interest in the Colorado School of Public Health,
   
3. Career goals, and
   
4. Your academic preparation; if your concentration has specific requirements or preferred qualifications, please address how your previous coursework/experiences fulfill them.

Please submit a recent copy of your resume or curriculum vitae (CV).​

Two letters of recommendation are required. We highly encourage at least one letter come from a faculty member who can attest to your academic performance.

Once you have saved an electronic recommendation, an email request will automatically be sent to the recommender on your behalf. Please advise your recommender to look for this email in their inbox, as well as their spam or junk-mail folder, as emails do occasionally get filtered out.

Applicants must be current students in their third year of the CU School of Medicine’s MD program to qualify for the dual degree program.

Applicants must complete the following steps:

1. Apply through the Colorado School of Public Health—following the steps outlined above—to apply for the MPH portion of the dual degree.
2. Apply through the CU College Nursing—following the steps listed on their website—to apply for the DNP portion of the dual degree.

Applicants are required to apply to each institution separately and must be accepted into both programs to qualify for the dual degree.

Nurses who hold a Master of Public or Community Health Nursing degree may apply to either the dual degree program or the DNP-PHN degree.

All applicants must be current CU Skaggs School of Pharmacy and Pharmaceutical Sciences (SSPPS) PharmD students. Students can apply in their second (P2) or fourth (P4) year.

A student applying in the P2 year will take a one year leave of absence to complete coursework at the Colorado School of Public Health, and then re-enter the PharmD program as a P3 student. A student applying in the P4 year will engage in coursework for their MPH after completing their PharmD degree.

Prior to submitting an application, applicants are required to meet with the SSPPS Office of Student Services (OSS) staff to ensure that there are no issues related to their financial aid or PharmD program completion that would prevent them from being accepted into this dual degree program. In addition to the requirements listed above, applicants should also submit a letter from the SSPPS OSS indicating that they are in good standing in terms of both academic and professional conduct.

For more information, please visit the PharmD/MPH webpage on the CU Skaggs School of Pharmacy website.

You must be admitted to the CU School of Dental Medicine’s DDS program to qualify for this dual degree program.

Applicants must complete the following steps:

1. Apply through the Colorado School of Public Health—following the steps listed above—to apply for the MPH portion of the dual degree.
2. Apply through the CU School of Public Affairs—following the steps listed on their website—to apply for the MPA portion of the dual degree.

Applicants are required to apply to each institution separately and must be accepted into both programs to qualify for the dual degree.

Applicants must complete the following steps:

1. Apply through the Colorado School of Public Health—following the steps listed above—to apply for the MPH portion of the dual degree.
2. Apply through the DU Graduate School of Social Work—following the steps listed on their website—to apply for the MSW portion of the dual degree.

Applicants are required to apply to each institution separately and must be accepted into both programs to qualify for the dual degree.

Applicants must complete the following steps:

1. Apply through the Colorado School of Public Health—following the steps listed above—to apply for the MPH portion of the dual degree.
2. Apply through the CU Denver College of Architecture and Planning—following the steps listed on their website—to apply for the MURP portion of the dual degree.

Applicants are required to apply to each institution separately and must be accepted into both programs to qualify for the dual degree.

We offer a joint DVM/MPH program with the Colorado State University College of Veterinary Medicine & Biomedical Sciences (CVMBS). 

Applicants should apply to the DVM program first and contact Kendra Bigsby​ for additional instructions and next steps regarding entry into the dual degree program.

Students must complete the specialty program application and apply to the DVM program. Please contact the Office of Academic & Student Affairs at [email protected]​​ for more information about the specialty application.

Find more information about the program, please visit the Colorado State University website.

Applications for the MPH/MSW program at ColoradoSPH at CSU for the 2023-24 academic year have closed.

We are excited to take this opportunity to make some important revisions to the program and re-open for fall 2024. A new curricular plan will be posted to the website once it’s available. We look forward to reviewing your application in the next admissions cycle.
   
Individuals with questions about this decision, or the MPH/MSW program in general, can contact Kendra Bigsby, assistant director of ColoradoSPH at CSU, at [email protected].