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Submission Number: 441
Submission ID: 441
Submission UUID: b0601639-8904-4ae3-a0a1-91a224866d57
Submission URI: /publishedsurvey
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Created: Thu, 12/05/2024 - 16:58
Completed: Fri, 05/16/2025 - 12:03
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Submitted by: Anonymous
Language: English
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Current page: Complete
Webform: PharmGrad Program Directory
Submitted to: Published Survey
| Active | Yes |
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| Institution Name | Appalachian College of Pharmacy |
| Program Name | Doctor of Public Health (DPH) |
| Degree Type | Other |
| Short Name | Appalachian-DPH |
| Banner Image: | 6X4A7385.jpg |
| If you need to post a notification below your school name, please enter it here: | |
| Address 1 | 1060 Dragon Road |
| Address 2 | |
| Address 3 | |
| City | Oakwood |
| State | Virginia |
| Zip/Postal Code | 24631 |
| Country | United States |
| Program Location: | Distance Pathway/Online |
| Admissions Office Contact(s): |
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| Institutional Website: | |
| Contact Information Video: | |
| I would like to mark this section as done. | Yes |
| What is your application deadline for the upcoming academic year? | August 15, 2025 |
| Does this program use rolling admissions? | Yes |
| Is your program participating in PharmGrad? | No |
| Link to Application | |
| Application Fee: | $0 |
| Application Deadline Description: | Students may enter the DrPH program in the Fall, Spring or Summer Term. See website for specific application deadlines. |
| I would like to mark this section as done. | Yes |
| Program Description | Appalachian College of Pharmacy’s online Interprofessional Doctorate in Public Health Leadership (DrPH) degree expands the practitioner’s frame of reference beyond the individual patient to the larger population, engaging the community itself in actions that facilitate disease prevention, health promotion, and health protection. This degree prepares 21st-century leaders for high-level public health and healthcare roles who can work collaboratively to investigate and solve problems facing the public’s health. Graduates will learn to identify and leverage public and private resources for programs and policies that create effective and sustained community-based solutions for community problems and will gain expertise in the following: Community capacity-building Organizational direction Population risk assessment Community-based intervention Program evaluation Coalition building Appalachian College of Pharmacy (ACP) offers a sequence of online courses designed to lead to a Interprofessional Doctorate in Public Health Leadership (DrPH) degree. Requirements for the DrPH degree consists of 46 semester credit hours spanning four academic terms and including foundational, specialized, and elective courses, as well as experiential courses in research, writing, and applied practice. All courses are offered in distance education format with some courses requiring clinic or community work. |
| Program Description Video: | |
| I would like to mark this section as done. | Yes |
| Is your institution public or private? | Private |
| Is your program accepting applications for this program? | Yes |
| Program Start Term: | Fall, Spring, Summer |
| Satellite/Branch campuses: | |
| I would like to mark this section as done. | Yes |
| Credits Required for Degree: | 46 |
| Required Rotations: | Research, Clinical |
| Seminars: | Not Required |
| College-based Qualifying/Comprehensive Exam: | Not Required |
| Other Qualifying Exams or Certifications: | Not Required |
| Thesis/Dissertation: | Not Required |
| Additional Information about Degree Requirements: | |
| I would like to mark this section as done. | Yes |
| Delivery Method | Distance Pathway/Online |
| Curricular Focus or Concentration: |
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| Area(s) of Study: | Public Health |
| Enter any additional degree information regarding your curricular focus or concentration and/or area(s) of study: | |
| I would like to mark this section as done. | Yes |
| Have you previously enrolled students in this program? | Yes |
| Last academic year-number of accepted students for your program: | 5 |
| United States | 5 |
| International | 0 |
| Last academic year-average overall GPA of the accepted students: | |
| Have you graduated your first class for this program? | Yes |
| Academia | |
| Industry | 2 |
| Government | |
| Other | |
| Unknown | |
| Enter any additional information regarding job placements: | |
| Last 5 academic years-estimated average years of study to graduation: | 2 |
| I would like to mark this section as done. | Yes |
| Is the GRE required? | No |
| Verbal Reasoning: | |
| Quantitative Reasoning: | |
| Analytical Writing: | |
| Enter any additional information regarding the GRE: | |
| Are any of the following tests required for international applicants? | None |
| Other tests or credentials: | |
| I would like to mark this section as done. | Yes |
| Are letters of recommendations required by your program? | Yes |
| If yes, how many letters of recommendation are required? | 2 |
| Enter any additional information regarding recommendations: | Appalachian College of Pharmacy requires two letters of recommendation. We encourage references from professors or teachers (or teaching assistants) or work/research supervisors who have worked directly and closely with you and who can speak about you with specificity. |
| I would like to mark this section as done. | Yes |
| Minimum overall GPA considered: | |
| Recommended overall GPA considered: | |
| Enter any additional information regarding application or admission requirements: | To be eligible for admission to the Interprofessional Doctorate in Public Health Leadership (DrPH) program, applicants must meet one of the following criteria: Current enrollment in an approved and accredited U.S. health professions doctorate program (e.g., DO, DDS, DPT, MD, PharmD); or Health professions doctorate (e.g., DO, DDS, DPT, MD, PharmD) from a regionally or nationally accredited institution earned within the past 25 years; or Master of Public Health (MPH) degree or equivalent degree from a regionally or nationally accredited U.S. institution. Transfer credits may be accepted from previous health professions coursework and or experience. If the coursework is deemed adequate and appropriate by the Admissions Committee, advanced standing may be awarded in accordance with policy. |
| I would like to mark this section as done. | Yes |
| Percentage of students receiving financial support: | 0 |
| Type of financial support available: | None |
| What is the minimum financial support for eligible students apart from tuition remission? | N/A |
| Enter any additional information regarding financial support: | |
| I would like to mark this section as done. | Yes |
| Is your institution participating in the PharmGrad-facilitated Criminal Background Check (CBC) Service? | No |
| Is your institution participating in the PharmGrad-facilitated Drug Screening Service? | No |
| I would like to mark this section as done. | Yes |
| Admin Status | Published |
| Old ID | |
| AACP Institution Number | |
| SIDS | 441 |