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Best Schools for Health Communication in Illinois
If you are not 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 Schools in Health Communication
Our analysis ranked University Of Illinois At Urbana Champaign the best school in the country for a degree in health communication. This very large public university is located in the city of Champaign. About 85% of students finish within six years. There were roughly 12 health communication students who graduated with this degree at University Of Illinois At Urbana Champaign in the most recent data year. Students who receive their health communication degree from University Of Illinois At Urbana Champaign earn around $54,763 in the first couple years of their career. Typical student debt for the program is $23,250.
Get the full health communication details for University Of Illinois At Urbana Champaign
Notes and References
This ranking is produced by College Factual (MF_RANKING_2025), 2026 edition. The methodology weighs graduation rate, post-graduation earnings, cost, and program quality, drawn primarily from the U.S. Department of Education (IPEDS and College Scorecard).
Ranking method: College Major Top Ranked · 6 schools evaluated.
- 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 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).
More about our data sources and methodologies.
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