Community Health and Preventive Medicine at Portland State University

Every community health and preventive medicine school has its own distinct culture and strengths. We've pulled together some statistics and other details to help you see how the community health and preventive medicine program at Portland State University stacks up to those at other schools.

Portland State University is located in Portland, Oregon and has a total student population of 23,640. Of the 401 students who graduated with a bachelor’s degree from Portland State University in 2021, 97 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.

Portland State University Community Health and Preventive Medicine Degrees Available

• Bachelor’s Degree in Community Health and Preventive Medicine

Portland State University Community Health and Preventive Medicine Rankings

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

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 Portland State 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 Community Health & Preventive Medicine Bachelor’s Degree Schools	5
Most Focused Community Health & Preventive Medicine Schools	21
	27
Best Community Health & Preventive Medicine Bachelor’s Degree Schools	29
Best Value Community Health & Preventive Medicine Schools	66
Best Community Health & Preventive Medicine Schools	66
	69

Community Health and Preventive Medicine Student Demographics at Portland State University

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

Portland State University Community Health and Preventive Medicine Bachelor’s Program

Of the 97 community health and preventive medicine students who graduated with a bachelor's degree in 2020-2021 from Portland State University, about 21% were men and 79% 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 Portland State University since its program graduates 3% more men than average.

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

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	12
Black or African American	10
Hispanic or Latino	16
White	47
International Students	4
Other Races/Ethnicities	8

Portland State 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

• Other Public Health
• Environmental Health
• Public Health Education and Promotion
• 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 OR, the home state for Portland State University.

Occupation	Jobs in OR	Average Salary in OR
Medical and Health Services Managers	4,680	$118,730
Community Health Workers	750	$42,350

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 Visitor7 under License

More about our data sources and methodologies.