The Community Health and Preventive Medicine Major at University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign

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Community Health and Preventive Medicine at University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign

69% Racial-Ethnic Minorities* (Bachelor's)

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

UIUC is located in Champaign, Illinois and approximately 52,679 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.

UIUC Community Health and Preventive Medicine Degrees Available

Bachelor’s Degree in Community Health and Preventive Medicine
Master’s Degree in Community Health and Preventive Medicine

UIUC Community Health and Preventive Medicine Rankings

The community health and preventive medicine major at UIUC 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.

There were 4 students who received their doctoral degrees in community health and preventive medicine, making the school the #2 most popular school in the United States for this category of students.

Community Health and Preventive Medicine Student Demographics at UIUC

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

UIUC Community Health and Preventive Medicine Bachelor’s Program

73% Women

69% 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 UIUC since its program graduates 10% more men than average.

Prospective students may be interested in knowing that this school graduates 19% more racial-ethnic minorities in its community health and preventive medicine bachelor's program than the national average.*

The following table and chart show the race/ethnicity for students who recently graduated from University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign with a bachelor's in community health and preventive medicine.

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	31
Black or African American	46
Hispanic or Latino	34
White	52
International Students	0
Other Races/Ethnicities	7

UIUC Community Health and Preventive Medicine Master’s Program

75% Women

50% Racial-Ethnic Minorities*

For the most recent academic year available, 25% of community health and preventive medicine master's degrees went to men and 75% went to women.

The following table and chart show the race/ethnicity for students who recently graduated from University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign with a master's in community health and preventive medicine.

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

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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 University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign.

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.

College Factual
National Center for Education Statistics
O*NET Online
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