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Community Health and Preventive Medicine at George Mason University

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

GMU is located in Fairfax, Virginia and has a total student population of 38,541. Of the 555 students who graduated with a bachelor’s degree from George Mason University in 2021, 195 of them were community health and preventive medicine majors.

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.

GMU Community Health and Preventive Medicine Degrees Available

  • Bachelor’s Degree in Community Health and Preventive Medicine

GMU Community Health and Preventive Medicine Rankings

Each year, College Factual ranks community health and preventive medicine programs across the country. The following shows how GMU performed in these rankings.

Note: While rankings may be a good starting point when you're researching a school, they don't necessarily highlight all of a school's strengths. Don't forget to check out the other details that are available for a school to see if it has what you're looking for in a program.

Bachelor’s Degree Overall Quality & Other Notable Rankings

The community health and preventive medicine major at GMU is not ranked on College Factual’s Best Colleges and Universities for Community Health and Preventive Medicine. This could be for a number of reasons, such as not having enough data on the major or school to make an accurate assessment of its quality.

Ranking Type Rank
Most Popular Community Health & Preventive Medicine Bachelor’s Degree Schools 2
Most Popular Community Health & Preventive Medicine Schools 3
Best Community Health & Preventive Medicine Bachelor’s Degree Schools 21
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Best Community Health & Preventive Medicine Schools 42
Best Value Community Health & Preventive Medicine Schools 72

Community Health and Preventive Medicine Student Demographics at GMU

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

GMU Community Health and Preventive Medicine Bachelor’s Program

91% Women
66% Racial-Ethnic Minorities*
Of the 195 students who earned a bachelor's degree in Community Health and Preventive Medicine from GMU in 2020-2021, 9% were men and 91% were women.

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Prospective students may be interested in knowing that this school graduates 17% more racial-ethnic minorities in its community health and preventive medicine bachelor's program than the national average.*

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

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Race/Ethnicity Number of Students
Asian 42
Black or African American 42
Hispanic or Latino 33
White 54
International Students 9
Other Races/Ethnicities 15

GMU 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.

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 VA, the home state for George Mason University.

Occupation Jobs in VA Average Salary in VA
Medical and Health Services Managers 7,650 $116,770

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.

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