Community Health and Preventive Medicine at Howard Community College

Every community health and preventive medicine school has its own distinct culture and strengths. We've pulled together some statistics and other details to help you see how the community health and preventive medicine program at Howard Community College stacks up to those at other schools.

HCC is located in Columbia, Maryland and approximately 9,566 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.

HCC Community Health and Preventive Medicine Degrees Available

Associate’s Degree in Community Health and Preventive Medicine

HCC Community Health and Preventive Medicine Rankings

Community Health and Preventive Medicine Student Demographics at HCC

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

HCC Community Health and Preventive Medicine Associate’s Program

71% Women

86% Racial-Ethnic Minorities*

For the most recent academic year available, 29% of community health and preventive medicine associate's degrees went to men and 71% went to women. The typical associate's degree program in community health and preventive medicine only graduates about 17% men each year. The program at HCC may seem more male-friendly since it graduates 11% more women than average.

HCC does a better job with serving racial-ethnic minorities than the typical school does. Its associate's program in community health and preventive medicine graduates 35% more racial-ethnic minorities than the nationwide average.*

The following table and chart show the race/ethnicity for students who recently graduated from Howard Community College with a associate's in community health and preventive medicine.

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	0
Black or African American	5
Hispanic or Latino	1
White	1
International Students	0
Other Races/Ethnicities	0

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 MD, the home state for Howard Community College.

Occupation	Jobs in MD	Average Salary in MD
Medical and Health Services Managers	11,210	$127,080
Community Health Workers	1,290	$50,160

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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