Rochester,
NY,
United States
Type
Private
Degrees offered
Bachelor's Degree
MSc in Health Services Research and Policy in Rochester United States | University of Rochester
University of Rochester
|
Rochester United States
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Qualification
Masters Degree
Languages
English
Delivery Mode
On-Campus
Tuition (2025)
USD
44,005
Attendance
Full-time
Full-time Duration
18 months
Health services research is an interdisciplinary field that examines how social determinants, funding mechanisms, institutional frameworks, medical innovations, and individual choices influence healthcare accessibility, service quality, costs, and overall health outcomes. This field strives to deliver current, trustworthy, and evolving evidence to inform choices by medical professionals, patients and their families, organizational leaders, government bodies, and insurance providers. Our Master's program in Health Services Research and Policy within the Public Health Sciences Department offers a 37-credit curriculum that equips students with essential competencies for performing rigorous healthcare system and policy evaluations. This is achieved through comprehensive training in core aspects of health services research, encompassing healthcare policy, statistical methods, medical economics, disease patterns, behavioral science, and performance measurement. Graduates will possess the qualifications to pursue careers across diverse private and public sector organizations involved in healthcare administration, research, or policy development.
The MS in Health Services Research and Policy is a 37-credit, three-term program structured to develop students' capabilities in performing sophisticated healthcare system and policy evaluations.
We accomplish this through interdisciplinary instruction covering essential components of health services research such as healthcare policy, data analysis, care quality metrics, medical economics, behavioral science, economic evaluations, and population health studies.
Program graduates will be qualified for employment opportunities across numerous private and public sector organizations involved in healthcare leadership, research initiatives, or policy formulation.
Destination of Study
Subjects of Study
Language Requirements
English
IELTS 6.0
Qualification Requirements
Applicants must have earned a U.S. baccalaureate degree or its equivalent from a college, university, or technical school of acceptable standing. Students in their final year of undergraduate study may be admitted on the condition that their bachelor's degrees are awarded before they matriculate. Evidence of the earned degree is required prior to matriculation in the form of an official transcript noting degree conferral.
Statement of Purpose
Uploaded copy of transcript(s) to online application.
Please do not mail a hard copy at this time.
3 Letters of Recommendation
Official TOEFL or IELTS Scores
The following programs require a writing sample: Epidemiology and Health Services Research and Policy. Otherwise, research papers, publications and other original works, as well as resumes and CVs may also be submitted for consideration, but are not required.
It is expected that all application materials (with the exception of official score reports) be scanned and uploaded to your online application. Please do not include secondary school documentation, financial documentation, etc., as these are not utilized during the admissions process.
Statement of Purpose
Uploaded copy of transcript(s) to online application.
Please do not mail a hard copy at this time.
3 Letters of Recommendation
Official TOEFL or IELTS Scores
The following programs require a writing sample: Epidemiology and Health Services Research and Policy. Otherwise, research papers, publications and other original works, as well as resumes and CVs may also be submitted for consideration, but are not required.
It is expected that all application materials (with the exception of official score reports) be scanned and uploaded to your online application. Please do not include secondary school documentation, financial documentation, etc., as these are not utilized during the admissions process.
Tuition
USD
44,005