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Address 1: 1060 Dragon Road 
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City: Oakwood
State: Virginia
Zip/Postal Code: 24631
Country: United States

Program Location:: Distance Pathway/Online
Admissions Office Contact(s)::
- Name: Appalachian College of Pharmacy Office of Admissions 
  Phone (Work): 866-935-7350 or 276-498-4190
  Email: admissions@acp.edu

Institutional Website::
- https://www.acp.edu/

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Program Application Deadline
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Application Deadline
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What is your application deadline for the upcoming academic year?: August 15, 2025
Does this program use rolling admissions?: Yes

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Is your program participating in PharmGrad?: No
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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. 

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Program Description
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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.


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Institution Information
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Is your institution public or private?: Private
Is your program accepting applications for this program?: Yes
Program Start Term:: Fall, Spring, Summer
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Degree Requirements
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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
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Degree Information
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Delivery Method: Distance Pathway/Online
Curricular Focus or Concentration::
- Preventive & Integrative Care 
- Rural Health 
- Global Health 

Area(s) of Study:: Public Health
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Program Statistics
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Have you previously enrolled students in this program?: Yes
Last academic year-number of accepted students for your program:: 5
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United States: 5
International: 0

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Last 5 academic years-estimated average years of study to graduation:: 2
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GRE and Other Tests
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 Is the GRE required?: No

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Are any of the following tests required for international applicants?: None
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Letters of Recommendation
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Are letters of recommendations required by your program?: Yes
 If yes, how many letters of recommendation are required?: 2

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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.

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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.


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Financial Support
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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
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Background Checks and Drug Screenings
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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
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