by our College Data Analytics TeamIf you are interested in community health and preventive medicine, consider exploring other closely related fields of study. The sections below cover majors with similar career paths, related concentrations and specializations, and the most popular similar majors, ranked by annual graduates.
Programs here prepare graduates for occupations that overlap with those of community health and preventive medicine, based on the NCES CIP-to-SOC career crosswalk. Ordered by the number of shared occupations.
| Similar Major | Shared Careers | Annual Graduates |
|---|---|---|
| Arts in Medicine/Health | 2 | 5 |
| Clinical, Hospital, and Managed Care Pharmacy | 2 | 20 |
| Health Policy Analysis | 2 | 301 |
| Pharmaceutical Marketing and Management | 2 | 84 |
| Pharmacoeconomics/Pharmaceutical Economics | 2 | 150 |
| Pharmacy Administration and Pharmacy Policy and Regulatory Affairs | 2 | 150 |
| Pharmacy | 2 | 12,167 |
| Abdominal Radiology Fellowship Program | 1 | — |
| Addiction Psychiatry Fellowship Program | 1 | — |
| Adolescent Medicine Fellowship Program | 1 | — |
| Related Major | Annual Graduates |
|---|---|
| Public Health, General | 25,004 |
| Public Health Education and Promotion | 3,785 |
| Public Health, Other | 2,803 |
| Health Services Administration | 2,629 |
| Environmental Health | 1,269 |
| Behavioral Aspects of Health | 623 |
| Occupational Health and Industrial Hygiene | 313 |
| Health/Medical Physics | 288 |
| Maternal and Child Health | 180 |
| Patient Safety and Healthcare Quality | 121 |
A specialization within Public Health, community health and preventive medicine shares its foundations with the other majors in that field.
More about our data sources and methodologies.