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Health Communication at University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign

Health Communication at University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign

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

UIUC is located in Champaign, Illinois and approximately 52,679 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.

UIUC Health Communication Degrees Available

  • Master’s Degree in Health Communication

UIUC Health Communication Rankings

Health Communication Student Demographics at UIUC

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

UIUC Health Communication Master’s Program

70% Women
25% Racial-Ethnic Minorities*
For the most recent academic year available, 30% of health communication master's degrees went to men and 70% went to women. Nationwide, master's degree programs only see 16% men graduate in health communication each year. UIUC does a better job at serving the male population as it supports 14% more men than average.

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Of the students who received a health communication master's degree from UIUC, 75% were white. This is above average for this degree on the natiowide level.

The following table and chart show the race/ethnicity for students who recently graduated from University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign with a master's in health communication.

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Race/Ethnicity Number of Students
Asian 0
Black or African American 3
Hispanic or Latino 2
White 15
International Students 0
Other Races/Ethnicities 0

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 University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign.

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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