Community Health and Preventive Medicine at National University

What traits are you looking for in a community health and preventive medicine school? To help you decide if National University is right for you, we've gathered the following information about the school's community health and preventive medicine program.

National University is located in La Jolla, California and approximately 18,070 students attend the school each year. In the 2020-2021 academic year, 70 students received a bachelor's degree in community health and preventive medicine from National University.

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.

National University Community Health and Preventive Medicine Degrees Available

• Bachelor’s Degree in Community Health and Preventive Medicine

Online Classes Are Available at National University

If you are a working student or have a busy schedule, you may want to consider taking online classes. While these classes used to be mostly populated by returning adults, more and more traditional students are turning to this option.

Are you one of the many who prefer to take online classes? National University offers distance education options for community health and preventive medicine at the following degree levels:

• Bachelor’s Degree

National University Community Health and Preventive Medicine Rankings

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

Bachelor’s Degree Overall Quality & Other Notable Rankings

The community health and preventive medicine major at National University 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 Online Community Health & Preventive Medicine Bachelor’s Degree Schools	3
	5
Most Popular Community Health & Preventive Medicine Bachelor’s Degree Schools	10
Most Focused Community Health & Preventive Medicine Bachelor’s Degree Schools	19
Most Focused Community Health & Preventive Medicine Schools	26

Community Health and Preventive Medicine Student Demographics at National University

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

National University Community Health and Preventive Medicine Bachelor’s Program

Of the 70 students who graduated with a bachelor’s in community health and preventive medicine from National University in 2021, 17% were men and 83% were women.

Prospective students may be interested in knowing that this school graduates 25% 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 National University with a bachelor's in community health and preventive medicine.

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	10
Black or African American	12
Hispanic or Latino	25
White	15
International Students	0
Other Races/Ethnicities	8

National University 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

• 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 CA, the home state for National University.

Occupation	Jobs in CA	Average Salary in CA
Medical and Health Services Managers	34,510	$125,770
Community Health Workers	6,160	$49,260

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 University under License

More about our data sources and methodologies.