Nebraska has two CEPH-accredited Master of Public Health options based in Omaha: Creighton University and the University of Nebraska Medical Center. Creighton offers an online MPH program, while UNMC offers MPH study options online and on campus. Students in Nebraska can use these programs to prepare for careers in public health, including epidemiology, community health, health administration, health promotion, and rural health.

Nebraska has two CEPH-accredited MPH options based in Omaha: Creighton University and the University of Nebraska Medical Center. Creighton offers a fully online MPH, while UNMC offers MPH study options online and on campus. UNMC students can choose from concentrations including biostatistics, epidemiology, emergency preparedness, environmental and occupational health, health promotion, maternal and child health, population health informatics, and public health administration and policy. Creighton’s MPH offers concentrations in health care ethics, health care management, and global health promotion. Students who want a concentration not available through either Nebraska-based program may also want to compare online MPH programs offered by universities in other states.

Public health and healthcare-related careers are projected to grow nationally through 2034, with the BLS projecting total U.S. employment to increase by 5.2 million jobs from 2024 to 2034, driven mainly by healthcare and social assistance. Medical and health services managers remain among the strongest-performing related occupations, projected to grow 23.2% nationally from 2024 to 2034; in Nebraska, their 2024 median wage was $103,610. Other related national projections include growth of 16.2% for epidemiologists, 11.3% for community health workers, 7.7% for healthcare social workers, and 4.5% for health education specialists through 2034. The table below shows the demand and earning potential for public health careers in Nebraska, based on data from the Bureau of Labor Statistics (May 2025).

Information last updated: May 2026

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