2026 Best Community Health and Preventive Medicine Schools in Washington
Community Health and Preventive Medicine is a field worth a close look when choosing where to study. The schools below stand out for the quality of their community health and preventive medicine programs.
College Factual analyzed 5 schools to build this 2026 ranking of the best community health and preventive medicine schools.
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Best Schools for Community Health and Preventive Medicine in Washington
If you are not interested in a particular degree level and want to know which schools are the overall best at delivering an education for the community health and preventive medicine degrees they offer, see the list below.
Top Schools in Community Health and Preventive Medicine
Western Washington University tops our 2026 ranking of the best community health and preventive medicine schools. This large public university is located in the city of Bellingham. Western Washington University graduates 65% of students within six years. About 20 community health and preventive medicine degrees were awarded at Western Washington University in the most recent year. Students who receive their community health and preventive medicine degree from Western Washington University earn around $41,118 in the first couple years of their career. Western Washington University graduates carry a median of $20,361 in student loans.
Read more about the community health and preventive medicine program at Western Washington University
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Notes and References
The ranking above is published by College Factual (MF_RANKING_2025), 2026 edition. Schools are scored on a blend of student outcomes (graduation rate, post-graduation earnings), affordability, and program focus, drawn primarily from the U.S. Department of Education (IPEDS and College Scorecard).
Ranking method: College Major Top Ranked · 5 schools evaluated.
- 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).
More about our data sources and methodologies.