2025 Best Community Health and Preventive Medicine Doctor's Degree Schools

Community Health and Preventive Medicine is above average in terms of popularity with it being the #325 most popular doctor's degree program in the country. So, you have a fair amount of options to choose from when looking for a school.

College Factual reviewed 2 schools in the United States to determine which ones were the best for doctor's degree seekers in the field of community health and preventive medicine. Combined, these schools handed out 25 doctor's degrees in community health and preventive medicine to qualified students.

What's on this page: * Our Methodology

• Best Doctor’s Degree Schools List

Other Factors We Consider

The metrics below are just some of the other metrics that we use to determine our rankings.

• Major Focus - How much a school focuses on community health and preventive medicine students vs. other majors.
• Major Demand - The number of community health and preventive medicine students who choose to seek a doctor's degree at the school.
• Educational Resources - How many resources are allocated to students. These resources may include educational expenditures per student, number of students per instructor, and graduation rate among other things.
• Accreditation - Whether a school is regionally accredited and/or accredited by a recognized community health and preventive medicine related body.

Our complete ranking methodology documents in more detail how we consider these factors to identify the best colleges for community health and preventive medicine students working on their doctor's degree.

One Size Does Not Fit All

When choosing the right school for you, it's important to arm yourself with all the facts you can. To that end, we've created a number of major-specific rankings, including this Best Community Health and Preventive Medicine Doctor's Degree Schools list to help you make the college decision.

Best Schools for Doctorate Students to Study Community Health and Preventive Medicine in the United States

Below you'll see a list of the best colleges and universities for pursuing a doctor's degree in community health and preventive medicine.

Top Schools for a Doctorate in Community Health and Preventive Medicine

1

University of California - Los Angeles
Los Angeles, CA

Doctor's Degree Highest Degree Type

4 Annual Graduates

University of California - Los Angeles is one of the best schools in the country for getting a doctor's degree in community health and preventive medicine. UCLA is a fairly large public university located in the large city of Los Angeles.More information about a doctorate in community health and preventive medicine from University of California - Los Angeles

2

University of Maryland - College Park
College Park, MD

Doctor's Degree Highest Degree Type

7 Annual Graduates

Any student pursuing a degree in a doctor's degree in community health and preventive medicine needs to look into University of Maryland - College Park. Located in the large suburb of College Park, UMCP is a public university with a fairly large student population.More information about a doctorate in community health and preventive medicine from University of Maryland - College Park

Community Health and Preventive Medicine by Region

View the Best Community Health and Preventive Medicine Doctor's Degree Schools for a specific region near you.

Region
Southeast
New England
Rocky Mountains
Plains States
Middle Atlantic
Far Western US
Southwest
Other U.S. Territories
Great Lakes

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Community Health and Preventive Medicine Related Rankings by Major

Community Health and Preventive Medicine is one of 12 different types of Public Health programs to choose from.

Majors Similar to Community Health and Preventive Medicine

Related Major	Annual Graduates
General Public Health	585
Public Health Education and Promotion	112
Environmental Health	87
Other Public Health	72
Behavioral Aspects of Health	49
Health/Medical Physics	28
International Public Health/International Health	25
Health Services Administration	20
Maternal and Child Health	6
Occupational Health and Industrial Hygiene	2

Notes and References

• The bars on the spread charts above show the distribution of the schools on this list +/- one standard deviation from the mean.
• The Integrated Postsecondary Education Data System (IPEDS) from the National Center for Education Statistics (NCES), a branch of the U.S. Department of Education (DOE) serves as the core of the rest of our data about colleges.
• Some other college data, including much of the graduate earnings data, comes from the U.S. Department of Education’s (College Scorecard).
• Credit for the banner image above goes to Article 25 Flickr. More about our data sources and methodologies.