Community Health and Preventive Medicine at Utah Valley University

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

UVU is located in Orem, Utah and approximately 40,936 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.

UVU Community Health and Preventive Medicine Degrees Available

• Associate’s Degree in Community Health and Preventive Medicine
• Bachelor’s Degree in Community Health and Preventive Medicine

UVU Community Health and Preventive Medicine Rankings

The community health and preventive medicine major at UVU 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 UVU

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

UVU Community Health and Preventive Medicine Associate’s Program

For the most recent academic year available, 16% of community health and preventive medicine associate's degrees went to men and 84% went to women.

The majority of those who receive an associate's degree in community health and preventive medicine at UVU are white. Around 68% fell into this category, which is below average for this degree.

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

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	0
Black or African American	1
Hispanic or Latino	2
White	13
International Students	1
Other Races/Ethnicities	2

UVU Community Health and Preventive Medicine Bachelor’s Program

For the most recent academic year available, 45% of community health and preventive medicine bachelor's degrees went to men and 55% 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 UVU since its program graduates 28% more men than average.

About 82% of those who receive a bachelor's degree in community health and preventive medicine at UVU are white. This is above average for this degree on the nationwide level.

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

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	0
Black or African American	1
Hispanic or Latino	1
White	9
International Students	0
Other Races/Ethnicities	0

Related Majors

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 UT, the home state for Utah Valley University.

Occupation	Jobs in UT	Average Salary in UT
Medical and Health Services Managers	3,560	$104,770
Community Health Workers	550	$47,830

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
• Image Credit: By uvuphotos under License

More about our data sources and methodologies.