Community Health and Preventive Medicine at Brown University

If you are interested in studying community health and preventive medicine, you may want to check out the program at Brown University. The following information will help you decide if it is a good fit for you.

Brown is located in Providence, Rhode Island and approximately 9,948 students attend the school each year.

Want to know more about the career opportunities in this field? Check out the Careers in Community Health and Preventive Medicine section at the bottom of this page.

Brown Community Health and Preventive Medicine Degrees Available

• Master’s Degree in Community Health and Preventive Medicine

Brown Community Health and Preventive Medicine Rankings

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In 2021, 17 students received their master’s degree in community health and preventive medicine from Brown. This makes it the #5 most popular school for community health and preventive medicine master’s degree candidates in the country.

There were 0 student who received their doctoral degrees in community health and preventive medicine, making the school the #9 most popular school in the United States for this category of students.

Community Health and Preventive Medicine Student Demographics at Brown

Take a look at the following statistics related to the make-up of the community health and preventive medicine majors at Brown University.

Brown Community Health and Preventive Medicine Master’s Program

During the 2020-2021 academic year, 17 community health and preventive medicine majors earned their master's degree from Brown. Of these graduates, 29% were men and 71% were women. Nationwide, master's degree programs only see 17% men graduate in community health and preventive medicine each year. Brown does a better job at serving the male population as it supports 12% more men than average.

In the community health and preventive medicine master's program at this school, racial-ethnic minorities make up 59% of degree recipients. That is 10% better than the national average.*

The following table and chart show the race/ethnicity for students who recently graduated from Brown University with a master's in community health and preventive medicine.

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	4
Black or African American	2
Hispanic or Latino	2
White	7
International Students	0
Other Races/Ethnicities	2

Brown also has a doctoral program available in community health and preventive medicine. In 2021, 0 student graduated with a doctor's degree in this field.

Related Majors

• International Public Health/International Health
• Behavioral Aspects of Health
• Health Services Administration
• General Public Health

Careers That Community Health and Preventive Medicine Grads May Go Into

A degree in community health and preventive medicine can lead to the following careers. Since job numbers and average salaries can vary by geographic location, we have only included the numbers for RI, the home state for Brown University.

Occupation	Jobs in RI	Average Salary in RI
Medical and Health Services Managers	1,660	$128,660
Community Health Workers	100	$47,430

References

*The racial-ethnic minorities count is calculated by taking the total number of students and subtracting white students, international students, and students whose race/ethnicity was unknown. This number is then divided by the total number of students at the school to obtain the racial-ethnic minorities percentage.

• College Factual
• National Center for Education Statistics
• O*NET Online
• Image Credit: By Ad Meskens under License

More about our data sources and methodologies.