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Community Health and Preventive Medicine at Western Kentucky University

Community Health and Preventive Medicine at Western Kentucky University

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 Western Kentucky University stacks up to those at other schools.

WKU is located in Bowling Green, Kentucky and has a total student population of 17,517.

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.

WKU Community Health and Preventive Medicine Degrees Available

  • Bachelor’s Degree in Community Health and Preventive Medicine

WKU Community Health and Preventive Medicine Rankings

The community health and preventive medicine major at WKU 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 WKU

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

WKU Community Health and Preventive Medicine Bachelor’s Program

95% Women
60% Racial-Ethnic Minorities*
For the most recent academic year available, 5% of community health and preventive medicine bachelor's degrees went to men and 95% went to women.

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Prospective students may be interested in knowing that this school graduates 10% 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 Western Kentucky 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 4
Hispanic or Latino 4
White 7
International Students 1
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 KY, the home state for Western Kentucky University.

Occupation Jobs in KY Average Salary in KY
Medical and Health Services Managers 5,000 $91,820
Community Health Workers 1,220 $38,210

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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