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.
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| Rank | School Name | Students | % of Total | Total On-Campus Cost |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Northwestern University | 50 | 1% | $74,649 |
| 2 | San Diego State University | 41 | 0% | $29,318 |
| 3 | Tufts University | 30 | 1% | $73,500 |
| 4 | Boston University | 25 | 0% | $72,618 |
| 5 | University of Kentucky | 25 | 0% | $30,101 |
| 6 | George Washington University | 19 | 0% | $71,930 |
| 7 | Cedar Crest College | 16 | 4% | $53,610 |
| 8 | University of Houston | 16 | 0% | $23,225 |
| 9 | University of St Thomas | 15 | 1% | $56,664 |
| 10 | University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign | 14 | 0% | $30,102 |
| 11 | Pacific Union College | 9 | 2% | $43,527 |
| 12 | North Dakota State University-Main Campus | 9 | 0% | $22,436 |
| 13 | University of Utah | 9 | 0% | $24,472 |
| 14 | Chapman University | 8 | 0% | $73,182 |
| 15 | Juniata College | 8 | 2% | $60,368 |
| 16 | Otterbein University | 7 | 1% | $46,908 |
| 17 | Michigan State University | 7 | 0% | $28,862 |
| 18 | Ashland University | 6 | 0% | $34,792 |
| 19 | Columbia University in the City of New York | 6 | 0% | $76,856 |
| 20 | Southeast Missouri State University | 6 | 0% | $21,570 |
| 21 | Campbell University | 4 | 0% | $49,640 |
| 22 | Gannon University | 4 | 0% | $48,464 |
| 23 | Bellevue University | 4 | 0% | $20,970 |
| 24 | University of Minnesota-Twin Cities | 4 | 0% | $27,898 |
| 25 | University of Dayton | 3 | 0% | $59,230 |
| 26 | DePaul University | 3 | 0% | $57,678 |
| 27 | University of South Carolina-Columbia | 2 | 0% | $28,301 |
| 28 | Trinity Christian College | 2 | 1% | $43,865 |
| 29 | University of Missouri-St Louis | 2 | 0% | $24,894 |
| 30 | Wayne State University | 2 | 0% | $27,157 |
| 31 | University of the Sciences | 2 | 0% | $45,638 |
| 32 | South Dakota State University | 2 | 0% | $23,127 |
| 33 | Xavier University of Louisiana | 1 | 0% | $37,437 |
| 34 | University of Evansville | 1 | 0% | $52,190 |
| 35 | Emerson College | 1 | 0% | $68,392 |
| 36 | University of Wisconsin-Parkside | 1 | 0% | $19,597 |
| 37 | Western New England University | 1 | 0% | $53,759 |
| 38 | Mississippi College | 1 | 0% | $34,005 |
| 39 | Ohio University-Main Campus | 1 | 0% | $28,986 |
This list indicates the number of students that completed the Health Communication program at the schools above.
It is not necessarily an indicator of academic rigor or quality of education.
Note that some schools do not have enough data to be ranked, and these schools will not appear in our lists.