---

2027 Best Value Community Health and Preventive Medicine Schools in Massachusetts

[Community Health and Preventive Medicine](/majors/health-care-professions/public-health/community-health-and-preventive-medicine/) programs reward a close look at where your money goes furthest. A high-value program keeps cost low while graduates go on to earn well.

College Factual analyzed 2 schools to build this 2027 ranking of the best value community health and preventive medicine schools.

What’s on this page:

• Best Value Community Health and Preventive Medicine Schools in Massachusetts

2027 Best Value Community Health and Preventive Medicine Schools in Massachusetts

If you want to know which schools deliver the best value for the community health and preventive medicine degrees they offer, see the list below.

Best Value Community Health and Preventive Medicine Schools

1

University Of Massachusetts Amherst
Amherst, MA

$17,772 In-State Tuition & Fees

$26,000 Avg Student Debt

$71,631 Median Earnings (10yr)

Leading the list is University Of Massachusetts Amherst, our #1 best value for community health and preventive medicine in Massachusetts. Set in the city of Amherst, University Of Massachusetts Amherst is a very large public institution. The average in-state cost of tuition and fees is $17,772, while out-of-state students pay about $40,449. Community Health And Preventive Medicine graduates carry a median of $26,000 in student loans. Early-career community health and preventive medicine graduates make about $49,275. That is a strong return on a $26,000 median debt. Roughly 60% of applicants are accepted.

2

Tufts University
Medford, MA

$70,704 In-State Tuition & Fees

$18,250 Avg Student Debt

$83,214 Median Earnings (10yr)

The strong cost-to-outcome balance at Tufts University earned it the #2 place for community health and preventive medicine. Tufts University is a large private not-for-profit school located in the suburb of Medford. Students from in state pay about $70,704 in tuition and fees. Typical student debt for community health and preventive medicine graduates is $18,250. Early-career community health and preventive medicine graduates make about $62,023. Set against $18,250 in median debt, that is a healthy payoff. The acceptance rate is 12%.

View All Community Health and Preventive Medicine Rankings >

Notes and References

This list is compiled by College Factual (MF_RANKING_2025), 2027 edition. Schools are scored on the balance of cost (tuition and student debt) against student outcomes (post-graduation earnings) — a measure of return on investment, drawn primarily from the U.S. Department of Education (IPEDS and College Scorecard).

Ranking method: College Major Best Value · 2 schools evaluated.

*Averages shown above reflect the top 2 ranked schools only.

• 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).

More about our data sources and methodologies.