Find Affordable College Courses

What Do You Want to Study?

Community Health and Preventive Medicine at Eastern Illinois University

Find Schools Near

Community Health and Preventive Medicine at Eastern Illinois University

If you plan to study community health and preventive medicine, take a look at what Eastern Illinois University has to offer and decide if the program is a good match for you. Get started with the following essential facts.

EIU is located in Charleston, Illinois and approximately 8,626 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.

EIU Community Health and Preventive Medicine Degrees Available

  • Master’s Degree in Community Health and Preventive Medicine

EIU Community Health and Preventive Medicine Rankings

Note: Rankings don't always give a complete picture of a school's strengths and weaknesses, so it's a good idea to extend your research and also look at other factors when trying to decide if the school is right for you.

Community Health and Preventive Medicine Student Demographics at EIU

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

EIU Community Health and Preventive Medicine Master’s Program

86% Women
14% Racial-Ethnic Minorities*
Of the 7 students who graduated with a master’s in community health and preventive medicine from EIU in 2021, 14% were men and 86% were women.

undefined

Of the students who received a community health and preventive medicine master's degree from EIU, 86% were white. This is above average for this degree on the natiowide level.

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

undefined
Race/Ethnicity Number of Students
Asian 0
Black or African American 1
Hispanic or Latino 0
White 6
International Students 0
Other Races/Ethnicities 0

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 IL, the home state for Eastern Illinois University.

Occupation Jobs in IL Average Salary in IL
Medical and Health Services Managers 14,050 $121,900
Community Health Workers 1,270 $42,250

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.

More about our data sources and methodologies.

Find Healthcare Schools Near You

Our free school-matching tool matches students with accredited healthcare schools across the U.S