Georgetown’s School of Medicine announced on Jan. 3 the formation of a new dual degree program with Johns Hopkins that will allow students to complete a doctor of medicine at Georgetown and a master’s in public health at the Bloomberg School of Public Health.
Georgetown does not currently offer a MPH degree. According to Georgetown Medical School’s Dean of Medical Education Stephen Ray Mitchell, students will complete both degrees in five years, which would normally take six separately. Students will pay four years of tuition for Georgetown Medical School and one year for Bloomberg.
“The one thing that was deterring me from [the EAP] was that [Georgetown] doesn’t have a specific MPH program,” said Herminio Navia (NHS ‘16), who is currently applying to Georgetown Medical School through its Early Assurance Program. “To hear that they are actually offering one with an MD is really awesome.”
