Over the years, the Bonner Foundation has developed partnerships with over 20 graduate schools across the nation committed to supporting diverse, low-income, first-generation students. Bonner’s graduate school partners span a diverse array of academic disciplines and professional studies, from law to public health. Through mutually beneficial relationships between partner organizations and our network, we provide greater opportunity for social mobility to deserving students throughout the nation.
Bonner students and alumni receive financial assistance, such as application fee waivers and partial- or full-tuition scholarships to alleviate the economic barriers to pursuing a graduate degree. The majority of Bonner’s graduate school partners offer an application fee waiver and scholarships ranging from $5,000 to $40,000 annually.
In return, graduate school partners gain access to Bonner’s diverse network of schools, students, talented alumni. Over 30 years, the 70+ Bonner Programs across the United States have graduated more than about 20,000 alumni. Bonner graduates who now live around the world with more than a third working for non-profits, a third in government, and a third in the for-profit sector. Though they may differ in their specific career pathways, all share a commitment of continuing to serve their communities.
Recently, one of the Bonner graduate school partners, the Association of Schools and Programs of Public Health (ASPPH), released a new data report highlighting the number of Bonners applying, accepted, and enrolling into one of ASPPH’s 137 schools and organizations of public health.
ASPPH is the voice of accredited academic public health, representing schools and programs accredited by the Council on Education for Public Health (CEPH). ASPPH is a 501c3 membership organization located in Washington, DC. Their mission is to strengthen the capacity of members by advancing leadership, excellence, and collaboration for academic public health. The members are CEPH-accredited schools and programs of public health as well as schools and programs in applicant status for CEPH-accreditation. ASPPH’s partnership with the Bonner Foundation provides eligible applicants a $145 SOPHAS application fee waiver.
SOPHAS is the centralized application service that allows students to apply to multiple public health schools and programs using one application. Applicants provide demographic and geographic information as well as information on their prior education, employment, and service work. The new report features information on Bonner applicants applying in the 2020-2021 application cycle.
According to the report, 129 Bonners applied, 78 were accepted, and 27 enrolled into the following institutions.
Brown University School of Public Health
Columbia University Mailman School of Public Health
CUNY Graduate School of Public Health and Health Policy
Drexel University Dornsife School of Public Health
Emory University Rollins School of Public Health
Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health
Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health
New York University School of Global Public Health
North Dakota State University Department of Public Health
Oregon Health & Science University
Portland State University School of Public Health
Rutgers School of Public Health
University of Illinois at Chicago School of Public Health
University of Iowa College of Public Health
University of Kentucky College of Public Health
University of Maryland School of Public Health
University of Michigan School of Public Health
University of Nebraska Medical Center College of Public Health
University of Nevada, Reno School of Public Health
University of Pennsylvania Master of Public Health Program
University of South Florida College of Public Health
University of Texas Health Science Center at Houston School of Public Health
Washington University in St. Louis - Brown School Public Health Programs
Yale School of Public Health
For information on ASPPH, please contact Tracie G. Seward, MA, Senior Director of Outreach & Recruitment at TSeward@aspph.org. For more information on Bonner graduate school partnerships, please visit: http://www.bonner.org/graduate-school or contact Liz Brandt at liz@bonner.org.