Health Communication isn't the most popular major in the world, but it's not the least popular either. To be more precise it ranks #674 in popularity out of 1506 majors in the country. As such, the degree program isn't offered at every college in the United States, but there are schools that do have a program in the field that are top-notch when it comes to quality.
College Factual looked at 4 colleges and universities when compiling its 2024 Best Health Communication Schools in Ohio ranking. Combined, these schools handed out 39 degrees in health communication to qualified students.
Your choice of health communication school matters, so we have put together these rankings to help you make your decision. In order to come up with a best overall ranking for health communication schools, we combine our degree-level rankings, weighting them by the number of degrees awarded at each level.
You may want to choose one of the degree levels below to find the schools of most interest to you.
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 the Best Health Communication Schools in Ohio.
You can also filter this list by location to find schools closer to you.
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The schools below may not offer all types of health communication degrees so you may want to filter by degree level first. However, they are great for the degree levels they do offer.
Every student who is interested in health communication has to look into Ohio University - Athens Campus. OHIO Athens is a fairly large public university located in the town of Athens. A Best Colleges rank of #239 out of 2,217 colleges nationwide means OHIO Athens is a great university overall.
There were about 2 health communication students who graduated with this degree at OHIO Athens in the most recent data year.
Every student pursuing a degree in health communication has to take a look at Otterbein University. Located in the suburb of Westerville, Otterbein is a private not-for-profit university with a small student population. A Best Colleges rank of #669 out of 2,217 schools nationwide means Otterbein is a great university overall.
There were about 9 health communication students who graduated with this degree at Otterbein in the most recent data year.
Every student who is interested in health communication needs to take a look at Miami University - Hamilton. Located in the large suburb of Hamilton, Miami University - Hamilton is a public university with a small student population. This university ranks 47th out of 96 colleges for overall quality in the state of Ohio.
There were approximately 9 health communication students who graduated with this degree at Miami University - Hamilton in the most recent year we have data available.
Miami University - Middletown is a good option for students pursuing a degree in health communication. Located in the small suburb of Middletown, Miami University - Middletown is a public university with a small student population. This university ranks 54th out of 96 schools for overall quality in the state of Ohio.
There were about 4 health communication students who graduated with this degree at Miami University - Middletown in the most recent year we have data available.
The bars on the spread charts above show the distribution of the schools on this list +/- one standard deviation from the mean.
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 the rest 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).
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