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Community Health and Preventive Medicine at University of Florida

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Community Health and Preventive Medicine at University of Florida

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

UF is located in Gainesville, Florida and has a total student population of 53,372. In the 2020-2021 academic year, 177 students received a bachelor's degree in community health and preventive medicine from UF.

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.

UF Community Health and Preventive Medicine Degrees Available

  • Bachelor’s Degree in Community Health and Preventive Medicine
  • Master’s Degree in Community Health and Preventive Medicine

Online Classes Are Available at UF

Don't have the time or the flexibility in your schedule to take traditional classes? Online courses may be the perfect solution for you. They allow independent learners to study when and where they want to while offering the rigor of in-person classes.

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

  • Bachelor’s Degree
  • Master’s Degree

UF Community Health and Preventive Medicine Rankings

The following rankings from College Factual show how the community health and preventive medicine progam at UF 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 UF 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 Graduate Certificate Schools 1
Most Popular Online Community Health & Preventive Medicine Bachelor’s Degree Schools 1
Most Popular Community Health & Preventive Medicine Schools 1
Most Popular Community Health & Preventive Medicine Bachelor’s Degree Schools 3
Best Community Health & Preventive Medicine Master’s Degree Schools 11
Best Value Community Health & Preventive Medicine Bachelor’s Degree Schools 13

In 2021, 32 students received their master’s degree in community health and preventive medicine from UF. This makes it the #2 most popular school for community health and preventive medicine master’s degree candidates in the country.

Community Health and Preventive Medicine Student Demographics at UF

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

UF Community Health and Preventive Medicine Bachelor’s Program

86% Women
53% Racial-Ethnic Minorities*
Of the 177 students who earned a bachelor's degree in Community Health and Preventive Medicine from UF in 2020-2021, 14% were men and 86% were women.

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Prospective students may be interested in knowing that this school graduates 4% 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 University of Florida with a bachelor's in community health and preventive medicine.

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Race/Ethnicity Number of Students
Asian 19
Black or African American 37
Hispanic or Latino 32
White 78
International Students 2
Other Races/Ethnicities 9

UF Community Health and Preventive Medicine Master’s Program

81% Women
44% Racial-Ethnic Minorities*
Of the 32 students who earned a master's degree in Community Health and Preventive Medicine from UF in 2020-2021, 19% were men and 81% were women. Nationwide, master's degree programs only see 17% men graduate in community health and preventive medicine each year. UF does a better job at serving the male population as it supports 2% more men than average.

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Of the students who received a community health and preventive medicine master's degree from UF, 56% were white. This is above average for this degree on the natiowide level.

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

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Race/Ethnicity Number of Students
Asian 0
Black or African American 3
Hispanic or Latino 6
White 18
International Students 0
Other Races/Ethnicities 5

UF 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 FL, the home state for University of Florida.

Occupation Jobs in FL Average Salary in FL
Community Health Workers 2,880 $39,930

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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