MCRP/MPH Dual Degree
Interested in how community planning affects community health? Consider a dual master's in Community & Regional Planning and Public Health.
Explore the connections between community planning and community health with a dual master's in Community & Regional Planning and Public Health.
Why study Community and Regional Planning and Public Health?
Research initiatives, programs and projects connecting public health with the built environment are now encouraged and supported by entities including the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, the American Planning Association and the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation. Increasingly, planners and public health professionals are collaborating to address these issues. Still, few policymakers, health officials and planners are trained or have experience at the intersection of community planning and public health.
Why study Community and Regional Planning and Public Health at UNMC?
The MCRP/MPH dual degree is a collaborative effort between the UNMC College of Public Health and the University of Nebraska-Lincoln. This program offers interdisciplinary preparation in the fields of community and regional planning and public health, allowing students to earn both a Master of Community and Regional Planning and a Master of Public Health, generally in less time than it would take to obtain these degrees independently.
At UNMC, you'll experience small class sizes and numerous opportunities to get involved. The curriculum is comprehensive and developed by public health experts. Additionally, you can complete the MPH portion of the dual degree entirely online.
Program Snapshot
Enrollment Information
The Master of Community and Regional Planning degree requires 48 graduate credit hours if completed alone, including 24 credit hours of core courses and 24 credit hours of electives, including 6 credits of professional project or master thesis.
- The Master of Public Health degree requires 42 graduate credit hours if completed alone, including 15 credit hours of core courses, 12 or 15 credit hours of concentration courses (depending on concentration), 6 or 9 credit hours of electives, and 6 credit hours of experience projects.
- The total number of credit hours students enroll in for the MPH-MCRP is 60-63, depending on MPH concentration.
Careers & Outcomes
Both the MCRP degree at UNL and the MPH degree at UNMC prepare students for various professional planning positions in the public, private, and nonprofit sectors. Typical jobs in the field involve protecting and enhancing the physical and natural environments, promoting economic growth, ensuring essential services to communities and promoting and implementing sustainable development.
- Advocacy Planning
- City Planning
- Community Development
- Community Organizing/Activism
- Community Planning
- Criminal Justice
- Economic Development
- Elementary, Secondary, and Collegiate Education
- Environmental Planning
- Geographic Information Systems
- Housing
- Historic Preservation
- Labor Force Development
- Land Use Law
- Land Use Planning and Growth Management
- Public and Community Health
- Public Finance
- Public Policy and Management
- Real Estate and Land Development
- Regional Planning
- Transportation Planning
- Urban Design
- Urban Planning
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