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

When pursuing a degree in today’s world, students have many different options to choose from. 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 Illinois” 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 Illinois, there were 80 health communication graduates with average earnings and debt of $0 and $0 respectively. At the master’s degree level specifically, there were 70 health communication graduates with average earnings and debt of $57,267 and $46,814 respectively.

This year’s “Best Value Health Communication Schools for a Master’s in Illinois” ranking analyzed 2 colleges that offered a degree in health communication. The schools that top this list are recognized because they have great health communication programs and 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.

One Size Does Not Fit All

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 Illinois”.

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. When you have some time, check it out - you may want to bookmark the link so you don’t forget it.

Best Value Health Communication Schools for a Master’s in Illinois

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

Top 2 Best Value Master’s Degree Colleges for Health Communication in Illinois

#1

University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign

Champaign, Illinois

#2 in overall quality

$30,083 Avg Grad Tuition & Fees

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign. It ranked #1 on our 2022 Best Value Health Communication Schools for a Master’s in Illinois list. UIUC is located in Champaign, Illinois and, has a large student population. In 2019-2020, this school awarded 12 masters’s health communication degrees to qualified students.

UIUC did well in our major quality rankings, too. It placed #2 on our “Best Health Communication Master’s Degree Schools in Illinois” list. Although you might pay more or less depending on your area of study, average graduate tuition and fees at University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign are $30,083.

Read full report on Health Communication at UIUC

#2

Northwestern University

Evanston, Illinois

#1 in overall quality

$56,567 Avg Grad Tuition & Fees

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Northwestern University. It ranked #2 on our 2022 Best Value Health Communication Schools for a Master’s in Illinois list. Northwestern University is a large private not-for-profit school situated in Evanston, Illinois. It awarded 50 masters’s health communication degrees in 2019-2020.

Northwestern not only placed well in this ranking. It is also #1 on our “Best Health Communication Master’s Degree Schools in Illinois” list. Although you might pay more or less depending on your area of study, average graduate tuition and fees at Northwestern are $56,567.

Full Northwestern 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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