2023 Most Focused Master’s Degree Colleges for Health Communication
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Ranked Colleges
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Degrees Awarded
$35,800
Avg Cost*
It’s not easy to decide which college to attend when there so many options available for students. College Factual was founded, in part, to help students make the decision as to what would be the best school for them. Our “Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Health Communication Major” ranking is part of that endeavor.
In 2020-2021, 410 people earned their degree in health communication, making the major the 674th most popular in the United States.
At the master’s degree level specifically, there were 126 health communication graduates with average earnings and debt of $58,425 and $0 respectively.
This year’s “Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Health Communication Major” ranking looked at 19 colleges that offer degrees in a bachelor’s in health communication. This a ranking of the schools where the largest percentage of students has enrolled in health communication.
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Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Health Communication Major
The following schools top our list of the Best “Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Health Communication Major”.
Top 19 Most Focused Master’s Degree Colleges for Health Communication
You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend Northwestern University. The school came in at #1 for the Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Health Communication Major. Northwestern University is located in Evanston, Illinois and, has a large student population. In 2020-2021, this school awarded 52 masters’s health communication degrees to qualified students.
Students who start out at the school are likely to stick around. The freshman retention rate is 97%. With a undergrad student-to-faculty ratio of 6 to 1, it’s easy to see that the school is committed to helping their undergraduates succeed. The school has an impressive undergrad student loan default rate. It’s only 0.6%, which is much lower than the national rate of 10.1%.
Read more about Health Communication at Northwestern
You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend Tufts University. The school came in at #2 for the Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Health Communication Major. Tufts is a private not-for-profit institution located in Medford, Massachusetts. The school has a fairly large population, and it awarded 15 masters’s degrees in 2020-2021.
The undergrad student loan default rate at the school is 1.1%, which is quite low when compared to the national default rate of 10.1%. The school has an excellent freshman retention rate of 92%, which means students like the school well enough to return for a second year. The impressive undergraduate student-to-faculty ratio of 10 to 1 means that students may have more opportunities to work more closely with their professors than they would at other schools.
Read full report on Health Communication at Tufts
You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend Gannon University. The school came in at #3 for the Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Health Communication Major. Gannon University is located in Erie, Pennsylvania and, has a small student population. In 2020-2021, this school awarded 4 masters’s health communication degrees to qualified students.
Students who start out at the school are likely to stick around. The freshman retention rate is 85%. The school has an impressive undergrad student loan default rate. It’s only 3.1%, which is much lower than the national rate of 10.1%.
Read more about Health Communication at Gannon University
You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend Chapman University. The school came in at #4 for the Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Health Communication Major. Chapman is a medium-sized private not-for-profit school situated in Orange, California. It awarded 6 masters’s health communication degrees in 2020-2021.
The low undergrad student loan default rate of 2.1% 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%. With a freshman retention rate of 85%, the school does an excellent job of retaining its undergraduate students.
Read full report on Health Communication at Chapman
You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Boston University. It ranked #5 on our 2023 Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Health Communication Major list. This large school is located in Boston, Massachusetts, and it awarded 11 masters’s health communication degrees in 2020-2021.
The impressive undergraduate student-to-faculty ratio of 10 to 1 means that students may have more opportunities to work more closely with their professors than they would at other schools. The school has an impressive undergrad student loan default rate. It’s only 1.4%, which is much lower than the national rate of 10.1%. The school has an excellent freshman retention rate of 92%, which means students like the school well enough to return for a second year.
Read full report on Health Communication at Boston U
University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign did quite well in the 2023 Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Health Communication Major ranking, coming in at #6. University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign is a public institution located in Champaign, Illinois. The school has a large population, and it awarded 14 masters’s degrees in 2020-2021.
The school has an excellent freshman retention rate of 94%, which means students like the school well enough to return for a second year. The school has an impressive undergrad student loan default rate. It’s only 2.3%, which is much lower than the national rate of 10.1%.
Full UIUC Health Communication Report
DePaul University landed the #7 spot on the 2023 Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Health Communication Major ranking. DePaul University is a large private not-for-profit school situated in Chicago, Illinois. It awarded 5 masters’s health communication degrees in 2020-2021.
The undergrad student loan default rate at the school is 3.7%, which is quite low when compared to the national default rate of 10.1%.
Read full report on Health Communication at DePaul University
Mississippi College did quite well in the 2023 Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Health Communication Major ranking, coming in at #8. MC is located in Clinton, Mississippi and, has a small student population. In 2020-2021, this school awarded 1 masters’s health communication degrees to qualified students.
