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Health Communication at Northwestern University

Health Communication at Northwestern University

If you plan to study health communication, take a look at what Northwestern University has to offer and decide if the program is a good match for you. Get started with the following essential facts.

Northwestern is located in Evanston, Illinois and has a total student population of 22,603.

Want to know more about the career opportunities in this field? Check out the Careers in Health Communication section at the bottom of this page.

Northwestern Health Communication Degrees Available

  • Master’s Degree in Health Communication

Northwestern Health Communication Rankings

Health Communication Student Demographics at Northwestern

Take a look at the following statistics related to the make-up of the health communication majors at Northwestern University.

Northwestern Health Communication Master’s Program

96% Women
22% Racial-Ethnic Minorities*
For the most recent academic year available, 4% of health communication master's degrees went to men and 96% went to women.

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The following table and chart show the race/ethnicity for students who recently graduated from Northwestern University with a master's in health communication.

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Race/Ethnicity Number of Students
Asian 1
Black or African American 0
Hispanic or Latino 3
White 4
International Students 2
Other Races/Ethnicities 17

Careers That Health Communication Grads May Go Into

A degree in health communication can lead to the following careers. Since job numbers and average salaries can vary by geographic location, we have only included the numbers for IL, the home state for Northwestern University.

Occupation Jobs in IL Average Salary in IL
Public Relations Specialists 7,360 $66,220
Communications Professors 1,810 $78,810
Community Health Workers 1,270 $42,250

References

*The racial-ethnic minorities count is calculated by taking the total number of students and subtracting white students, international students, and students whose race/ethnicity was unknown. This number is then divided by the total number of students at the school to obtain the racial-ethnic minorities percentage.

More about our data sources and methodologies.

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