2023 Schools for a Doctorate Highly Focused on Health Communication Major in the Great Lakes Region

Students have lots of options to chooose from today when trying to decide which college to attend. College Factual has developed its “Schools for a Doctorate Highly Focused on Health Communication Major in the Great Lakes Region” ranking as one item you can use to help make this decision.

Health Communication is the 674th most popular major in the country with 410 degrees awarded in 2020-2021.

Across the Great Lakes region, there were 181 health communication graduates with average earnings and debt of $0 and $0 respectively. At the doctor’s degree level specifically, there were 5 health communication graduates with average earnings and debt of $74,305 and $0 respectively.

This year’s “Schools for a Doctorate Highly Focused on Health Communication Major in the Great Lakes Region” ranking looked at 2 colleges that offer degrees in a bachelor’s in health communication. That schools that top this list have a program in health communication in which the largest percentage of students at the school are enrolled.

See our ranking methodology to learn more.

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Schools for a Doctorate Highly Focused on Health Communication Major in the Great Lakes Region

The colleges and universities below are the best for great lakes region doctor’s degree health communication students.

Top 2 Most Focused Doctor’s Degree Colleges for Health Communication in the Great Lakes Region

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Indiana University - Purdue University - Indianapolis
Indianapolis, Indiana

Out of the 2 schools in the Schools for a Doctorate Highly Focused on Health Communication Major in the Great Lakes Region that were part of this year’s ranking, Indiana University - Purdue University - Indianapolis landed the #1 spot on the list. Indiana University - Purdue University - Indianapolis is a large school located in Indianapolis, Indiana that handed out 3 doctorate’s health communication degrees in 2020-2021.

The low undergrad student loan default rate of 4.2% is a good sign that students have an easier time paying off their loans than they might at other schools. For comparison, the national default rate is 10.1%.

Read full report on Health Communication at Indiana University - Purdue University - Indianapolis

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Ohio University - Athens Campus
Athens, Ohio

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Ohio University - Athens Campus. It ranked #2 on our 2023 Schools for a Doctorate Highly Focused on Health Communication Major in the Great Lakes Region list. Ohio University - Athens Campus is a public institution located in Athens, Ohio. The school has a large population, and it awarded 2 doctorate’s degrees in 2020-2021.

Read full report on Health Communication at Ohio University - Athens Campus

• Most Focused Doctor’s Degree Colleges for Health Communication

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

• *Avg Salary and Avg 4-Year Grad Rate 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.