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

7 Ranked Colleges
288 Degrees Awarded
$21,200 Avg Net Price*
Best Value Community Health and Preventive Medicine Schools for a Bachelor's in the Middle Atlantic Region

When pursuing a degree in today’s world, students have many different options to choose from. College Factual has developed its “Best Value Community Health and Preventive Medicine Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Middle Atlantic Region” ranking as one item you can use to help make this decision.

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

Across the Middle Atlantic region, there were 350 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 288 community health and preventive medicine graduates with average earnings and debt of $39,278 and $24,587 respectively.

This year’s “Best Value Community Health and Preventive Medicine Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Middle Atlantic Region” ranking looked at 7 colleges that offer degrees in a bachelor’s in community health and preventive medicine. Not only do the schools that top this list have excellent community health and preventive medicine programs, but they also cost less that 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. Check out our ranking methodology for more information.

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

The following schools top our list of the Best Best Value Community Health and Preventive Medicine Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Middle Atlantic Region.

Top 7 Best Value Bachelor’s Degree Colleges for Community Health and Preventive Medicine in the Middle Atlantic Region

#1

Monroe College

Bronx, New York
#2 in overall quality

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Monroe College. It ranked #1 on our 2022 Best Value Community Health and Preventive Medicine Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Middle Atlantic Region list. Located in Bronx, New York, this medium-sized private for-profit school awarded 54 diplomas to qualified bachelors’s community health and preventive medicine students in 2019-2020.

Monroe College also took the #2 spot in our “Best Community Health and Preventive Medicine Bachelor’s Degree Schools in the Middle Atlantic Region” ranking. The yearly cost to attend Monroe College is $11,323 for Middle Atlantic Region Bachelor’s Degree Community Health and Preventive Medicine students.

Full Monroe College Community Health and Preventive Medicine Report

#2

Mansfield University of Pennsylvania

Mansfield, Pennsylvania
#7 in overall quality

Out of the 7 schools in the Best Value Community Health and Preventive Medicine Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Middle Atlantic Region that were part of this year’s ranking, Mansfield University of Pennsylvania landed the #2 spot on the list. Located in Mansfield, Pennsylvania, this small public school awarded 6 degrees to qualified bachelors’s community health and preventive medicine students in 2019-2020.

Mansfield University not only placed well in this ranking. It is also #7 on our “Best Community Health and Preventive Medicine Bachelor’s Degree Schools in the Middle Atlantic Region” list. It costs about $19,065 for Middle Atlantic Region Bachelor’s Degree Community Health and Preventive Medicine students per year to attend Mansfield University.

Read more about Community Health and Preventive Medicine at Mansfield University

#3

SUNY Cortland

Cortland, New York
#5 in overall quality

Out of the 7 schools in the Best Value Community Health and Preventive Medicine Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Middle Atlantic Region that were part of this year’s ranking, SUNY Cortland landed the #3 spot on the list. SUNY Cortland is a public institution located in Cortland, New York. The school has a medium-sized population, and it awarded 40 bachelors’s degrees in 2019-2020.

As a testament to the quality of education offered at SUNY Cortland, the school also landed the #5 spot in our “Best Community Health and Preventive Medicine Bachelor’s Degree Schools in the Middle Atlantic Region” ranking. The estimated yearly cost for SUNY Cortland is $18,705 for middle atlantic region bachelor’s degree community health and preventive medicine students.

The school has an impressive student loan default rate. It’s only 4.5%, which is much lower than the national rate of 10.1%. The school has an excellent freshman retention rate of 85%, which means students like the school well enough to return for a second year.

Full SUNY Cortland Community Health and Preventive Medicine Report

#4

Kean University

Union, New Jersey
#6 in overall quality

You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend Kean University. The school came in at #4 for the Best Value Community Health and Preventive Medicine Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Middle Atlantic Region. Union, New Jersey 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 4 students in 2019-2020.

In addition to being on our middle atlantic region bachelor’s degree community health and preventive medicine students list, Kean has also earned the #6 rank in our “Best Community Health and Preventive Medicine Bachelor’s Degree Schools in the Middle Atlantic Region” ranking. The yearly cost to attend Kean is $18,604 for Middle Atlantic Region Bachelor’s Degree Community Health and Preventive Medicine students.

Full Kean University Community Health and Preventive Medicine Report

#5

University of Maryland - College Park

College Park, Maryland
#1 in overall quality

You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend University of Maryland - College Park. The school came in at #5 for the Best Value Community Health and Preventive Medicine Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Middle Atlantic Region. University of Maryland - College Park is a large school located in College Park, Maryland that handed out 96 bachelors’s community health and preventive medicine degrees in 2019-2020.

UMCP did well in our major quality rankings, too. It placed #1 on our “Best Community Health and Preventive Medicine Bachelor’s Degree Schools in the Middle Atlantic Region” list. The yearly cost to attend UMCP is $19,045 for Middle Atlantic Region Bachelor’s Degree Community Health and Preventive Medicine students.

Students who start out at the school are likely to stick around. The freshman retention rate is 95%. The school has an impressive student loan default rate. It’s only 2.4%, which is much lower than the national rate of 10.1%.

Full University of Maryland - College Park Community Health and Preventive Medicine Report

#6

Moravian College

Bethlehem, Pennsylvania
#3 in overall quality

Moravian College ranked #6 on this year’s Best Value Community Health and Preventive Medicine Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Middle Atlantic Region list. Moravian is a private not-for-profit institution located in Bethlehem, Pennsylvania. The school has a small population, and it awarded 20 bachelors’s degrees in 2019-2020.

As a testament to the quality of education offered at Moravian, the school also landed the #3 spot in our “Best Community Health and Preventive Medicine Bachelor’s Degree Schools in the Middle Atlantic Region” ranking. The estimated yearly cost for Moravian is $28,924 for Middle Atlantic Region Bachelor’s Degree Community Health and Preventive Medicine students.

The low student loan default rate of 3.1% 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 full report on Community Health and Preventive Medicine at Moravian

#7

Hofstra University

Hempstead, New York
#4 in overall quality

Hofstra University landed the #7 spot on the 2022 Best Value Community Health and Preventive Medicine Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Middle Atlantic Region ranking. Hofstra is a private not-for-profit institution located in Hempstead, New York. The school has a fairly large population, and it awarded 68 bachelors’s degrees in 2019-2020.

As a testament to the quality of education offered at Hofstra, the school also landed the #4 spot in our “Best Community Health and Preventive Medicine Bachelor’s Degree Schools in the Middle Atlantic Region” ranking. The yearly cost to attend Hofstra is $32,838 for Middle Atlantic Region Bachelor’s Degree Community Health and Preventive Medicine students.

The school has an impressive student loan default rate. It’s only 2.8%, which is much lower than the national rate of 10.1%.

Read full report on Community Health and Preventive Medicine at Hofstra

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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%.

Read more about our data sources and methodologies

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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