2022 Best Value Doctor’s Degree Colleges for Community Health and Preventive Medicine in California

When it comes to choosing a college, students have a lot of options - but not all of them are good. College Factual has developed its “Best Value Community Health and Preventive Medicine Schools for a Doctorate in California” ranking as one item you can use to help make this decision.

In 2019-2020, 2,318 people earned their degree in community health and preventive medicine, making the major the 270th most popular in the United States.

Across California, there were 171 community health and preventive medicine graduates with average earnings and debt of $0 and $0 respectively. At the doctor’s degree level specifically, there were 2 community health and preventive medicine graduates with average earnings and debt of $71,544 and $133,402 respectively.

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. For more information, check out our ranking methodology.

One Size Does Not Fit All

Since picking the right college can be one of the most important decisions of your life, we’ve developed the “Best Value Community Health and Preventive Medicine Schools for a Doctorate in California” ranking, along with many other major-related rankings, to help you make that decision.

We’ve created a tool called College Combat that lets you create your own customized comparisons based on the factors that matter the most to you. Test it out by comparing your favorite schools against others you are considering, or bookmark the tool so you can experiment with it later.

Best Value Community Health and Preventive Medicine Schools for a Doctorate in California

The following schools top our list of the Best Best Value Community Health and Preventive Medicine Schools for a Doctorate in California.

Top 1 Best Value Doctor’s Degree Colleges for Community Health and Preventive Medicine in California

#1

University of California - Los Angeles

Los Angeles, California

#1 in overall quality

$28,131 Avg Grad Tuition & Fees

Out of the 1 schools in the Best Value Community Health and Preventive Medicine Schools for a Doctorate in California that were part of this year’s ranking, University of California - Los Angeles landed the #1 spot on the list. This large school is located in Los Angeles, California, and it awarded 2 doctorate’s community health and preventive medicine degrees in 2019-2020.

UCLA also took the #1 spot in our “Best Community Health and Preventive Medicine Doctor’s Degree Schools in California” ranking. Although you might pay more or less depending on your area of study, average graduate tuition and fees at University of California - Los Angeles are $28,131.

Read full report on Community Health and Preventive Medicine at University of California - Los Angeles

• Best Value Doctor’s Degree Colleges for Community Health and Preventive Medicine in the Far Western US Region
• Best Value Doctor’s Degree Colleges for Community Health and Preventive Medicine

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.

Credits

• Credit for the banner image above goes to Article 25 Flickr.

Featured Public Health Schools

Request Info

Southern New Hampshire University You have goals. Southern New Hampshire University can help you get there. Whether you need a bachelor's degree to get into a career or want a master's degree to move up in your current career, SNHU has an online program for you. Find your degree from over 200 online programs ... Learn More >