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Main Office
Chilton Hall, Room 289

Mailing address:
1155 Union Circle #311340
Denton, TX 76203-5017
940-565-2239

Web site: hps.unt.edu

Nicole Dash, Dean

Chandra Carey, Academic Associate Dean
Julia Heck, Associate Dean for Research

The College of Health and Public Service (HPS) at the University of North Texas, distinguished as one of the few Tier One research universities designated as a Hispanic-Serving Institution (HSI), prepares graduates to address diverse and complex social issues such as aging, disability, disaster management and recovery, criminal justice, health disparities, and public safety, and find solutions to challenges in public administration, public health, and urban design. We have seven academic departments with undergraduate and graduate programs, the Center for Public Management, the UNT Speech and Hearing Center, UNT WISE and a number of professional development and clinical training programs to facilitate careers to address a global society.

HPS students are trained to lead nonprofits, become educators, researchers and professionals who strengthen the diverse communities we serve, with thoughtful, inclusive, and equitable practices as audiologists, behavior analysts, city managers, emergency managers, health care administrators, public safety administrators, public health specialists, rehabilitation counselors, speech language pathologists, social workers, urban planners, and more. 

Master’s level degrees offered by HPS include:

• MS in Behavior Analysis and fully online and practitioner-oriented MA in Behavior Analysis.
• MS in Criminal Justice with both a campus based and 100% online program.
• MS in Emergency Management and Disaster Science.
• MS in Health Services Administration – offered 100% online.
• MPA in Public Administration. US News and World Report ranks this program as #1 in Texas and #5 in the nation (2019).
• MS in Rehabilitation Counseling with both a campus based and 100% online programs. US News and World Report ranks this program as #1 in Texas and # 12 in the nation (2019).
• MSW in Social Work in joint program with Texas Woman’s University.
• MS in Speech Language Pathology.

Doctoral degrees offered by HPS include:

• AuD in Audiology
• PhD in Health Sciences with concentrations in Aging and Rehabilitation Science, Audiology and Speech Language Pathology, and Behavior Analysis
• PhD in Public Administration and Management

Programs

• Sociology of Aging minor

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