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2022 Best Value Bachelor’s Degree Colleges for Community Health and Preventive Medicine in the Great Lakes Region

8 Ranked Colleges
438 Degrees Awarded
$15,200 Avg Net Price*
Best Value Community Health and Preventive Medicine Schools for a Bachelor's in the Great Lakes Region

It’s not easy to decide which college to attend when there so many options available for students. At College Factual, we’re committed to helping you make that decision by providing information such as that found in our “Best Value Community Health and Preventive Medicine Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Great Lakes Region” ranking.

Community Health and Preventive Medicine is the 270th most popular major in the country with 2,318 degrees awarded in 2019-2020.

Across the Great Lakes region, there were 567 community health and preventive medicine graduates with average earnings and debt of $0 and $0 respectively. At the bachelor’s degree level specifically, there were 438 community health and preventive medicine graduates with average earnings and debt of $39,075 and $25,381 respectively.

This year’s “Best Value Community Health and Preventive Medicine Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Great Lakes Region” ranking looked at 8 colleges that offer degrees in a bachelor’s in community health and preventive medicine. This ranking identifies schools with high-quality community health and preventive medicine programs that also have a lower cost than schools of similar quality.

Some of the factors we look at when determining these rankings are overall quality of the community health and preventive medicine program at the school and the cost of the school after aid is awarded among other things. See our ranking methodology to learn more.

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Best Value Community Health and Preventive Medicine Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Great Lakes Region

The colleges and universities below are the best for great lakes region bachelor’s degree community health and preventive medicine students.

Top 8 Best Value Bachelor’s Degree Colleges for Community Health and Preventive Medicine in the Great Lakes Region

#3 in overall quality

Out of the 8 schools in the Best Value Community Health and Preventive Medicine Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Great Lakes Region that were part of this year’s ranking, University of Wisconsin - La Crosse landed the #1 spot on the list. This fairly large school is located in La Crosse, Wisconsin, and it awarded 56 bachelors’s community health and preventive medicine degrees in 2019-2020.

UW - La Crosse did well in our major quality rankings, too. It placed #3 on our “Best Community Health and Preventive Medicine Bachelor’s Degree Schools in the Great Lakes Region” list. The estimated yearly cost for University of Wisconsin - La Crosse is $14,580 for great lakes region bachelor’s degree community health and preventive medicine students.

The low student loan default rate of 1.6% is a good sign that students have an easier time paying off their loans than they might at other schools. For comparison, the national default rate is 10.1%. Students who start out at the school are likely to stick around. The freshman retention rate is 86%.

Full University of Wisconsin - La Crosse Community Health and Preventive Medicine Report

#4 in overall quality

You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend University of Wisconsin - Eau Claire. The school came in at #2 for the Best Value Community Health and Preventive Medicine Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Great Lakes Region. Eau Claire, Wisconsin is the setting for this fairly large institution of higher learning. The public school handed out bachelors’s community health and preventive medicine degrees to 10 students in 2019-2020.

UW - Eau Claire also took the #4 spot in our “Best Community Health and Preventive Medicine Bachelor’s Degree Schools in the Great Lakes Region” ranking. The yearly cost to attend UW - Eau Claire is $16,020 for Great Lakes Region Bachelor’s Degree Community Health and Preventive Medicine students.

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#3

Governors State University

University Park, Illinois
#6 in overall quality

You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend Governors State University. The school came in at #3 for the Best Value Community Health and Preventive Medicine Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Great Lakes Region. Governors State University is a small public school situated in University Park, Illinois. It awarded 50 bachelors’s community health and preventive medicine degrees in 2019-2020.

GSU also made our “Best Community Health and Preventive Medicine Bachelor’s Degree Schools in the Great Lakes Region” list, coming in at #6. It costs about $12,077 for great lakes region bachelor’s degree community health and preventive medicine students per year to attend Governors State University.

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#5 in overall quality

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Bowling Green State University - Main Campus. It ranked #4 on our 2022 Best Value Community Health and Preventive Medicine Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Great Lakes Region list. BGSU is a fairly large public school situated in Bowling Green, Ohio. It awarded 4 bachelors’s community health and preventive medicine degrees in 2019-2020.

