Motto | We are dedicated to helping communities achieve health and wellbeing |
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Type | Private |
Established | 2013 |
Parent institution | Saint Louis University |
Religious affiliation | Roman Catholic - Jesuit |
Dean | Thomas Burroughs[1] |
Students | 1,098[2] |
Location | , , U.S. 38°37′20″N 90°14′15″W / 38.62225°N 90.23753°W |
Campus | Urban |
Website | www |
Saint Louis University College for Public Health and Social Justice[3] was founded in 2013[4] by the combining of the School of Social Work, founded in 1930, the School of Public Health, established 1991, and the program in Criminology and Criminal Justice.[5] The College has as its purpose to improve the health and wellbeing of the most vulnerable.[6]
St. Louis University's College for Public Health and Social Justice offers 6 undergraduate degrees, 3 accelerated degrees, 7 masters, 13 dual-degree masters, 1 executive master's, 2 PhDs, and 3 certificates.[7]
The College is one of 39 schools of public health accredited by the Council on Education for Public Health (CEPH) – the field’s highest accreditation. It is the only accredited school of public health in Missouri and the only school of public health at a Jesuit/Catholic university in the United States.
Public health students can also complete first-year and sophomore level coursework at SLU’s campus in Madrid, Spain.[8]
U.S. News & World Report ranked SLU’s Master of Health Administration among the top graduate programs in the country.[9]
There are four departments and one school of social work:[10]
Since the school's founding:
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The College for Public Health and Social Justice is located at the SLU medical school, across from the university hospital on South Grand, about a mile south of the main campus. It is connected to the university by a shuttle bus. The School of Social Work remains on the university's main campus, on Lindell east of Grand.