2024 Best Community Health and Preventive Medicine Doctor's Degree Schools in the Southeast Region

Community Health and Preventive Medicine is above average in terms of popularity with it being the #325 most popular doctor's degree program in the country. So, you have a fair amount of options to choose from when looking for a school.

For its 2024 ranking, College Factual looked at 2 schools in the Southeast Region to determine which ones were the best for community health and preventive medicine students pursuing a doctor's degree. When you put them all together, these colleges and universities awarded 6 doctor's degrees in community health and preventive medicine during the 2020-2021 academic year.

What's on this page: * Our Methodology

• Best Doctor’s Degree Schools List

Other Factors We Consider

The metrics below are just some of the other metrics that we use to determine our rankings.

• Major Focus - How much a school focuses on community health and preventive medicine students vs. other majors.
• Major Demand - The number of community health and preventive medicine students who choose to seek a doctor's degree at the school.
• Educational Resources - How many resources are allocated to students. These resources may include educational expenditures per student, number of students per instructor, and graduation rate among other things.
• Accreditation - Whether a school is regionally accredited and/or accredited by a recognized community health and preventive medicine related body.

Our complete ranking methodology documents in more detail how we consider these factors to identify the best schools for community health and preventive medicine students working on their doctor's degree.

One Size Does Not Fit All

The community health and preventive medicine school you choose to invest your time and money in matters. To help you make the decision that is right for you, we've developed a number of major-specific rankings, including this list of the Best Community Health and Preventive Medicine Doctor's Degree Schools in the Southeast Region.

Best Schools for Doctorate Students to Study Community Health and Preventive Medicine in the Southeast Region

Below you'll see a list of the best colleges and universities for pursuing a doctor's degree in community health and preventive medicine.

Top Southeast Region Schools for a Doctorate in Community Health and Preventive Medicine

1

University of Miami
Coral Gables, FL

Doctor's Degree Highest Degree Type

4 Annual Graduates

Every student who is interested in a doctor's degree in community health and preventive medicine needs to take a look at University of Miami. U Miami is a fairly large private not-for-profit university located in the small city of Coral Gables.More information about a doctorate in community health and preventive medicine from University of Miami

2

Louisiana State University Health Sciences Center - New Orleans
New Orleans, LA

Doctor's Degree Highest Degree Type

2 Annual Graduates

It's difficult to beat Louisiana State University Health Sciences Center - New Orleans if you wish to pursue a doctor's degree in community health and preventive medicine. Located in the city of New Orleans, LSU Health - New Orleans is a public university with a small student population.More information about a doctorate in community health and preventive medicine from Louisiana State University Health Sciences Center - New Orleans

Best Community Health and Preventive Medicine Colleges by State

Explore the best community health and preventive medicine colleges for a specific state in the Southeast Region .

State	Colleges	Degrees Awarded
Florida	217	4
Georgia	190	0
Mississippi	154	0
Louisiana	146	2

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Community Health and Preventive Medicine Related Rankings by Major

Community Health and Preventive Medicine is one of 12 different types of Public Health programs to choose from.

Majors Similar to Community Health and Preventive Medicine

Related Major	Annual Graduates
General Public Health	152
Public Health Education and Promotion	25
Environmental Health	15
Behavioral Aspects of Health	8
Other Public Health	8
Health/Medical Physics	5
Maternal and Child Health	4
Health Services Administration	1

Notes and References

• The bars on the spread charts above show the distribution of the schools on this list +/- one standard deviation from the mean.
• The Integrated Postsecondary Education Data System (IPEDS) from the National Center for Education Statistics (NCES), a branch of the U.S. Department of Education (DOE) serves as the core of the rest of our data about colleges.
• Some other college data, including much of the graduate earnings data, comes from the U.S. Department of Education’s (College Scorecard).
• Credit for the banner image above goes to Article 25 Flickr. More about our data sources and methodologies.