Table 1.
Characteristics of Master’s of Global or International Health Programmes by WHO region
| Region | University | Country | Degree programme | Distance programme? | Type of institution | Typical duration of programme | Postadjustment multiplier | Tuition for domestic students | Tuition for international students | Average tuition |
| Africa | University of Global Health Equity | Rwanda | MSc global health delivery | No | Private | 1.0 | 25.4 | US$54 000 | US$54 000 | US$54 000 |
| Europe | Imperial College London | UK | Global MPH | Yes | Public | 2.0 | 64.1 | US$15 484 | US$25 935 | US$20 710 |
| ITM | Belgium | MSc tropical medicine | No | Public | 1.0 | 37.8 | US$6000 | US$18 132 | US$12 066 | |
| Karolinska Institut | Sweden | MSc global health | No | Public | 1.0 | 39.3 | US$0 | US$18 672 | US$9336 | |
| King's College London | UK | MSc global health | No | Public | 1.0 | 64.1 | US$16 452 | US$34 258 | US$25 355 | |
| London School of Hygiene & Tropical Medicine | UK | MSc trop med int health | No | Public | 1.0 | 64.1 | US$13 510 | US$31 226 | US$22 368 | |
| Liverpool School of Tropical Medicine | UK | MSc Global Health | No | Public | 2.0 | 64.1 | US$15 484 | US$15 484 | US$15 484 | |
| Maastricht University | Netherlands | MSc Global Health | No | Public | 1.0 | 39.9 | US$2355 | US$20 817 | US$11 586 | |
| Manchester University | UK | MSc Global Health | Yes | Public | 3.0 | 64.1 | US$8129 | US$8129 | US$8129 | |
| University of Oxford | UK | MSc global health sci | No | Public | 1.0 | 64.1 | US$14 039 | US$43 387 | US$28 713 | |
| Southampton University | UK | MSc Global Health | No | Public | 1.0 | 64.1 | US$11 936 | US$24 274 | US$18 105 | |
| University College London | UK | MSc global health & dev | No | Public | 1.0 | 64.1 | US$13 871 | US$27 110 | US$20 490 | |
| Univ Copenhagen | Denmark | MSc global health | No | Public | 2.0 | 58.1 | US$0 | US$9195 | US$4598 | |
| University of Milan | Italy | MS global health | Yes | Public | 1.0 | 29.7 | US$7143 | US$7143 | US$7143 | |
| University of Barcelona | Spain | Master of global health | No | Public | 1.0 | 27.6 | US$11 538 | US$11 538 | US$11 538 | |
| University of Bergen | Norway | Master's Programme in Global Health | No | Public | 1.0 | 41.9 | US$0 | US$0 | US$0 | |
| University of Edinburgh | UK | MSc in Global Health and Infectious Diseases | Yes | Public | 3.0 | 64.1 | US$21 174 | US$21 174 | US$21 174 | |
| University of Glasgow | UK | MSc Global Health | No | Public | 1.0 | 64.1 | US$10 968 | US$23 703 | US$17 335 | |
| Upsalla University | Sweden | Master of Medical Science with Global Health | No | Public | 2.0 | 39.3 | US$0 | US$30 083 | US$15 041 | |
| Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam | Netherlands | MSC. GLOBAL HEALTH | No | Public | 1.0 | 39.9 | US$2355 | US$16 111 | US$9233 | |
| North America | Brown University | USA | MSc global public health | No | Private | 2.0 | 50.4 | US$85 668 | US$85 668 | US$85 668 |
| Duke University | USA | MS global health | No | Private | 2.0 | 50.4 | US$126 334 | US$126 334 | US$126 334 | |
| George Washington University | USA | MPH in Global Health | No | Private | 2.0 | 50.4 | US$89 800 | US$89 800 | US$89 800 | |
| Georgetown University | USA | MS global health | No | Private | 1.5 | 50.4 | US$70 848 | US$70 848 | US$70 848 | |
| Harvard University | USA | MSc global health delivery | No | Private | 2.0 | 50.4 | US$84 050 | US$84 050 | US$84 050 | |
| Johns Hopkins University | USA | Master’s of Science in Public Health, International Health | No | Private | 2.0 | 50.4 | US$111 552 | US$111 552 | US$111 552 | |
| Loma Linda University | USA | MPH in Global Health | No | Private | 2.0 | 50.4 | US$55 951 | US$55 951 | US$55 951 | |
| McMaster University | Canada | MSc Global Health | No | Public | 1.5 | 51.2 | US$8779 | US$28 729 | US$18 754 | |
| Northwestern University | USA | MS global health | Yes | Private | 1.0 | 50.4 | US$39 612 | US$39 612 | US$39 612 | |
| Ohio University | USA | Master in Global Health | No | Public | 2.0 | 50.4 | US$23 484 | US$24 206 | US$23 845 | |
| Rutgers, The State University of New Jersey | USA | MPH in Global Public Health | No | Public | 2.0 | 50.4 | US$39 060 | US$58 545 | US$48 803 | |
| St. Catherine University | USA | MPH in Global Health | No | Private | 2.0 | 50.4 | US$35 860 | US$35 860 | US$35 860 | |
| Tufts University | USA | MS in Infectious Diseases and Global Health - Cummings School of Veterinary Medicine | No | Private | 2.0 | 50.4 | US$82 020 | US$82 020 | US$82 020 | |
| University of California, San Francisco | USA | MS in Global Health | No | Public | 1.0 | 50.4 | US$49 140 | US$49 140 | US$49 140 | |
| University of Miami | USA | Master of Arts in in Global Health and Society | No | Private | 2.0 | 50.4 | US$75 600 | US$75 600 | US$75 600 | |
| University of Notre Dame | USA | University of Notre Dame MS in Global Health | No | Private | 1.0 | 50.4 | US$53 146 | US$53 146 | US$53 146 | |
| University of Southern California | USA | MS global medicine | No | Private | 1.0 | 50.4 | US$57 256 | US$57 256 | US$57 256 | |
| South-East Asia | BRAC University | Bangladesh | Transformative Public Health Learning for the Developing World | No | Private | 1.0 | 33.2 | US$20 000 | US$20 000 | US$20 000 |
| National Taiwan University | Chinese Taipei | Master of Global Health | No | Public | 2.0 | 55.9 | US$15 000 | US$15 000 | US$15 000 | |
| Western Pacific | Melbourne University | Australia | MPhil Pop and global health | No | Public | 2.0 | 30.4 | US$0 | US$61 325 | US$30 662 |
| University of Sydney | Australia | Master of Global Health | No | Public | 1.5 | 30.4 | US$30 119 | US$48 387 | US$39 253 |
*Tuition is listed in USD and represents the approximate cost for the entire degree programme for the typical student.
MPH, Master’s of Public Health.