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UW Bothell: Master of Science in Community Health and Social Justice

Learning objectives

  • Promote and implement anti-racist policies and practices to shift complex systems
  • Analyze root cause of health inequities that perpetuate structural injustices and racism
  • Deploy social justice theories, practices and policies that shift systems of inequities in communities, and develop strategies to disrupt oppressive systems and injustice
  • Create community-based, culturally relevant health programs and campaigns that improve health outcomes in local communities and abroad in various settings
  • Work with communities to create sustainable practices to address health inequities
  • Develop leadership skills that value and lift all voices in communities, particularly those of historically and currently marginalized groups

Program highlights

  • 2-year, full-time program
    • Option to go part time/full time combination – 3 years
    • Option to go part time – 4 years
  • Affordable and accessible for working professionals
  • Courses are hybrid modality, a combination of online and in-person sessions
  • Full-time enrollment for a 2-year degree is around $20,000 tuition per year (resident)
  • Washington State Tuition Exemption available (UW Employees and State of Washington Employees)
  • New cohort starts every Autumn

Careers pathways & curriculum

Application deadlines

  • Application OPEN for Autumn 2026 Cohort
  • Priority Application Deadline: 2/1/26
  • General Application Deadline: 5/1/26

Upcoming info sessions

Admissions requirements & materials

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