Community Health and Preventive Medicine at Wilmington University

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

Wilmington University is located in New Castle, Delaware and approximately 14,769 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.

Wilmington University Community Health and Preventive Medicine Degrees Available

• Master’s Degree in Community Health and Preventive Medicine

Online Classes Are Available at Wilmington University

If you are a working student or have a busy schedule, you may want to consider taking online classes. While these classes used to be mostly populated by returning adults, more and more traditional students are turning to this option.

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

• Master’s Degree

Wilmington University Community Health and Preventive Medicine Rankings

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.

Community Health and Preventive Medicine Student Demographics at Wilmington University

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

Wilmington University Community Health and Preventive Medicine Master’s Program

Of the 8 students who earned a master's degree in Community Health and Preventive Medicine from Wilmington University in 2020-2021, 13% were men and 88% were women.

Of the students who received a community health and preventive medicine master's degree from Wilmington University, 63% 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 Wilmington University 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	1
White	5
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 DE, the home state for Wilmington University.

Occupation	Jobs in DE	Average Salary in DE
Medical and Health Services Managers	1,040	$131,260
Community Health Workers	140	$40,940

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 Chris Light under License

More about our data sources and methodologies.