Doctor of Philosophy (PhD) in Health Economics

University of Colorado - Denver

The Ph.D. in Health Economics is designed to train scientists to engage in modern economic research related to questions pertinent to the health care sector and to personal and public health. It is an on-campus program. Students take courses both from the Economics Department, which is housed in the College of Liberal Arts and Sciences, and from the Health Systems, Management & Policy (HSMP) Department, which is housed in the Colorado School of Public Health. The ECON coursework grounds students in rigorous economic theory and modern statistical methods, whereas the HSMP coursework connects students to institutional details of the health care sector, administrative data methods, grant writing, and the development of interdisciplinary health care research. All our econ programs are classified as STEM fields. The Ph.D. program in Health Economics is an in-person program. Students cannot complete the degree remotely.

College of Liberal Arts and Sciences