BGSU also made our “Best Community Health and Preventive Medicine Bachelor’s Degree Schools in the Great Lakes Region” list, coming in at #5. The yearly cost to attend Bowling Green State University - Main Campus is $18,394 for Great Lakes Region Bachelor’s Degree Community Health and Preventive Medicine students.

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#5

Eastern Michigan University

Ypsilanti, Michigan
#7 in overall quality

You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend Eastern Michigan University. The school came in at #5 for the Best Value Community Health and Preventive Medicine Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Great Lakes Region. Ypsilanti, Michigan is the setting for this fairly large institution of higher learning. The public school handed out bachelors’s community health and preventive medicine degrees to 2 students in 2019-2020.

As a testament to the quality of education offered at Eastern Michigan, the school also landed the #7 spot in our “Best Community Health and Preventive Medicine Bachelor’s Degree Schools in the Great Lakes Region” ranking. The yearly cost to attend Eastern Michigan University is $15,924 for Great Lakes Region Bachelor’s Degree Community Health and Preventive Medicine students.

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#1 in overall quality

With a ranking of #6, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign did quite well on the 2022 Best Value Community Health and Preventive Medicine Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Great Lakes Region list. This large school is located in Champaign, Illinois, and it awarded 193 bachelors’s community health and preventive medicine degrees in 2019-2020.

As a testament to the quality of education offered at UIUC, the school also landed the #1 spot in our “Best Community Health and Preventive Medicine Bachelor’s Degree Schools in the Great Lakes Region” ranking. It costs about $15,880 for great lakes region bachelor’s degree community health and preventive medicine students per year to attend University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign.

With a freshman retention rate of 94%, the school does an excellent job of retaining its students. The student loan default rate at the school is 2.4%, which is quite low when compared to the national default rate of 10.1%.

Full University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign Community Health and Preventive Medicine Report

#7

Indiana University - Bloomington

Bloomington, Indiana
#2 in overall quality

With a ranking of #7, Indiana University - Bloomington did quite well on the 2022 Best Value Community Health and Preventive Medicine Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Great Lakes Region list. Indiana University - Bloomington is located in Bloomington, Indiana and, has a large student population. In 2019-2020, this school awarded 106 bachelors’s community health and preventive medicine degrees to qualified students.

As a testament to the quality of education offered at IU Bloomington, the school also landed the #2 spot in our “Best Community Health and Preventive Medicine Bachelor’s Degree Schools in the Great Lakes Region” ranking. It costs about $13,253 for Great Lakes Region Bachelor’s Degree Community Health and Preventive Medicine students per year to attend IU Bloomington.

The school has an excellent freshman retention rate of 91%, which means students like the school well enough to return for a second year. The low student loan default rate of 4.3% is a good sign that students have an easier time paying off their loans than they might at other schools. For comparison, the national default rate is 10.1%.

Read more about Community Health and Preventive Medicine at IU Bloomington

#8 in overall quality

With a ranking of #8, Northeastern Illinois University did quite well on the 2022 Best Value Community Health and Preventive Medicine Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Great Lakes Region list. Northeastern Illinois University is a public institution located in Chicago, Illinois. The school has a medium-sized population, and it awarded 17 bachelors’s degrees in 2019-2020.

Northeastern Illinois University did well in our major quality rankings, too. It placed #8 on our “Best Community Health and Preventive Medicine Bachelor’s Degree Schools in the Great Lakes Region” list. It costs about $15,843 for Great Lakes Region Bachelor’s Degree Community Health and Preventive Medicine students per year to attend Northeastern Illinois University.

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Notes and References

References

  • 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 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).
  • Information about the national average student loan default rate is from the U.S. Department of Education and refers to data about the 2016 borrower cohort tracking period for which the cohort default rate (CDR) was 10.1%.

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Footnotes

  • *Average salary, average net price, and average tuition and fees are for the top schools only.
  • Some schools otherwise deserving of recognition may have been removed from this ranking in the event that new data identified post-publication warranted it, or at the request of the school.

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