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Health Communication at Boston University

Health Communication at Boston University

If you are interested in studying health communication, you may want to check out the program at Boston University. The following information will help you decide if it is a good fit for you.

Boston U is located in Boston, Massachusetts and approximately 32,718 students attend the school each year.

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.

Boston U Health Communication Degrees Available

  • Master’s Degree in Health Communication

Boston U Health Communication Rankings

Health Communication Student Demographics at Boston U

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

Boston U Health Communication Master’s Program

95% Women
25% Racial-Ethnic Minorities*
For the most recent academic year available, 5% of health communication master's degrees went to men and 95% went to women.

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Of the students who received a health communication master's degree from Boston U, 60% were white. This is typical for this degree on the natiowide level.

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

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Race/Ethnicity Number of Students
Asian 2
Black or African American 2
Hispanic or Latino 1
White 12
International Students 2
Other Races/Ethnicities 1

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 MA, the home state for Boston University.

Occupation Jobs in MA Average Salary in MA
Public Relations Specialists 7,040 $68,610
Community Health Workers 3,660 $44,500
Communications Professors 530 $79,930

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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