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Community Health and Preventive Medicine at Eastern Illinois University

Community Health and Preventive Medicine at Eastern Illinois 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 Eastern Illinois University stacks up to those at other schools.

EIU is located in Charleston, Illinois and has a total student population of 8,626.

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.

EIU Community Health and Preventive Medicine Degrees Available

  • Master’s Degree in Community Health and Preventive Medicine

EIU Community Health and Preventive Medicine Rankings

Community Health and Preventive Medicine Student Demographics at EIU

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

EIU Community Health and Preventive Medicine Master’s Program

92% Women
38% Racial-Ethnic Minorities*
For the most recent academic year available, 8% of community health and preventive medicine master's degrees went to men and 92% went to women.

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Of the students who received a community health and preventive medicine master's degree from EIU, 62% were white. This is above average for this degree on the natiowide level.

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

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Race/Ethnicity Number of Students
Asian 2
Black or African American 1
Hispanic or Latino 0
White 8
International Students 0
Other Races/Ethnicities 2

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 Eastern Illinois 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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