The undergrad student loan default rate at the school is 3.8%, which is quite low when compared to the national default rate of 10.1%.
Full Mississippi College Health Communication Report
With a ranking of #9, Rider University did quite well on the 2023 Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Health Communication Major list. Rider University is a small private not-for-profit school situated in Lawrenceville, New Jersey. It awarded 1 masters’s health communication degrees in 2020-2021.
The low undergrad student loan default rate of 4.7% 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%. With a undergrad student-to-faculty ratio of 10 to 1, it’s easy to see that the school is committed to helping their undergraduates succeed.
Full Rider Health Communication Report
With a ranking of #10, Michigan State University did quite well on the 2023 Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Health Communication Major list. Michigan State is a large public school situated in East Lansing, Michigan. It awarded 7 masters’s health communication degrees in 2020-2021.
Students who start out at the school are likely to stick around. The freshman retention rate is 91%. The school has an impressive undergrad student loan default rate. It’s only 2.6%, which is much lower than the national rate of 10.1%.
Full Michigan State University Health Communication Report
George Washington University did quite well in the 2023 Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Health Communication Major ranking, coming in at #11. This large school is located in Washington, District of Columbia, and it awarded 5 masters’s health communication degrees in 2020-2021.
The school has an impressive undergrad student loan default rate. It’s only 1.3%, which is much lower than the national rate of 10.1%. Students who start out at the school are likely to stick around. The freshman retention rate is 88%.
Read more about Health Communication at George Washington University
With a ranking of #12, Washington State University did quite well on the 2023 Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Health Communication Major list. Located in Pullman, Washington, this large public school handed out 2 degrees to qualified masters’s health communication students in 2020-2021.
The school has an impressive undergrad student loan default rate. It’s only 3.3%, which is much lower than the national rate of 10.1%.
Read more about Health Communication at Washington State University
University of Houston landed the #13 spot on the 2023 Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Health Communication Major ranking. University of Houston is located in Houston, Texas and, has a large student population. In 2020-2021, this school awarded 2 masters’s health communication degrees to qualified students.
With a freshman retention rate of 86%, the school does an excellent job of retaining its undergraduate students. The school has an impressive undergrad student loan default rate. It’s only 4.4%, which is much lower than the national rate of 10.1%.
Read more about Health Communication at University of Houston
University of Minnesota - Twin Cities came in at #14 in this year’s edition of the Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Health Communication Major ranking. This large school is located in Minneapolis, Minnesota, and it awarded 1 masters’s health communication degrees in 2020-2021.
With a freshman retention rate of 93%, the school does an excellent job of retaining its undergraduate students. The low undergrad student loan default rate of 1.7% 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%.
Full University of Minnesota - Twin Cities Health Communication Report
University of St Thomas Minnesota landed the #15 spot on the 2023 Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Health Communication Major ranking. UST MN is located in Saint Paul, Minnesota and, has a medium-sized student population. In 2020-2021, this school awarded 0 masters’s health communication degrees to qualified students.
With a freshman retention rate of 87%, the school does an excellent job of retaining its undergraduate students. The undergrad student loan default rate at the school is 1.4%, which is quite low when compared to the national default rate of 10.1%.
Read more about Health Communication at UST MN
Fitchburg State University did quite well in the 2023 Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Health Communication Major ranking, coming in at #15. Located in Fitchburg, Massachusetts, this medium-sized public school handed out 0 degrees to qualified masters’s health communication students in 2020-2021.
The undergrad student loan default rate at the school is 4.8%, which is quite low when compared to the national default rate of 10.1%.
Read full report on Health Communication at Fitchburg State University
Emerson College ranked #15 on this year’s Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Health Communication Major list. This medium-sized school is located in Boston, Massachusetts, and it awarded 0 masters’s health communication degrees in 2020-2021.
The school has an impressive undergrad student loan default rate. It’s only 3.2%, which is much lower than the national rate of 10.1%.
Read more about Health Communication at Emerson
Ashland University came in at #15 in this year’s edition of the Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Health Communication Major ranking. Ashland, Ohio is the setting for this small institution of higher learning. The private not-for-profit school handed out masters’s health communication degrees to 1 students in 2020-2021.
The low undergrad student loan default rate of 4.1% 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 more about Health Communication at Ashland University
Ohio University - Athens Campus did quite well in the 2023 Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Health Communication Major ranking, coming in at #15. Ohio University - Athens Campus is a public institution located in Athens, Ohio. The school has a large population, and it awarded 2 masters’s degrees in 2020-2021.
Full OHIO Athens 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
- *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.
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