Community Health and Preventive Medicine at Western Kentucky University

If you are interested in studying community health and preventive medicine, you may want to check out the program at Western Kentucky University. The following information will help you decide if it is a good fit for you.

WKU is located in Bowling Green, Kentucky and has a total student population of 17,517. Of the 391 students who graduated with a bachelor’s degree from Western Kentucky University in 2021, 7 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.

WKU Community Health and Preventive Medicine Degrees Available

• Bachelor’s Degree in Community Health and Preventive Medicine

WKU Community Health and Preventive Medicine Rankings

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

Note: Rankings don't always give a complete picture of a school's strengths and weaknesses, so it's a good idea to extend your research and also look at other factors when trying to decide if the school is right for you.

Bachelor’s Degree Overall Quality & Other Notable Rankings

The community health and preventive medicine major at WKU 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	29
	64

Community Health and Preventive Medicine Student Demographics at WKU

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

WKU Community Health and Preventive Medicine Bachelor’s Program

For the most recent academic year available, 57% of community health and preventive medicine bachelor's degrees went to men and 43% went to 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 WKU since its program graduates 40% more men than average.

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

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	0
Black or African American	1
Hispanic or Latino	0
White	3
International Students	2
Other Races/Ethnicities	1

WKU 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

• Public Health Education and Promotion
• Environmental Health
• 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 KY, the home state for Western Kentucky University.

Occupation	Jobs in KY	Average Salary in KY
Medical and Health Services Managers	5,000	$91,820
Community Health Workers	1,220	$38,210

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 OPMaster under License

More about our data sources and methodologies.