2023 Schools for a Doctorate Highly Focused on Community Health and Preventive Medicine Major in the Great Lakes Region

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In 2020-2021, 2,272 people earned their degree in community health and preventive medicine, making the major the 281st most popular in the United States.

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 doctor’s degree level specifically, there were 5 community health and preventive medicine graduates with average earnings and debt of $74,305 and $0 respectively.

For this year’s “Schools for a Doctorate Highly Focused on Community Health and Preventive Medicine Major in the Great Lakes Region” ranking, we looked at 2 colleges that offer a degree in community health and preventive medicine. The colleges and universities that top this list are recognized because their community health and preventive medicine program is one of the largest majors offered at the school.

Check out our ranking methodology for more information.

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Schools for a Doctorate Highly Focused on Community Health and Preventive Medicine Major in the Great Lakes Region

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

Top 2 Most Focused Doctor’s Degree Colleges for Community Health and Preventive Medicine in the Great Lakes Region

1

University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
Champaign, Illinois

#7 overall quality in Great Lakes

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign. It ranked #1 on our 2023 Schools for a Doctorate Highly Focused on Community Health and Preventive Medicine Major in the Great Lakes Region list. UIUC is a public institution located in Champaign, Illinois. The school has a large population, and it awarded 4 doctorate’s degrees in 2020-2021.

With a freshman retention rate of 94%, the school does an excellent job of retaining its undergraduate students. The low undergrad student loan default rate of 2.3% 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 UIUC

2

University of Wisconsin - Madison
Madison, Wisconsin

#6 overall quality in Great Lakes

You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend University of Wisconsin - Madison. The school came in at #2 for the Schools for a Doctorate Highly Focused on Community Health and Preventive Medicine Major in the Great Lakes Region. UW - Madison is a large public school situated in Madison, Wisconsin. It awarded 1 doctorate’s community health and preventive medicine degrees in 2020-2021.

The undergrad student loan default rate at the school is 0.9%, which is quite low when compared to the national default rate of 10.1%. With a freshman retention rate of 95%, the school does an excellent job of retaining its undergraduate students.

Read full report on Community Health and Preventive Medicine at UW - Madison

• Most Focused 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

• *Avg Salary and Avg 4-Year Grad Rate 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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