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2022 Best Value Master’s Degree Colleges for Health Communication (Income $48-$75k) in the Great Lakes Region

4 Ranked Colleges
71 Degrees Awarded
$36,200 Avg Grad Tuition & Fees*
Best Value Health Communication Schools for a Master's in the Great Lakes Region For Those Making $48-$75k

With all of the options students have for higher education today, it can be tough to choose which direction to take. College Factual was founded, in part, to help students make the decision as to what would be the best school for them. Our “Best Value Health Communication Schools for a Master’s in the Great Lakes Region For Those Making $48-$75k” ranking is part of that endeavor.

Health Communication is the 722nd most popular major in the country with 325 degrees awarded in 2019-2020.

Across the Great Lakes region, there were 107 health communication graduates with average earnings and debt of $0 and $0 respectively. At the master’s degree level specifically, there were 71 health communication graduates with average earnings and debt of $57,039 and $42,488 respectively.

This year’s “Best Value Health Communication Schools for a Master’s in the Great Lakes Region For Those Making $48-$75k” ranking looked at 4 colleges that offer degrees in a bachelor’s in health communication. Not only do the schools that top this list have excellent health communication programs, but they also cost less that schools of similar quality.

When determining these rankings, we looked at things such as overall quality of the health communication program at the school and the cost to attend the school once aid has been awarded. Check out our ranking methodology for more information.

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Best Value Health Communication Schools for a Master’s in the Great Lakes Region For Those Making $48-$75k

The following schools top our list of the Best Best Value Health Communication Schools for a Master’s in the Great Lakes Region For Those Making $48-$75k.

Top 4 Best Value Master’s Degree Colleges for Health Communication (Income $48-$75k) in the Great Lakes Region

#1

Northwestern University

Evanston, Illinois
#1 in overall quality

You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend Northwestern University. The school came in at #1 for the Best Value Health Communication Schools for a Master’s in the Great Lakes Region For Those Making $48-$75k. Northwestern is a large school located in Evanston, Illinois that handed out 50 masters’s health communication degrees in 2019-2020.

Northwestern did well in our major quality rankings, too. It placed #1 on our “Best Health Communication Master’s Degree Schools in the Great Lakes Region” list. Average graduate tuition and fees at Northwestern are $56,567, but some majors have different tuition rates.

Read more about Health Communication at Northwestern University

#2 in overall quality

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign. It ranked #2 on our 2022 Best Value Health Communication Schools for a Master’s in the Great Lakes Region For Those Making $48-$75k list. University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign is a public institution located in Champaign, Illinois. The school has a large population, and it awarded 12 masters’s degrees in 2019-2020.

UIUC also took the #2 spot in our “Best Health Communication Master’s Degree Schools in the Great Lakes Region” ranking. Average graduate tuition and fees at UIUC are $30,083, but some majors have different tuition rates.

Read full report on Health Communication at University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign

#3

Michigan State University

East Lansing, Michigan

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Michigan State University. It ranked #3 on our 2022 Best Value Health Communication Schools for a Master’s in the Great Lakes Region For Those Making $48-$75k list. Michigan State is a large school located in East Lansing, Michigan that handed out 1 masters’s health communication degrees in 2019-2020.

Michigan State did well in our major quality rankings, too. It placed #0 on our “Best Health Communication Master’s Degree Schools in the Great Lakes Region” list. Average graduate tuition and fees at Michigan State University are $37,056, but some majors have different tuition rates.

Read full report on Health Communication at Michigan State University

#4

DePaul University

Chicago, Illinois
#3 in overall quality

Out of the 4 schools in the Best Value Health Communication Schools for a Master’s in the Great Lakes Region For Those Making $48-$75k that were part of this year’s ranking, DePaul University landed the #4 spot on the list. Chicago, Illinois is the setting for this large institution of higher learning. The private not-for-profit school handed out masters’s health communication degrees to 8 students in 2019-2020.

As a testament to the quality of education offered at DePaul, the school also landed the #3 spot in our “Best Health Communication Master’s Degree Schools in the Great Lakes Region” ranking. Average graduate tuition and fees at DePaul are $19,760, but some majors have different tuition rates.

Read more about Health Communication at DePaul University

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Notes and References

References

  • 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).
  • Information about the national average student loan default rate is from the U.S. Department of Education and refers to data about the 2016 borrower cohort tracking period for which the cohort default rate (CDR) was 10.1%.

Read more about our data sources and methodologies

Footnotes

  • *Average salary, average net price, and average tuition and fees are for the top schools only.
  • Some schools otherwise deserving of recognition may have been removed from this ranking in the event that new data identified post-publication warranted it, or at the request of the school.

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