2023 Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Community Health and Preventive Medicine Major in the Plains States Region

When it comes to choosing a college, students have a lot of options - but not all of them are good. College Factual was founded, in part, to help students make the decision as to what would be the best school for them. Our “Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Community Health and Preventive Medicine Major in the Plains States Region” ranking is part of that endeavor.

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 Plains States region, there were 101 community health and preventive medicine graduates with average earnings and debt of $0 and $0 respectively. At the master’s degree level specifically, there were 30 community health and preventive medicine graduates with average earnings and debt of $55,401 and $0 respectively.

This year’s “Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Community Health and Preventive Medicine Major in the Plains States Region” ranking analyzed 4 colleges that offered 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.

See our ranking methodology to learn more.

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The community health and preventive medicine school you choose to invest your time and money in matters. To help you make the decision that is right for you, we’ve developed a number of major-specific rankings, including this list of “Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Community Health and Preventive Medicine Major in the Plains States Region”.

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Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Community Health and Preventive Medicine Major in the Plains States Region

The following schools top our list of the Best “Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Community Health and Preventive Medicine Major in the Plains States Region”.

Top 4 Most Focused Master’s Degree Colleges for Community Health and Preventive Medicine in the Plains States Region

1

Fontbonne University
Saint Louis, Missouri

Out of the 4 schools in the Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Community Health and Preventive Medicine Major in the Plains States Region that were part of this year’s ranking, Fontbonne University landed the #1 spot on the list. Fontbonne University is a small school located in Saint Louis, Missouri that handed out 12 masters’s community health and preventive medicine degrees in 2020-2021.

With a undergrad student-to-faculty ratio of 10 to 1, it’s easy to see that the school is committed to helping their undergraduates succeed. The low undergrad student loan default rate of 2.7% 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 Fontbonne University

2

University of South Dakota
Vermillion, South Dakota

Out of the 4 schools in the Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Community Health and Preventive Medicine Major in the Plains States Region that were part of this year’s ranking, University of South Dakota landed the #2 spot on the list. Vermillion, South Dakota is the setting for this medium-sized institution of higher learning. The public school handed out masters’s community health and preventive medicine degrees to 14 students in 2020-2021.

The undergrad student loan default rate at the school is 3.1%, which is quite low when compared to the national default rate of 10.1%.

Read more about Community Health and Preventive Medicine at University of South Dakota

3

University of Northern Iowa
Cedar Falls, Iowa

#25 overall quality in Plains States

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend University of Northern Iowa. It ranked #3 on our 2023 Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Community Health and Preventive Medicine Major in the Plains States Region list. Cedar Falls, Iowa is the setting for this medium-sized institution of higher learning. The public school handed out masters’s community health and preventive medicine degrees to 2 students in 2020-2021.

The low undergrad student loan default rate of 2.8% 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%. Students who start out at the school are likely to stick around. The freshman retention rate is 86%.

Full UNI Community Health and Preventive Medicine Report

4

Minnesota State University - Mankato
Mankato, Minnesota

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Minnesota State University - Mankato. It ranked #4 on our 2023 Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Community Health and Preventive Medicine Major in the Plains States Region list. Minnesota State Mankato is a public institution located in Mankato, Minnesota. The school has a fairly large population, and it awarded 2 masters’s degrees in 2020-2021.

The low undergrad student loan default rate of 3.6% 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 Minnesota State Mankato

• Most Focused Master’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.

Credits

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