by our College Data Analytics Team
When it comes to choosing a college, students have a lot of options - but not all of them are good. One of our goals at College Factual is to give you as much information as we can - such as our “Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Community Health and Preventive Medicine Major in the Great Lakes Region” ranking - to help you make that decision.
Community Health and Preventive Medicine is the 281st most popular major in the country with 2,272 degrees awarded in 2020-2021.
Across the Great Lakes region, there were 561 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 454 community health and preventive medicine graduates with average earnings and debt of $40,343 and $26,790 respectively.
This year’s “Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Community Health and Preventive Medicine Major in the Great Lakes Region” ranking looked at 9 colleges that offer degrees in a bachelor’s in community health and preventive medicine. That schools that top this list have a program in community health and preventive medicine in which the largest percentage of students at the school are enrolled.
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The following schools top our list of the Best “Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Community Health and Preventive Medicine Major in the Great Lakes Region”.
You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Governors State University. It ranked #1 on our 2023 Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Community Health and Preventive Medicine Major in the Great Lakes Region list. GSU is a small public school situated in University Park, Illinois. It awarded 53 bachelors’s community health and preventive medicine degrees in 2020-2021.
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You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend University of Wisconsin - La Crosse. The school came in at #2 for the Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Community Health and Preventive Medicine Major in the Great Lakes Region. UW - La Crosse is a public institution located in La Crosse, Wisconsin. The school has a fairly large population, and it awarded 74 bachelors’s degrees in 2020-2021.
Students who start out at the school are likely to stick around. The freshman retention rate is 86%. The low undergrad student loan default rate of 1.5% 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%.
Full UW - La Crosse Community Health and Preventive Medicine Report
Out of the 9 schools in the Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Community Health and Preventive Medicine Major in the Great Lakes Region that were part of this year’s ranking, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign landed the #3 spot on the list. Champaign, Illinois is the setting for this large institution of higher learning. The public school handed out bachelors’s community health and preventive medicine degrees to 203 students in 2020-2021.
The school has an impressive undergrad student loan default rate. It’s only 2.3%, which is much lower than the national rate of 10.1%. The school has an excellent freshman retention rate of 94%, which means students like the school well enough to return for a second year.
You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Northeastern Illinois University. It ranked #4 on our 2023 Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Community Health and Preventive Medicine Major in the Great Lakes Region list. Chicago, Illinois is the setting for this medium-sized institution of higher learning. The public school handed out bachelors’s community health and preventive medicine degrees to 17 students in 2020-2021.
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You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Indiana University - Bloomington. It ranked #5 on our 2023 Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Community Health and Preventive Medicine Major in the Great Lakes Region list. Indiana University - Bloomington is a public institution located in Bloomington, Indiana. The school has a large population, and it awarded 100 bachelors’s degrees in 2020-2021.
With a freshman retention rate of 91%, the school does an excellent job of retaining its undergraduate students. The undergrad student loan default rate at the school is 3.4%, which is quite low when compared to the national default rate of 10.1%.
Read more about Community Health and Preventive Medicine at Indiana University - Bloomington
University of Wisconsin - Eau Claire did quite well in the 2023 Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Community Health and Preventive Medicine Major in the Great Lakes Region ranking, coming in at #6. This fairly large school is located in Eau Claire, Wisconsin, and it awarded 7 bachelors’s community health and preventive medicine degrees in 2020-2021.
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With a ranking of #7, Eastern Michigan University did quite well on the 2023 Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Community Health and Preventive Medicine Major in the Great Lakes Region list. Located in Ypsilanti, Michigan, this fairly large public school awarded 0 degrees to qualified bachelors’s community health and preventive medicine students in 2020-2021.
Read full report on Community Health and Preventive Medicine at Eastern Michigan University
Rasmussen University - Illinois landed the #7 spot on the 2023 Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Community Health and Preventive Medicine Major in the Great Lakes Region ranking. Located in Rockford, Illinois, this small private for-profit school awarded 0 diplomas to qualified bachelors’s community health and preventive medicine students in 2020-2021.
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Rasmussen University - Wisconsin ranked #7 on this year’s Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Community Health and Preventive Medicine Major in the Great Lakes Region list. Rasmussen University - Wisconsin is a small school located in Green Bay, Wisconsin that handed out 0 bachelors’s community health and preventive medicine degrees in 2020-2021.
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