2022 Best Value Master’s Degree Colleges for Health Communication in California

It’s not easy to decide which college to attend when there so many options available for students. At College Factual, we’re committed to helping you make that decision by providing information such as that found in our “Best Value Health Communication Schools for a Master’s in California” ranking.

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

Across California, 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 $60,281 and $50,119 respectively.

This ranking identifies schools with high-quality health communication programs that also have a lower cost than 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. Check out our ranking methodology for more information.

One Size Does Not Fit All

Since the program you select can have a significant impact on your future, we’ve developed a number of rankings, including this “Best Value Health Communication Schools for a Master’s in California” list, to help you choose the best school for you.

We’ve created a tool called College Combat that lets you create your own customized comparisons 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 California

The colleges and universities below are the best for california master’s degree health communication students.

Top 1 Best Value Master’s Degree Colleges for Health Communication in California

#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 California that were part of this year’s ranking, Chapman University landed the #1 spot on the list. Orange, California is the setting for this medium-sized institution of higher learning. The private not-for-profit school handed out masters’s health communication degrees to 10 students in 2019-2020.

Chapman did well in our major quality rankings, too. It placed #1 on our “Best Health Communication Master’s Degree Schools in California” list. Average graduate tuition and fees at Chapman are $35,105, but some majors have different tuition rates.

Full Chapman University Health Communication Report

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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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