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Community Health and Preventive Medicine at Governors State University

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

GSU is located in University Park, Illinois and approximately 4,650 students attend the school each year. In 2021, 53 community health and preventive medicine majors received their bachelor's degree from GSU.

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.

GSU Community Health and Preventive Medicine Degrees Available

  • Bachelor’s Degree in Community Health and Preventive Medicine

GSU Community Health and Preventive Medicine Rankings

The following rankings from College Factual show how the community health and preventive medicine progam at GSU compares to programs at other colleges and universities.

Note: Although rankings can help you see some information about a school, it's not a good idea to depend on them alone. Be sure to check out other things about the school before making your decision to attend.

Bachelor’s Degree Overall Quality & Other Notable Rankings

The community health and preventive medicine major at GSU 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
Best Value Community Health & Preventive Medicine Bachelor’s Degree Schools 12
Most Popular Community Health & Preventive Medicine Bachelor’s Degree Schools 13
Most Popular Community Health & Preventive Medicine Schools 14
25
Best Community Health & Preventive Medicine Bachelor’s Degree Schools 28
Best Value Community Health & Preventive Medicine Schools 40
Best Community Health & Preventive Medicine Schools 64
67

Community Health and Preventive Medicine Student Demographics at GSU

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

GSU Community Health and Preventive Medicine Bachelor’s Program

77% Women
60% Racial-Ethnic Minorities*
Of the 53 community health and preventive medicine students who graduated with a bachelor's degree in 2020-2021 from GSU, about 23% were men and 77% were women. The typical community health and preventive medicine bachelor's degree program is made up of only 17% men. So male students are more repesented at GSU since its program graduates 5% more men than average.

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Prospective students may be interested in knowing that this school graduates 11% 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 Governors State University with a bachelor's in community health and preventive medicine.

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Race/Ethnicity Number of Students
Asian 0
Black or African American 19
Hispanic or Latino 13
White 17
International Students 2
Other Races/Ethnicities 2

GSU 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 IL, the home state for Governors State 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.

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