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Community Health and Preventive Medicine at University of Maryland - College Park

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

UMCP is located in College Park, Maryland and approximately 40,709 students attend the school each year. In 2021, 91 community health and preventive medicine majors received their bachelor's degree from UMCP.

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.

UMCP Community Health and Preventive Medicine Degrees Available

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

UMCP Community Health and Preventive Medicine Rankings

The following rankings from College Factual show how the community health and preventive medicine progam at UMCP 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 UMCP 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 Community Health & Preventive Medicine Doctor’s Degree Schools 2
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Best Community Health & Preventive Medicine Bachelor’s Degree Schools 3
Best Value Community Health & Preventive Medicine Doctor’s Degree Schools 4
Most Popular Community Health & Preventive Medicine Doctor’s Degree Schools 4
Most Focused Community Health & Preventive Medicine Doctor’s Degree Schools 5
Most Popular Community Health & Preventive Medicine Bachelor’s Degree Schools 6
Most Popular Community Health & Preventive Medicine Schools 6
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Best Community Health & Preventive Medicine Schools 9
Most Focused Community Health & Preventive Medicine Bachelor’s Degree Schools 23
Most Focused Community Health & Preventive Medicine Schools 30
Best Value Community Health & Preventive Medicine Schools 52

Community Health and Preventive Medicine Student Demographics at UMCP

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

UMCP Community Health and Preventive Medicine Bachelor’s Program

85% Women
54% Racial-Ethnic Minorities*
During the 2020-2021 academic year, 91 community health and preventive medicine majors earned their bachelor's degree from UMCP. Of these graduates, 15% were men and 85% were women.

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Prospective students may be interested in knowing that this school graduates 5% 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 Maryland - College Park with a bachelor's in community health and preventive medicine.

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Race/Ethnicity Number of Students
Asian 5
Black or African American 25
Hispanic or Latino 11
White 36
International Students 4
Other Races/Ethnicities 10

UMCP also has a doctoral program available in community health and preventive medicine. In 2021, 3 students 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 MD, the home state for University of Maryland - College Park.

Occupation Jobs in MD Average Salary in MD
Medical and Health Services Managers 11,210 $127,080
Community Health Workers 1,290 $50,160

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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