2025 Best Health Communication Schools in the Great Lakes Region
8Colleges in the Great Lakes Region
156Health Communication Degrees Awarded
Health Communication is about average in terms of popularity for degree programs. That is, it ranks #674 out of the 1506 majors across the country that we analyze each year. So, it might take a little more work to find colleges and universities that offer the degree program.
College Factual reviewed 8 schools in the Great Lakes Region to determine which ones were the best for degree seekers in the field of health communication. When you put them all together, these colleges and universities awarded 156 degrees in health communication annually.
Your choice of health communication school matters, so we have put together these rankings to help you make your decision. We derive our Best Overall Health Communication School rankings by rolling up our degree-level rankings after weighting them by the number of degrees awarded at each school.
You may want to choose one of the degree levels below to find the schools of most interest to you.
When choosing the right school for you, it's important to arm yourself with all the facts you can. To that end, we've created a number of major-specific rankings, including this Best Health Communication Schools in the Great Lakes Region list to help you make the college decision.
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Best Schools for Health Communication in the Great Lakes Region
If you aren't interested in a particular degree level and want to know which schools are the overall best at delivering an education for the health communication degrees they offer, see the list below.
Top Great Lakes Region Schools in Health Communication
Northwestern University is one of the best schools in the country for getting a degree in health communication. Northwestern is a very large private not-for-profit university located in the small city of Evanston. A Best Colleges rank of #5 out of 2,152 schools nationwide means Northwestern is a great university overall.
There were roughly 43 health communication students who graduated with this degree at Northwestern in the most recent data year.
Every student who is interested in health communication has to take a look at Michigan State University. Located in the small city of East Lansing, Michigan State is a public university with a very large student population. A Best Colleges rank of #54 out of 2,152 schools nationwide means Michigan State is a great university overall.
There were roughly 8 health communication students who graduated with this degree at Michigan State in the most recent year we have data available.
University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign is one of the best schools in the country for getting a degree in health communication. Located in the city of Champaign, UIUC is a public university with a fairly large student population. A Best Colleges rank of #41 out of 2,152 schools nationwide means UIUC is a great university overall.
There were roughly 14 health communication students who graduated with this degree at UIUC in the most recent data year.
It is difficult to beat DePaul University if you wish to pursue a degree in health communication. Located in the large city of Chicago, DePaul is a private not-for-profit university with a fairly large student population. A Best Colleges rank of #135 out of 2,152 schools nationwide means DePaul is a great university overall.
There were roughly 4 health communication students who graduated with this degree at DePaul in the most recent year we have data available.
Located in the town of Allendale, GVSU is a public university with a very large student population. This university ranks 5th out of 56 colleges for overall quality in the state of Michigan.
There were approximately 21 health communication students who graduated with this degree at GVSU in the most recent year we have data available.
Located in the large suburb of Hamilton, Miami University - Hamilton is a public university with a small student population. This university ranks 59th out of 91 colleges for overall quality in the state of Ohio.
There were about 9 health communication students who graduated with this degree at Miami University - Hamilton in the most recent year we have data available.
EIU is a moderately-sized public university located in the town of Charleston. This university ranks 52nd out of 85 schools for overall quality in the state of Illinois.
There were approximately 4 health communication students who graduated with this degree at EIU in the most recent data year.
Located in the suburb of Westerville, Otterbein is a private not-for-profit university with a small student population. This university ranks 41st out of 91 colleges for overall quality in the state of Ohio.
There were roughly 12 health communication students who graduated with this degree at Otterbein in the most recent data year.
The bars on the spread charts above show the distribution of the schools on this list +/- one standard deviation from the mean.
The Integrated Postsecondary Education Data System (IPEDS) from the National Center for Education Statistics (NCES), a branch of the U.S. Department of Education (DOE) serves as the core of the rest of our data about colleges.
Some other college data, including much of the graduate earnings data, comes from the U.S. Department of Education’s (College Scorecard).
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Your choice of health communication school matters, so we have put together these rankings to help you make your decision. We derive our Best Overall Health Communication School rankings by rolling up our degree-level rankings after weighting them by the number of degrees awarded at each school.
