15 Best Public Health Courses on edX
We compared 15 Public Health courses currently listed on edX, priced from $30.00 to $379.00. 8 come from a named university or institution, including George Washington University, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill and The University of Hong Kong. They are ordered by our CourseAsk score, which is built from how thoroughly each course describes what it teaches, whether it comes from a named institution, and how it compares on price — not from star ratings, which our course data does not include.
- Courses compared
- 15
- Price range
- $30.00 – $379.00
- Providers
- edX
- Last updated
- 18 Sep 2026
How these 15 courses were chosen
Every course below is a real, currently listed course from edX, matched to "public health" by our catalog and ordered by our CourseAsk score. Courses whose own title names the topic rank above those only tagged with it.
The grade on each entry scores how much the provider publishes about the course before you pay — the length and detail of the description, whether it lists learning outcomes and objectives — and whether a named university or institution stands behind it. A is fully documented and institution-backed; E is little more than a title and a price. Courses with almost nothing published are left ungraded rather than marked down, because an unknown course and a poor one are not the same thing.
There are no star ratings on this page — the course feeds we license do not include them, and we would rather leave a column out than fill it with a number we cannot stand behind. What we do have is price: these range from $30.00 to $379.00, as listed by the provider when we last updated the page.
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Pathways to Public Health
Offered by George Washington University
Pathways to Public Health provides learners with a working knowledge of the issues public health professionals are striving to address every day. You will meet public health specialists who focus on dimensions of health...
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Master of Public Health
Offered by University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill
The Master of Public Health course on edX offers a deep exploration into public health principles, practices, and applications. It’s designed to equip you with the knowledge necessary to tackle public health challenges a...
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The Online Doctor of Public Health from The George Washington University
Offered by George Washington University
The Online Doctor of Public Health from The George Washington University is designed for professionals looking to deepen their expertise in public health. This program focuses on equipping students with the knowledge and...
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Public Health Advocacy Academy
Offered by PHAA
Public health is under attack. Billions of dollars in public health funding have been cut, crucial laws have been revoked–yet public health students aren’t always taught how to understand and create policy change. Until...
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edX MOOC / Non-creditGlobal Public Health
Offered by SDG Academy
Understanding the value of health not just as a benefit or right of individuals, but as a global public need.
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Epidemics I
Offered by The University of Hong Kong
Explore the science, prevention and control of epidemics in this free online course. In addition to lectures by leading scientists in this field from HKU, this course will feature a supplementary module on COVID-19 and p...
$139.00listed price -
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Capstone: Maternal and Child Health
Offered by George Washington University
In this capstone course learners will integrate and synthesize knowledge gained from the four preceding courses and apply that knowledge to real-world maternal and child health scenarios nationally and globally with focu...
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Statistics for the Health Professions
Offered by Mass General Brigham University of Health Professions
This course focuses on the essential statistical concepts and methods that are particularly relevant to health professionals. You will explore how to apply statistical reasoning to evaluate health data, understand resear...
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Food Relief Nutrition Essentials: Policies and Practical Tools
Offered by Curtin University
Explore new ways to create dignified, client-focused food relief. Learn everything you need to know about hunger, food insecurity, and how to improve nutrition. Build the momentum to establish nutrition policy for qualit...
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Epidemics II
Offered by The University of Hong Kong
Explore the science, prevention and control of epidemics in this free online course. In addition to lectures by leading scientists in this field from HKU, this course will feature a supplementary module on COVID-19 and p...
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Menstruation in a Global Context: Addressing Policy and Practice
Offered by Columbia University
Recently, menstruation has attracted attention as an important public health issue, resulting in the proliferation of new research, programs, and policies aimed at tackling menstrual health and hygiene (MHH) challenges f...
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INSPIRE: Seven Strategies for Ending Violence Against Children
Offered by Columbia University
Learn about evidence-based strategies and approaches to preventing and responding to violence against children. Whether you are a practitioner, policymaker, funder or someone who cares deeply about this issue, this cours...
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Epidemics IV
Offered by The University of Hong Kong
Explore the science, prevention and control of epidemics in this free online course. In addition to lectures by leading scientists in this field from HKU, this course will feature a supplementary module on COVID-19 and p...
$139.00listed price -
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Intimate Partner Violence (IPV): Interprofessional Strategies for Prevention and Response
Offered by The University of Michigan
In this course, learners will be introduced to key concepts, definitions, and theories of IPV from public health, social justice, and legal perspectives. Learners will also receive applied learning opportunities to imple...
$149.00listed price -
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Metabolic Risk Factors and Atherosclerotic Cardiovascular Disease
Offered by Stanford University
Gain a grounding in metabolic risk factors from experts at Stanford Medicine. Discover how metabolic risks can lead to coronary artery disease, and how you can recommend an appropriate treatment plan for these metabolic...
$249.00listed price
Best Public Health Courses on edX compared
Prices shown are the provider's listed price when we last updated this page. Confirm on their site before enrolling.
What the prices here tell you
The 12 priced courses on this page run from $30.00 to $379.00, with the middle of the range around $139.00 — a spread of $349.00. That is a wide gap for one subject. A higher price on this page usually reflects who is behind the course rather than how much material it contains, so it is worth opening two or three at different price points and comparing their syllabus before deciding.
Who is behind these courses
These courses come from edX. Everything on this page is sold on the one platform, so the buying experience is the same whichever you pick. 8 of these are produced by a named university or institution, including George Washington University, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill and The University of Hong Kong — which usually means a fixed syllabus and a recognised certificate, rather than an individual instructor’s own course.
Before you enrol
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