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219 PhD Programs in Health Care in North America for 2024

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    PhD Programs in Health Care

    Students studying in the field of healthcare are training to be leaders, managers and professionals, focusing on the organization, structure and delivery of healthcare. There are many potential employment opportunities. Students have an opportunity to serve people in all segments of society by helping to improve personal and public health.

    The United States of America commonly called the United States, is a federal republic consisting of fifty states and a federal district. The 48 contiguous states and the federal district of Washington, D.C. are in first North America between Canada and Mexico. The state of Alaska is in northwestern North America, west of Canada and east of Russia across the Bering Strait, and the state of Hawaii is an archipelago in the mid-North Pacific. The country also has five populated and nine unpopulated territories in the Pacific and the Caribbean.

    A PhD, or Doctorate of Philosophy, is the highest degree awarded in many academic fields. Generally requiring a research project and dissertation, as well as several years of study, a doctorate degree qualifies the holder as an expert in a chosen field.