Community Health and Preventive Medicine at University of South Dakota

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 University of South Dakota stacks up to those at other schools.

USD is located in Vermillion, South Dakota and approximately 9,459 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.

USD Community Health and Preventive Medicine Degrees Available

• Master’s Degree in Community Health and Preventive Medicine

USD Community Health and Preventive Medicine Rankings

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Community Health and Preventive Medicine Student Demographics at USD

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

USD Community Health and Preventive Medicine Master’s Program

Of the 14 students who earned a master's degree in Community Health and Preventive Medicine from USD in 2020-2021, 21% were men and 79% were women. Nationwide, master's degree programs only see 17% men graduate in community health and preventive medicine each year. USD does a better job at serving the male population as it supports 4% more men than average.

Of the students who received a community health and preventive medicine master's degree from USD, 71% 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 South Dakota with a master's in community health and preventive medicine.

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	0
Black or African American	1
Hispanic or Latino	2
White	10
International Students	0
Other Races/Ethnicities	1

Related Majors

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 SD, the home state for University of South Dakota.

Occupation	Jobs in SD	Average Salary in SD
Medical and Health Services Managers	730	$106,830

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 Ammodramus under License

More about our data sources and methodologies.