2025 Best Community Health and Preventive Medicine Bachelor's Degree Schools in the Plains States Region

a bachelor's degree in community health and preventive medicine is more popular than many other degrees. In fact, it ranks #177 out of 1232 on popularity of all such degrees in the nation. This means you won't have too much trouble finding schools that offer the degree.

In 2025, College Factual analyzed 2 schools in order to identify the top ones for its Best Community Health and Preventive Medicine Bachelor's Degree Schools in the Plains States Region ranking. Combined, these schools handed out 51 bachelor's degrees in community health and preventive medicine to qualified students.

What's on this page: * Our Methodology

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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 - How many other community health and preventive medicine students want to attend this school to pursue a bachelor's degree.
• 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 bachelor's degree.

One Size Does Not Fit All

Since picking the right college can be one of the most important decisions of your life, we've developed the Best Community Health and Preventive Medicine Bachelor's Degree Schools in the Plains States Region ranking, along with many other major-related rankings, to help you make that decision.

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Best Schools for Bachelor’s Students to Study Community Health and Preventive Medicine in the Plains States Region

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

Top Plains States Region Schools for a Bachelor's in Community Health and Preventive Medicine

1

South Dakota State University
Brookings, SD

19 Annual Graduates

South Dakota State University is one of the best schools in the country for getting a bachelor's degree in community health and preventive medicine. Located in the remote town of Brookings, South Dakota State is a public university with a fairly large student population.More information about a bachelor’s in community health and preventive medicine from South Dakota State University

2

Saint Cloud State University
Saint Cloud, MN

15 Annual Graduates

Any student who is interested in a bachelor's degree in community health and preventive medicine has to look into Saint Cloud State University. Located in the small city of Saint Cloud, St. Cloud State University is a public university with a large student population.More information about a bachelor’s in community health and preventive medicine from Saint Cloud State University

Best Community Health and Preventive Medicine Colleges by State

Explore the best community health and preventive medicine colleges for a specific state in the Plains States Region .

State	Colleges	Degrees Awarded
Minnesota	446	33
Kansas	352	0
North Dakota	251	0
South Dakota	237	18

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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.

Most Popular Related Majors

Related Major	Annual Graduates
General Public Health	336
Public Health Education and Promotion	184
International Public Health/International Health	20
Environmental Health	16
Health/Medical Physics	6
Other Public Health	6
Behavioral Aspects of Health	3

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.