2025 Best Community Health and Preventive Medicine Schools in the Plains States Region
4Colleges in the Plains States Region
121Community Health and Preventive Medicine Degrees Awarded
If you plan on majoring in community health and preventive medicine, you won't be alone since the degree program is ranked #281 in the country in terms of popularity. So, you have a fair amount of options to choose from when looking for a school.
College Factual looked at 4 colleges and universities when compiling its 2025 Best Community Health and Preventive Medicine Schools in the Plains States Region ranking. Combined, these schools handed out 121 degrees in community health and preventive medicine to qualified students.
Choosing a Great Community Health and Preventive Medicine School
Your choice of community health and preventive medicine school matters, so we have put together these rankings to help you make your decision. In order to come up with a best overall ranking for community health and preventive medicine schools, we combine our degree-level rankings, weighting them by the number of degrees awarded at each level.
You may want to choose one of the degree levels below to find the schools of most interest to you.
Pick Your Community Health and Preventive Medicine Degree Level
The community health and preventive medicine school you choose to invest your time and money in matters. To help you make the decision that is right for you, we've developed a number of major-specific rankings, including this list of the Best Community Health and Preventive Medicine Schools in the Plains States Region.
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Best Schools for Community Health and Preventive Medicine in the Plains States Region
The schools below may not offer all types of community health and preventive medicine degrees so you may want to filter by degree level first. However, they are great for the degree levels they do offer.
Top Plains States Region Schools in Community Health and Preventive Medicine
South Dakota State University is one of the finest schools in the country for getting a degree in community health and preventive medicine. South Dakota State is a fairly large public university located in the town of Brookings. A Best Colleges rank of #425 out of 2,152 schools nationwide means South Dakota State is a great university overall.
There were roughly 22 community health and preventive medicine students who graduated with this degree at South Dakota State in the most recent data year.
It is hard to beat University of South Dakota if you wish to pursue a degree in community health and preventive medicine. Located in the town of Vermillion, USD is a public university with a moderately-sized student population. A Best Colleges rank of #601 out of 2,152 schools nationwide means USD is a great university overall.
There were about 19 community health and preventive medicine students who graduated with this degree at USD in the most recent data year.
Focus on improving the health of individuals based on their lifestyle needs with this specialized online bachelor's from Southern New Hampshire University.
Saint Cloud State University is a great option for students interested in a degree in community health and preventive medicine. St. Cloud State University is a large public university located in the city of Saint Cloud. This university ranks 33rd out of 52 colleges for overall quality in the state of Minnesota.
There were about 13 community health and preventive medicine students who graduated with this degree at St. Cloud State University in the most recent data year.
It's hard to beat Fontbonne University if you want to pursue a degree in community health and preventive medicine. Fontbonne University is a fairly small private not-for-profit university located in the suburb of Saint Louis. This university ranks 27th out of 48 colleges for overall quality in the state of Missouri.
There were roughly 14 community health and preventive medicine students who graduated with this degree at Fontbonne University in the most recent year we have data available.
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).
Your choice of community health and preventive medicine school matters, so we have put together these rankings to help you make your decision. In order to come up with a best overall ranking for community health and preventive medicine schools, we combine our degree-level rankings, weighting them by the number of degrees awarded at each level.
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