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Best Schools for Health Communication in New Jersey
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
Rutgers University New Brunswick tops our 2026 ranking of the best health communication schools. This very large public university is located in the city of New Brunswick. The six-year graduation rate is 84%. Rutgers University New Brunswick awarded about 10 health communication degrees in the most recent data year. Students who receive their health communication degree from Rutgers University New Brunswick earn around $58,402 in the first couple years of their career. Rutgers University New Brunswick graduates carry a median of $25,120 in student loans.
See the full health communication program report for Rutgers University New Brunswick
Notes and References
The ranking above is published 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 · 3 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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