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2024 Best Community Health and Preventive Medicine Schools in the Middle Atlantic Region

10 Colleges in the Middle Atlantic Region
350 Community Health and Preventive Medicine Degrees Awarded
If you plan on majoring in community health and preventive medicine, you won't be alone since the degree program is ranked #281 in the country in terms of popularity. So, you have a fair amount of options to choose from when looking for a school.

For its 2024 ranking, College Factual looked at 10 schools in the Middle Atlantic Region to determine which ones were the best for community health and preventive medicine students pursuing a degree. When you put them all together, these colleges and universities awarded 350 degrees in community health and preventive medicine during the 2020-2021 academic year.

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Choosing a Great Community Health and Preventive Medicine School

Best Community Health and Preventive Medicine Schools in the Middle Atlantic Region Your choice of community health and preventive medicine school matters, so we have put together these rankings to help you make your decision. In order to come up with a best overall ranking for community health and preventive medicine schools, we combine our degree-level rankings, weighting them by the number of degrees awarded at each level.

You may want to choose one of the degree levels below to find the schools of most interest to you.

Pick Your Community Health and Preventive Medicine 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 the program you select can have a significant impact on your future, we've developed a number of rankings, including this Best Community Health and Preventive Medicine Schools in the Middle Atlantic Region list, to help you choose the best school for you. More interested in schools in a specific area of the country? Filter this list by region or state.

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Best Schools for Community Health and Preventive Medicine in the Middle Atlantic Region

The schools below may not offer all types of community health and preventive medicine degrees so you may want to filter by degree level first. However, they are great for the degree levels they do offer.

10 Top Middle Atlantic Region Schools in Community Health and Preventive Medicine

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

University of Maryland - College Park is a great choice for students pursuing a degree in community health and preventive medicine. UMCP is a fairly large public university located in the large suburb of College Park. 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 data year.

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

Any student pursuing a degree in community health and preventive medicine has to check out George Washington University. GWU is a fairly large private not-for-profit university located in the city of Washington. A Best Colleges rank of #49 out of 2,217 colleges nationwide means GWU is a great university overall.

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

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Monroe College
Bronx, NY
Bachelor's Degree Highest Degree Type
1st Most Popular In NY
75 Community Health and Preventive Medicine Degrees Awarded

It's difficult to beat Monroe College if you want to pursue a degree in community health and preventive medicine. Located in the large city of Bronx, Monroe College is a private for-profit college with a moderately-sized student population. This college ranks 50th out of 142 colleges for overall quality in the state of New York.

There were about 75 community health and preventive medicine students who graduated with this degree at Monroe College in the most recent data year.

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Doctor's Degree Highest Degree Type
5th Most Popular In NY

It is difficult to beat University at Buffalo if you wish to pursue a degree in community health and preventive medicine. Located in the large suburb of Buffalo, University at Buffalo is a public university with a very large student population. A Best Colleges rank of #313 out of 2,217 schools nationwide means University at Buffalo is a great university overall.

There were approximately 3 community health and preventive medicine students who graduated with this degree at University at Buffalo in the most recent data year.

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Hofstra University
Hempstead, NY
Bachelor's Degree Highest Degree Type
2nd Most Popular In NY
62 Community Health and Preventive Medicine Degrees Awarded

It is hard to beat Hofstra University if you want to pursue a degree in community health and preventive medicine. Located in the large suburb of Hempstead, Hofstra is a private not-for-profit university with a large student population. A Best Colleges rank of #552 out of 2,217 colleges nationwide means Hofstra is a great university overall.

There were roughly 62 community health and preventive medicine students who graduated with this degree at Hofstra in the most recent year we have data available.

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

Located in the city of Washington, Trinity College is a private not-for-profit university with a small student population. This university ranks 8th out of 8 schools for overall quality in the state of District of Columbia.

There were about 4 community health and preventive medicine students who graduated with this degree at Trinity College in the most recent year we have data available.

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Associate Degree Highest Degree Type
2nd Most Popular In MD

Located in the city of Columbia, HCC is a public college with a medium-sized student population. A Best Colleges rank of #319 out of 2,217 schools nationwide means HCC is a great college overall.

There were approximately 6 community health and preventive medicine students who graduated with this degree at HCC in the most recent year we have data available.

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Moravian College
Bethlehem, PA
Bachelor's Degree Highest Degree Type
1st Most Popular In PA

Located in the small city of Bethlehem, Moravian is a private not-for-profit college with a small student population. This college ranks 36th out of 109 colleges for overall quality in the state of Pennsylvania.

There were approximately 19 community health and preventive medicine students who graduated with this degree at Moravian in the most recent data year.

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Wilmington University
New Castle, DE
Master's Degree Highest Degree Type
1st Most Popular In DE
87.5% Growth in Graduates

Located in the suburb of New Castle, Wilmington University is a private not-for-profit university with a large student population. A Best Colleges rank of #502 out of 2,217 schools nationwide means Wilmington University is a great university overall.

There were roughly 8 community health and preventive medicine students who graduated with this degree at Wilmington University in the most recent data year.

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Adelphi University
Garden City, NY
Master's Degree Highest Degree Type
5th Most Popular In NY

Located in the large suburb of Garden City, Adelphi is a private not-for-profit university with a moderately-sized student population. This university ranks 38th out of 142 colleges for overall quality in the state of New York.

There were roughly 3 community health and preventive medicine students who graduated with this degree at Adelphi in the most recent year we have data available.

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Best Community Health and Preventive Medicine Colleges by State

Explore the best community health and preventive medicine colleges for a specific state in the Middle Atlantic Region .

State Colleges Degrees Awarded
New York 1,026 185
Pennsylvania 978 31
Maryland 618 101
New Jersey 614 8
District of Columbia 441 8
Delaware 345 8

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One of 12 majors within the Public Health area of study, Community Health and Preventive Medicine has other similar majors worth exploring.

Majors Similar to Community Health and Preventive Medicine

Related Major Annual Graduates
General Public Health 3,802
Other Public Health 1,318
Health Services Administration 922
Public Health Education and Promotion 635
Environmental Health 418
International Public Health/International Health 391
Behavioral Aspects of Health 303
Maternal and Child Health 128
Health/Medical Physics 19
Occupational Health and Industrial Hygiene 9

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