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About 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.

While Health Communication has degrees up to the Post masters certificate, the majority of students study towards a Masters degree. Students study Health Communication all over the country, though the major at the Doctors degree research scholarship level sees the most graduates in Virginia. The average starting salary for an undergraduate degree in Health Communication is $41,400.

Popularity of Health Communication Degrees in the U.S.
This heat map represents the states that have the highest percent of Health Communication degrees compared to all other degrees awarded in that state.
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Careers

The highest paying job for Health Communication majors is Communications Teachers, Postsecondary. But, something else to think about is how many job openings there currently is. A career that is in high need that a degree in Health Communication can prepare you for is Communications Teachers, Postsecondary.

Top Paying Careers

These are the highest paying careers for Health Communication majors.

Most In-Demand Careers

These are the careers in highest demand for Health Communication majors.

Student Demographics

Total Students
13
Female Students
10 (76%)
Male Students
3 (23%)
White (10, 77%)
Race/ethnicity unknown (2, 15%)
U.S. Nonresident (1, 8%)
Asian (0, <1%)
American Indian or Alaska Native (0, <1%)
Hispanic or Latino (0, <1%)
Black or African American (0, <1%)
Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander (0, <1%)
Two or more races (0, <1%)

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