Prevention Science, MEd

Program Description

The non-clinical prevention science degree program provides training in the foundations, design, and evaluation of interventions aimed at reducing risk and enhancing protective factors in children, youth, and families, and building resilient communities.

The strengths-based program is designed to produce culturally-competent prevention scientists capable of advancing healthy outcomes across diverse settings.

The MEd program is a 1-year master’s degree program primarily intended for:

Students who have completed a bachelor’s degree in a related discipline or have human development, psychology, education, biology, human physiology, nutrition or prevention science experience and wish to enhance their education to improve their career opportunities in the field.

Students who wish to refocus their education from a nonscience or non-education bachelor’s background, such as a humanities undergraduate degree, to gain training and skill development relevant to prevention science, program evaluation, and research in the human service professions for a future career or academic study interests.

Students who are considering pursuing doctoral study or additional applied masters’ training and wish to improve their content knowledge and research skills to make themselves more competitive for other more advanced high-quality graduate programs.
Graduates of the MEd program typically obtain employment in community prevention settings, health departments, non-profit human service agencies, social advocacy centers, or university settings.

Recent graduates, for instance, have obtained employment as:

Behavioral health specialists
Case managers
Interventionists
Prevention specialists
Program managers
Research project coordinators

Many of our graduates also choose to continue their graduate education in pursuit of doctoral training in the fields of counseling psychology, couples & family therapy, psychology, prevention science, school psychology, public health or social work, to name a few.

Application at a Glance

Detailed instructions are available on the program’s website. The following are required for your application:

Program-Specific Application Requirements:

Meet the Faculty

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College of Education

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Campus: Eugene

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Fall 2026
Final Deadline - June 30, 2026 

Applications must be submitted and paid for by 11:59 PM Pacific Time on the specified deadline date to be considered eligible.

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