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Community Health and Preventive Medicine at Southern Illinois University Carbondale

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Community Health and Preventive Medicine at Southern Illinois University Carbondale

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

SIUC is located in Carbondale, Illinois and approximately 11,366 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.

SIUC Community Health and Preventive Medicine Degrees Available

  • Master’s Degree in Community Health and Preventive Medicine

SIUC Community Health and Preventive Medicine Rankings

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Community Health and Preventive Medicine Student Demographics at SIUC

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

SIUC Community Health and Preventive Medicine Master’s Program

55% Women
73% Racial-Ethnic Minorities*
For the most recent academic year available, 45% of community health and preventive medicine master's degrees went to men and 55% went to women. Nationwide, master's degree programs only see 17% men graduate in community health and preventive medicine each year. SIUC does a better job at serving the male population as it supports 28% more men than average.

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In the community health and preventive medicine master's program at this school, racial-ethnic minorities make up 73% of degree recipients. That is 24% better than the national average.*

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

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Race/Ethnicity Number of Students
Asian 1
Black or African American 6
Hispanic or Latino 1
White 3
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 Southern Illinois University Carbondale.

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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