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2026 Best Value Community Health and Preventive Medicine Schools in Massachusetts

[Community Health and Preventive Medicine](/majors/health-care-professions/public-health/community-health-and-preventive-medicine/) programs reward a close look at where your money goes furthest. A high-value program keeps cost low while graduates go on to earn well.

To produce this 2026 ranking, College Factual evaluated 5 schools on the balance of cost and outcomes for community health and preventive medicine students.

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• Best Value Community Health and Preventive Medicine Schools in Massachusetts

2026 Best Value Community Health and Preventive Medicine Schools in Massachusetts

If you want to know which schools deliver the best value for the community health and preventive medicine degrees they offer, see the list below.

Best Value Community Health and Preventive Medicine Schools

1

University Of Massachusetts Amherst
Amherst, MA

$17,772 In-State Tuition & Fees

$26,000 Avg Student Debt

$71,631 Median Earnings (10yr)

University Of Massachusetts Amherst tops our 2026 list of the best value community health and preventive medicine schools in Massachusetts. Located in the city of Amherst, University Of Massachusetts Amherst is a very large public university. Expect in-state tuition and fees of around $17,772, while out-of-state students pay about $40,449. Students borrow a median of $26,000 to complete the community health and preventive medicine program here. Community Health And Preventive Medicine graduates of University Of Massachusetts Amherst earn a median of $49,275 early in their careers. That is a strong return on a $26,000 median debt. The acceptance rate is 60%.

2

Tufts University
Medford, MA

$70,704 In-State Tuition & Fees

$18,250 Avg Student Debt

$83,214 Median Earnings (10yr)

Students looking for strong value in community health and preventive medicine will find it at Tufts University, which ranked #2. Located in the suburb of Medford, Tufts University is a large private not-for-profit university. The average in-state cost of tuition and fees is $70,704. Typical student debt for community health and preventive medicine graduates is $18,250. Early-career community health and preventive medicine graduates make about $62,023. That is a strong return on a $18,250 median debt. Roughly 12% of applicants are accepted.

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Notes and References

This list is compiled by College Factual (MF_RANKING_2025), 2026 edition. The methodology weighs the cost of a degree against the earnings graduates go on to achieve, drawn primarily from the U.S. Department of Education (IPEDS and College Scorecard).

Ranking method: College Major Best Value · 5 schools evaluated.

*Averages shown above reflect the top 2 ranked schools only.

• The Integrated Postsecondary Education Data System (IPEDS) from the National Center for Education Statistics (NCES), a branch of the U.S. Department of Education (DOE), serves as the core of our data about colleges.
• Some other college data, including much of the graduate earnings data, comes from the U.S. Department of Education’s (College Scorecard).

More about our data sources and methodologies.