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Community Health and Preventive Medicine at Governors State University

Community Health and Preventive Medicine at Governors State University

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

GSU is located in University Park, Illinois and approximately 4,650 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.

GSU Community Health and Preventive Medicine Degrees Available

  • Bachelor’s Degree in Community Health and Preventive Medicine

GSU Community Health and Preventive Medicine Rankings

The community health and preventive medicine major at GSU 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.

Community Health and Preventive Medicine Student Demographics at GSU

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

GSU Community Health and Preventive Medicine Bachelor’s Program

73% Women
41% Racial-Ethnic Minorities*
For the most recent academic year available, 27% of community health and preventive medicine bachelor's degrees went to men and 73% 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 GSU since its program graduates 10% more men than average.

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

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Race/Ethnicity Number of Students
Asian 4
Black or African American 3
Hispanic or Latino 1
White 10
International Students 1
Other Races/Ethnicities 3

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 IL, the home state for Governors State University.

Occupation Jobs in IL Average Salary in IL
Medical and Health Services Managers 14,050 $121,900
Community Health Workers 1,270 $42,250

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.

More about our data sources and methodologies.

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