Funding and Scholarships

Some departments offer a Master’s Tuition Scholarship (MTS) to students in good academic standing in a two-year, full-time master’s program. Students must enroll for a minimum of 12 credits per term to receive the scholarship. The MTS is a 75% reduction in tuition for the second year of an eight-term program. 

Students in some programs have the option of receiving a 25% reduction in tuition for their first year and 50% for their second year.* Admitted students who choose the 25% MTS in their first year and 50% in their second year cannot change the distribution schedule after making the selection. Please contact your program of interest for information regarding MTS eligibility.

*Students in the MHS in the Department of Health, Behavior and Society, MS in Environmental Health (Toxicology for Human Risk Assessment), and MSPH in the Departments of Health, Behavior and Society and International Health are required to receive their MTS entirely in the second year of their program.

**Students who transfer from the MHS into the ScM programs and qualify for the MTS will have the 75% scholarship distributed evenly throughout each term of their second year.

Thanks to support from Bloomberg Philanthropies, Johns Hopkins University offers need-based scholarships for students enrolled for at least 12 credits per term in a full-time Master of Science in Public Health (MSPH) program.

These need-based scholarships cover up to 50% of tuition costs in the first year of study to enable the best and brightest students with an interest in public health to obtain the highest-quality professional public health education available. First-generation graduate students with exceptional undergraduate academic records will be prioritized for this need-based scholarship.

To be considered for an MSPH need-based scholarship, applicants should submit their SOPHAS application and supporting documents no later than March 1*, along with the CSS profile to the Financial Aid Office using code 5315. Applicants should indicate their interest in the scholarship by answering “yes” to the school-specific question in their SOPHAS application for the MSPH program of their choice. Applicants to the MSPH in International Health (Human Nutrition – Dietitian) should submit their DICAS application and supporting documents by the December 1 application deadline, along with the CSS profile to the Financial Aid Office using code 5315 no later than March 1.  Those applying through DICAS should indicate their interest in the scholarship by answering the questions in the DICAS Supplemental Questions Form. 

*Applicants to programs with an application deadline before March 1 should submit their SOPHAS application and supporting documents by the appropriate deadline. Applicants have until March 1 to submit their CSS profile.

The Dean’s Fellowship in Public Health Leadership is a new innovative training program that integrates financial support, applied work experience, peer learning, and formal leadership training as a comprehensive experience for students who seek to become leaders in public health. 

Applicants admitted to certain full-time master's programs at the Bloomberg School are automatically considered. No separate application is required. Reviewers will look for fellows who submit outstanding master’s degree applications that demonstrate the ability and drive to become leaders in public health. 

Fellows are provided a $10,000 scholarship in the first year of their degree program, a dedicated faculty mentor, a guaranteed work experience with their mentor, connection to a cohort of peer leaders from different degree programs, and placement in a course on public health leadership that is taught by Dean Keshia Pollack Porter, PhD ‘06, MPH. Upon graduation, Dean’s Leadership Fellows are expected to make a significant impact as leaders in the public health workforce. 

All new online/part-time MPH students are awarded the Welch Scholarship. This award is in honor of the Bloomberg School's 100th anniversary and our founder, Dean William Henry Welch. 

The Welch Scholarship is designated for tuition costs and disbursed incrementally for each credit (up to 80 credits). This funding can be used for online, in-person, institute, or regular-term courses.

The Vivien Thomas Scholars Initiative (VTSI) is an endowed fellowship program at Johns Hopkins for PhD students in STEM fields. It provides full tuition, stipend, and benefits while also providing targeted mentoring, networking, community, and professional development opportunities. Students who have attended eligible institutions, including historically Black colleges and universities (HBCUs), community colleges, and regional institutions in Maryland, Virginia, and the District of Columbia for undergraduate study, are eligible to apply. To be considered for the VTSI, you must submit a SOPHAS application, VTSI supplementary materials, and all supporting documents (letters, transcripts, and test scores) by December 1, 2025. VTSI applicants are eligible for an application fee waiver, but the fee waiver must be requested by November 15, 2025, and before submission of the SOPHAS application.

PhD programs at the Bloomberg School of Public Health that qualify for VTSI are offered through the departments of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology; Biostatistics; Environmental Health and Engineering; and Molecular Microbiology and Immunology.

The School also provides a limited number of need-based scholarships administered by the Financial Aid Office. These include the Baltimore Public Health Scholarship and the Public Health Grant programs.

Some departments offer scholarships for specific programs, information for which is listed on the respective program page.