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2024 Best Community Health and Preventive Medicine Schools

64 Colleges in the United States
2,272 Community Health and Preventive Medicine Degrees Awarded
A degree in community health and preventive medicine is more popular than many other degrees. In fact, it ranks #281 out of 1506 on popularity of all such degrees in the nation. As a result, there are many college that offer the degree, making your choice of school a hard one.

College Factual reviewed 64 schools in the United States to determine which ones were the best for degree seekers in the field of community health and preventive medicine. When you put them all together, these colleges and universities awarded 2,272 degrees in community health and preventive medicine during the 2020-2021 academic year.

What's on this page: * Degree-Level Rankings

Choosing a Great Community Health and Preventive Medicine School

Best Community Health and Preventive Medicine Schools The community health and preventive medicine program you select can have a big impact on your future. That's why we developed our collection of Best Schools for Community Health and Preventive Medicine rankings. For our Best Overall Community Health and Preventive Medicine School rankings, we roll up the results of our degree-level rankings, weighted by the number of degrees awarded at that level.

In order to find the schools that are the best fit for you, you may want to filter to one of the degree levels below.

Community Health and Preventive Medicine Rankings by Degree Level

Associate Degrees in Community Health and Preventive Medicine
Bachelor's Degrees in Community Health and Preventive Medicine
Master's Degrees in Community Health and Preventive Medicine
Doctor's Degrees in Community Health and Preventive Medicine

Since picking the right college can be one of the most important decisions of your life, we've developed the Best Community Health and Preventive Medicine Schools ranking, along with many other major-related rankings, to help you make that decision. If you'd like to restrict your choices to just one part of the country, you can filter this list by location.

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If you want to learn more about how we derive our rankings, see College Factual's Methodology.

Best Schools for Community Health and Preventive Medicine in the United States

Although we recommend filtering by degree level first, you can view the list below to see which schools give the educational experience for the community health and preventive medicine degree levels they offer. Only those schools that rank in the top 15% of all the schools we analyze get awarded with a place on this list.

10 Top Schools in Community Health and Preventive Medicine

1
Doctor's Degree Highest Degree Type
4th Most Popular In CA
44.4% Growth in Graduates

Any student who is interested in community health and preventive medicine needs to take a look at University of California - Los Angeles. UCLA is a fairly large public university located in the city of Los Angeles. A Best Colleges rank of #26 out of 2,217 colleges nationwide means UCLA is a great university overall.

There were roughly 9 community health and preventive medicine students who graduated with this degree at UCLA in the most recent data year.

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Stanford University
Stanford, CA
Master's Degree Highest Degree Type
2nd Most Popular In CA

It is hard to beat Stanford University if you want to pursue a degree in community health and preventive medicine. Located in the large suburb of Stanford, Stanford is a private not-for-profit university with a fairly large student population. A Best Colleges rank of #3 out of 2,217 colleges nationwide means Stanford is a great university overall.

There were about 19 community health and preventive medicine students who graduated with this degree at Stanford in the most recent year we have data available.

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Yale University
New Haven, CT
Master's Degree Highest Degree Type
2nd Most Popular In CT

Any student pursuing a degree in community health and preventive medicine has to take a look at Yale University. Yale is a fairly large private not-for-profit university located in the medium-sized city of New Haven. A Best Colleges rank of #8 out of 2,217 schools nationwide means Yale is a great university overall.

There were about 4 community health and preventive medicine students who graduated with this degree at Yale in the most recent data year.

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Brown University
Providence, RI
Master's Degree Highest Degree Type
1st Most Popular In RI

It's hard to beat Brown University if you wish to pursue a degree in community health and preventive medicine. Brown is a large private not-for-profit university located in the medium-sized city of Providence. A Best Colleges rank of #21 out of 2,217 schools nationwide means Brown is a great university overall.

There were roughly 17 community health and preventive medicine students who graduated with this degree at Brown in the most recent year we have data available.

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5
Doctor's Degree Highest Degree Type
1st Most Popular In MD
94 Community Health and Preventive Medicine Degrees Awarded

Located in the large suburb of College Park, UMCP is a public university with a very large student population. A Best Colleges rank of #42 out of 2,217 colleges nationwide means UMCP is a great university overall.

There were about 94 community health and preventive medicine students who graduated with this degree at UMCP in the most recent year we have data available.

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5
Master's Degree Highest Degree Type
1st Most Popular In DC

Located in the city of Washington, GWU is a private not-for-profit university with a fairly large student population. A Best Colleges rank of #49 out of 2,217 schools nationwide means GWU is a great university overall.

There were roughly 4 community health and preventive medicine students who graduated with this degree at GWU in the most recent data year.

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Tufts University
Medford, MA
Bachelor's Degree Highest Degree Type
1st Most Popular In MA
60 Community Health and Preventive Medicine Degrees Awarded

Located in the suburb of Medford, Tufts is a private not-for-profit university with a fairly large student population. A Best Colleges rank of #40 out of 2,217 schools nationwide means Tufts is a great university overall.

There were roughly 60 community health and preventive medicine students who graduated with this degree at Tufts in the most recent data year.

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7
Bachelor's Degree Highest Degree Type
3rd Most Popular In CA

Located in the large city of La Jolla, UCSD is a public university with a very large student population. A Best Colleges rank of #38 out of 2,217 schools nationwide means UCSD is a great university overall.

There were approximately 16 community health and preventive medicine students who graduated with this degree at UCSD in the most recent year we have data available.

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Master's Degree Highest Degree Type
1st Most Popular In IN
134 Community Health and Preventive Medicine Degrees Awarded

Located in the small city of Bloomington, IU Bloomington is a public university with a very large student population. A Best Colleges rank of #55 out of 2,217 colleges nationwide means IU Bloomington is a great university overall.

There were roughly 134 community health and preventive medicine students who graduated with this degree at IU Bloomington in the most recent year we have data available.

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University of Florida
Gainesville, FL
Master's Degree Highest Degree Type
1st Most Popular In FL
234 Community Health and Preventive Medicine Degrees Awarded

UF is a fairly large public university located in the medium-sized city of Gainesville. A Best Colleges rank of #58 out of 2,217 schools nationwide means UF is a great university overall.

There were approximately 234 community health and preventive medicine students who graduated with this degree at UF in the most recent data year.

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Honorable Mentions

These are some additional schools worth mentioning that are also great but just didn't quite make the cut to earn our top Best Community Health and Preventive Medicine Schools award.

Rank College Location
10 University of Wisconsin - Madison Madison, WI
11 University of Iowa Iowa City, IA
12 University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign Champaign, IL
13 University of Massachusetts Amherst Amherst, MA
14 University of Miami Coral Gables, FL
15 George Mason University Fairfax, VA
16 University of Wisconsin - La Crosse La Crosse, WI

Community Health and Preventive Medicine by Region

View the Best Community Health and Preventive Medicine Schools for a specific region near you.

Region
Southeast
New England
Rocky Mountains
Plains States
Middle Atlantic
Far Western US
Southwest
Other U.S. Territories
Great Lakes

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Community Health and Preventive Medicine is one of 12 different types of Public Health programs to choose from.

Related Major Annual Graduates
General Public Health 22,778
Public Health Education and Promotion 4,563
Other Public Health 3,432
Health Services Administration 3,119
International Public Health/International Health 1,599
Environmental Health 1,344
Behavioral Aspects of Health 814
Health/Medical Physics 258
Occupational Health and Industrial Hygiene 211
Maternal and Child Health 163

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