Health Communication Schools

In United States, 62 colleges and universities are offering Health Communication programs. The average tuition & fees of Health Communication program at the schools are $10,872 for state residents and $31,867 for out-of-state students for academic year 2019-2020.

Health Communication Program 2020 Average Tuition Costs

What is Health Communication program?

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

For academic year 2019-2020, the average tuition costs of colleges offering Health Communication program is $31,867 for undergraduate programs and $23,293 for graduate programs. Next table shows the average tuition & fees for Health Communication programs.

2019-2020 Average Tuition & Fees ofHealth Communication Programs
	In-State	Out-of-State
Undergraduate	$10,872	$31,867
Graduate	$11,194	$23,293

Career and Salary after Completing Health Communication Program

Next jobs are possible career after completing Health Communication major program. The average wage is based on the employment and wage data (May 2019) from Bureau of Labor Statistics (BLS). The average annual wage of Health Education Specialists career is $60,500 and, for Community Health Workers jobs, the average annual income is $44,390.

Health Communication Careers and its Average Wage (as of May 2019)
Job Title	Hourly Wage	Annual Wage
Health Education Specialists	$29.09	$60,500
Community Health Workers	$21.34	$44,390
Communications Teachers, Postsecondary	-	$79,830
Public Relations Specialists	$33.75	$70,190