2023 Most Popular Doctor’s Degree Colleges for Community Health and Preventive Medicine in the Middle Atlantic 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 “Most Well Attended Community Health and Preventive Medicine Major in the Middle Atlantic Region for a Doctorate” 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 Middle Atlantic region, there were 350 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 $77,076 and $0 respectively.

This year’s “Most Well Attended Community Health and Preventive Medicine Major in the Middle Atlantic Region for a Doctorate” ranking analyzed 2 colleges that offered a degree in community health and preventive medicine. To top this list, a school must have a successful community health and preventive medicine program that graduates more students in the field than other colleges that offer the same major.

For more information, check out our ranking methodology.

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Most Well Attended Community Health and Preventive Medicine Major in the Middle Atlantic Region for a Doctorate

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

Top 2 Most Popular Doctor’s Degree Colleges for Community Health and Preventive Medicine in the Middle Atlantic Region

1

University of Maryland - College Park
College Park, Maryland

#11 overall quality in Middle Atlantic

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend University of Maryland - College Park. It ranked #1 on our 2023 Most Well Attended Community Health and Preventive Medicine Major in the Middle Atlantic Region for a Doctorate list. UMCP is a public institution located in College Park, Maryland. The school has a large population, and it awarded 3 doctorate’s degrees in 2020-2021.

With a freshman retention rate of 95%, the school does an excellent job of retaining its undergraduate students. The school has an impressive undergrad student loan default rate. It’s only 1.8%, which is much lower than the national rate of 10.1%.

Full University of Maryland - College Park Community Health and Preventive Medicine Report

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University at Buffalo
Buffalo, New York

Out of the 2 schools in the Most Well Attended Community Health and Preventive Medicine Major in the Middle Atlantic Region for a Doctorate that were part of this year’s ranking, University at Buffalo landed the #2 spot on the list. Located in Buffalo, New York, this large public school handed out 2 degrees to qualified doctorate’s community health and preventive medicine students in 2020-2021.

Students who start out at the school are likely to stick around. The freshman retention rate is 87%. 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%.

Full University at Buffalo Community Health and Preventive Medicine Report

• Most Popular 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.

Credits

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