Overview

Learning Objectives

Public health seeks to understand, and also to protect and improve, health at the level of a population, by incorporating theory and applied research in the social sciences, natural sciences and humanities. The overarching objective of this Public Health program at Williams College is to prepare students to contribute to a rapidly changing health landscape by inculcating critical and creative thinking, problem solving, teamwork, inquiry and analytical skills, ethical reasoning, quantitative and information literacy, written and oral communication of complex ideas, and intercultural knowledge.

To this end, students who complete this area of concentration will:

Understand the interrelationship of individual and social choices with demographic and biological factors and their effect on health.
Engage with socio-cultural, behavioral, policy, and/or biomedical aspects of population health.
Understand how to reason, think critically, analyze, and draw conclusions using data and gain familiarity with qualitative and quantitative methods involved in public health research.
Appreciate the real-world challenges inherent in public health through a relevant field-based educational experience.
Think deliberately and repeatedly about how different strands of their education inform each other, by reflecting upon and synthesizing experiential learning in the context of a cohesive set of elective courses that draw on multiple intellectual and disciplinary frameworks.

Programme Structure

Courses include:

Dimensions of Public Health

Senior Seminar in Public Health

Elementary Statistics and Data Analysis

Experimentation and Statistics

Statistics and Data Analysis

Ethics and Reproductive Technologies

Biomedical Ethics

Key information

Duration

Full-time
- 48 months

Start dates & application deadlines

Starting 2026-09-04 00:00:00
- Apply before 2026-01-08 00:00:00

Language

English

Credits

120 SCH

Delivered

On Campus

Disciplines

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Academic requirements

We are not aware of any specific GRE, GMAT or GPA grading score requirements for this programme.

English requirements

We are not aware of any English requirements for this programme.

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Other requirements

General requirements

Common Application, Coalition Application, or QuestBridge Application
School Report
Counselor Recommendation
Two Teacher Recommendations
Mid-Year Report (Due February 5 or for schools on a trimester, when 2nd trimester grades are available)
$65 Application Fee or Fee Waiver
Early Decision Agreement Form (Early Decision applicants only)

Tuition Fee

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International

64540 USD/year

Tuition Fee

Based on the tuition of 64540 USD per year during 48 months.
National

64540 USD/year

Tuition Fee

Based on the tuition of 64540 USD per year during 48 months.
In-State

64540 USD/year

Tuition Fee

Based on the tuition of 64540 USD per year during 48 months.

Living costs for North Adams

876 - 1815 USD /month

Living costs

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Funding

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Scholarships Information

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