Health Communication

A program that focuses on how people, individually and collectively, understand and accommodate to health and illness and the role of communication and media in shaping professional health care messages and public acceptance of these messages. Includes instruction in the development and use of health-related and care-related messages and media; the goals and strategies of health care promotion; relationships, roles, situations, and social structures in the context of health maintenance and promotion; and applications to disease prevention, health advocacy, and communications concerning treatments.

Degree Statistics

This program is offered at 57 institutions across the United States, with a total of 1327 degrees awarded annually.

Certificates Below Bachelor's

certificates awarded

Bachelor's Degrees

122

degrees awarded

Post-Baccalaureate Certificates

certificates awarded

Master's Degrees

149

degrees awarded

Doctoral Degrees

degrees awarded

Other Awards

911

awards given

Top Schools for Health Communication

These institutions offer the most degrees in this program, ranked by total annual completions.

Rank	Institution	Degrees
1	Ohio State University-Main Campus Columbus, OH	124
2	San Diego State University San Diego, CA	102
3	Northwestern University Evanston, IL	81
4	Boston University Boston, MA	60
5	University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign Champaign, IL	60
6	University of Kentucky Lexington, KY	59
7	Grand Valley State University Allendale, MI	54
8	Harvard University Cambridge, MA	54
9	Columbia University in the City of New York New York, NY	45
10	Chapman University Orange, CA	45
11	University of Houston Houston, TX	39
12	Miami University-Hamilton Hamilton, OH	33
13	Rutgers University-New Brunswick New Brunswick, NJ	30
14	University of Cincinnati-Main Campus Cincinnati, OH	27
15	Washington State University Pullman, WA	27
16	George Washington University Washington, DC	27
17	Eastern Illinois University Charleston, IL	24
18	Missouri State University-Springfield Springfield, MO	24
19	University of North Dakota Grand Forks, ND	24
20	University of Utah Salt Lake City, UT	24
21	Western Kentucky University Bowling Green, KY	21
22	Otterbein University Westerville, OH	21
23	George Mason University Fairfax, VA	21
24	Michigan State University East Lansing, MI	18
25	Utah Tech University Saint George, UT	16
26	University of Michigan-Dearborn Dearborn, MI	16
27	Saint Cloud State University Saint Cloud, MN	16
28	Southeast Missouri State University Cape Girardeau, MO	15
29	Pacific Union College Angwin, CA	15
30	The University of Montana Missoula, MT	15
31	Trinity Christian College Palos Heights, IL	15
32	Murray State University Murray, KY	15
33	University of Georgia Athens, GA	12
34	Thomas Jefferson University Philadelphia, PA	12
35	Ohio University-Main Campus Athens, OH	12
36	Tufts University Medford, MA	12
37	Campbell University Buies Creek, NC	12
38	DePaul University Chicago, IL	12
39	University of Missouri-St Louis Saint Louis, MO	9
40	Hastings College Hastings, NE	9
41	University of Dayton Dayton, OH	6
42	Rowan University Glassboro, NJ	6
43	Rider University Lawrenceville, NJ	6
44	Indiana University-Indianapolis Indianapolis, IN	6
45	Juniata College Huntingdon, PA	6
46	Temple University Philadelphia, PA	6
47	University of Wisconsin-Parkside Kenosha, WI	4
48	University of South Carolina-Columbia Columbia, SC	3
49	Lipscomb University Nashville, TN	3
50	University of Memphis Memphis, TN	3
51	Miami University-Middletown Middletown, OH	3
52	Calvin University Grand Rapids, MI	3
53	Dominican University River Forest, IL	3
54	University of Wisconsin-Whitewater Whitewater, WI	3
55	Northern Kentucky University Highland Heights, KY	3
56	Northwest Nazarene University Nampa, ID	3
57	Mississippi College Clinton, MS	3