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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 Bachelors degree, the majority of students study towards a Masters degree. Students study Health Communication all over the country, though the major at the Bachelors degree level sees the most graduates in California. The average starting salary for an undergraduate degree in Health Communication is $41,400.
Some top jobs related to Health Communication, include Community Health Workers and Health Education Specialists, both of which have many employment opportunities. Yet there are higher paying jobs, such as Communications Teachers, Postsecondary. the most in-demand position for Health Communication majors is Public Relations Specialists.
These are the highest paying careers for Health Communication majors.
These are the careers in highest demand for Health Communication majors.
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