2022 Best Value Master’s Degree Colleges for Health Communication in the Far Western US Region

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 Far Western US Region” ranking is part of that endeavor.

In 2019-2020, 325 people earned their degree in health communication, making the major the 722nd most popular in the United States.

Across the Far Western US region, there were 49 health communication graduates with average earnings and debt of $0 and $0 respectively. At the master’s degree level specifically, there were 10 health communication graduates with average earnings and debt of $59,319 and $48,880 respectively.

Not only do the schools that top this list have excellent health communication programs, but they also cost less that schools of similar quality.

Some of the factors we look at when determining these rankings are overall quality of the health communication program at the school and the cost of the school after aid is awarded among other things. For more information, check out our ranking methodology.

More Ways to Rank Health Communication Schools

The health communication school you choose to invest your time and money in matters. To help you make the decision that is right for you, we’ve developed a number of major-specific rankings, including this list of “Best Value Health Communication Schools for a Master’s in the Far Western US Region”.

To further help you make the college decision, we’ve developed a unique tool called College Combat that allows you to compare schools based on the factors that matter the most to you. If you’re torn between two schools, you can use it to help you see how they stack up against one another. Bookmark it so you can compare any new schools that might interest you.

Best Value Health Communication Schools for a Master’s in the Far Western US Region

The following schools top our list of the Best Best Value Health Communication Schools for a Master’s in the Far Western US Region.

Top 1 Best Value Master’s Degree Colleges for Health Communication in the Far Western US Region

#1

Chapman University

Orange, California

#1 in overall quality

$35,105 Avg Grad Tuition & Fees

Out of the 1 schools in the Best Value Health Communication Schools for a Master’s in the Far Western US Region that were part of this year’s ranking, Chapman University landed the #1 spot on the list. Chapman is a medium-sized school located in Orange, California that handed out 10 masters’s health communication degrees in 2019-2020.

Chapman also took the #1 spot in our “Best Health Communication Master’s Degree Schools in the Far Western US Region” ranking. Although you might pay more or less depending on your area of study, average graduate tuition and fees at Chapman University are $35,105.

Read full report on Health Communication at Chapman 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.

Credits

• Credit for the banner image above goes to Bill Koplitz.

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