Community Health and Preventive Medicine

A program that prepares public health specialists to plan and manage health services in local community settings, including the coordination of related support services, government agencies, and private resources. Includes instruction in public health, community health services and delivery, health behavior and cultural factors, local government operations, human services, health communication and promotion, health services administration in local settings, environmental health, preventive and comparative medicine, epidemiology, biostatistics, family and community health, and applicable law and regulations.

Degree Statistics

This program is offered at 99 institutions across the United States, with a total of 6304 degrees awarded annually.

Certificates Below Bachelor's

192

certificates awarded

Associate Degrees

degrees awarded

Bachelor's Degrees

1,388

degrees awarded

Post-Baccalaureate Certificates

certificates awarded

Master's Degrees

336

degrees awarded

Doctoral Degrees

degrees awarded

Other Awards

4,262

awards given

Top Schools for Community Health and Preventive Medicine

These institutions offer the most degrees in this program, ranked by total annual completions.

Rank	Institution	Degrees
1	University of Florida Gainesville, FL	669
2	University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign Champaign, IL	534
3	George Mason University Fairfax, VA	534
4	Indiana University-Bloomington Bloomington, IN	351
5	Portland State University Portland, OR	261
6	City College of San Francisco San Francisco, CA	248
7	Tufts University Medford, MA	231
8	University of Maryland-College Park College Park, MD	201
9	University of Wisconsin-La Crosse La Crosse, WI	183
10	Hofstra University Hempstead, NY	171
11	University of California-Los Angeles Los Angeles, CA	168
12	National University San Diego, CA	159
13	Monroe College Bronx, NY	123
14	Central New Mexico Community College Albuquerque, NM	120
15	University of Florida-Online Gainesville, FL	96
16	Utah Valley University Orem, UT	90
17	Charleston Southern University Charleston, SC	81
18	Stanford University Stanford, CA	81
19	University of Massachusetts-Amherst Amherst, MA	80
20	Kean University Union, NJ	75
21	Western Washington University Bellingham, WA	72
22	Wilmington University New Castle, DE	72
23	Governors State University University Park, IL	66
24	South Suburban College South Holland, IL	63
25	Western Kentucky University Bowling Green, KY	60
26	South Dakota State University Brookings, SD	57
27	University of South Dakota Vermillion, SD	57
28	University of California-San Diego La Jolla, CA	57
29	Louisiana State University-Shreveport Shreveport, LA	57
30	Murray State University Murray, KY	57
31	Keck Graduate Institute Claremont, CA	54
32	State University of New York at Cortland Cortland, NY	51
33	Brown University Providence, RI	48
34	Saint Cloud State University Saint Cloud, MN	45
35	Foothill College Los Altos Hills, CA	40
36	Eastern Illinois University Charleston, IL	39
37	Rasmussen University-Florida Ocala, FL	39
38	Fontbonne University Saint Louis, MO	39
39	Quinsigamond Community College Worcester, MA	37
40	University of the Incarnate Word San Antonio, TX	36
41	University of Mississippi University, MS	36
42	University of Pittsburgh-Pittsburgh Campus Pittsburgh, PA	36
43	The University of Alabama Tuscaloosa, AL	33
44	Cedar Crest College Allentown, PA	33
45	St Catherine University Saint Paul, MN	31
46	Trinity Washington University Washington, DC	30
47	Orange Coast College Costa Mesa, CA	29
48	University of Wisconsin-Eau Claire Eau Claire, WI	24
49	Moravian University Bethlehem, PA	24
50	University of Cincinnati-Main Campus Cincinnati, OH	24
51	Cabrillo College Aptos, CA	24
52	Radford University Radford, VA	24
53	Eastern Florida State College Melbourne, FL	21
54	Haskell Indian Nations University Lawrence, KS	21
55	Howard Community College Columbia, MD	21
56	Merritt College Oakland, CA	20
57	William Rainey Harper College Palatine, IL	20
58	Hollins University Roanoke, VA	18
59	Arizona Western College Yuma, AZ	18
60	Sacramento City College Sacramento, CA	18
61	Whitworth University Spokane, WA	15
62	Northeastern Illinois University Chicago, IL	15
63	University of Memphis Memphis, TN	15
64	University of Wisconsin-Madison Madison, WI	12
65	Johns Hopkins University Baltimore, MD	12
66	Kansas State University Manhattan, KS	12
67	Bemidji State University Bemidji, MN	12
68	Concordia University-Saint Paul Saint Paul, MN	12
69	Minnesota State University-Mankato Mankato, MN	12
70	Daemen University Amherst, NY	12
71	Broward College Fort Lauderdale, FL	12
72	Anoka-Ramsey Community College Coon Rapids, MN	9
73	Yale University New Haven, CT	9
74	Drury University-College of Continuing Professional Studies Springfield, MO	9
75	The University of Montana Missoula, MT	9
76	Mercer University Macon, GA	9
77	University of Utah Salt Lake City, UT	9
78	Big Sandy Community and Technical College Prestonsburg, KY	8
79	Commonwealth University of Pennsylvania Bloomsburg, PA	6
80	University at Buffalo Buffalo, NY	6
81	Lehigh University Bethlehem, PA	6
82	Hillsborough Community College Tampa, FL	6
83	Davis & Elkins College Elkins, WV	6
84	West Virginia University Morgantown, WV	6
85	University of Northern Iowa Cedar Falls, IA	6
86	Central Arizona College Coolidge, AZ	6
87	Louisiana State University Health Sciences Center-New Orleans New Orleans, LA	6
88	Cypress College Cypress, CA	4
89	Oakton College Des Plaines, IL	4
90	Santa Rosa Junior College Santa Rosa, CA	4
91	Cerritos College Norwalk, CA	4
92	Harford Community College Bel Air, MD	3
93	University of Providence Great Falls, MT	3
94	University of Iowa Iowa City, IA	3
95	Rasmussen University-Minnesota St. Cloud, MN	3
96	Massachusetts College of Liberal Arts North Adams, MA	3
97	Scottsdale Community College Scottsdale, AZ	3
98	Phoenix College Phoenix, AZ	3
99	Texas A&M University-San Antonio San Antonio, TX	3