2025 Best Health Communication Schools in Illinois
3Colleges in Illinois
68Health Communication Degrees Awarded
When it comes to popularity, health communication sits in the middle of the road, ranking #674 out of 1506 majors in the country. So, you may have to do some digging around to find quality schools that offer the degree program. This list can help with that.
College Factual looked at 3 colleges and universities when compiling its 2025 Best Health Communication Schools in Illinois ranking. When you put them all together, these colleges and universities awarded 68 degrees in health communication annually.
The health communication program you select can have a big impact on your future. That's why we developed our collection of Best Schools for Health Communication rankings. For our Best Overall Health Communication School rankings, we roll up the results of our degree-level rankings, weighted by the number of degrees awarded at that level.
In order to find the schools that are the best fit for you, you may want to filter to one of the degree levels below.
The health communication school you choose to invest your time and money in matters. To help you make the decision that is right for you, we've developed a number of major-specific rankings, including this list of the Best Health Communication Schools in Illinois.
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Although we recommend filtering by degree level first, you can view the list below to see which schools give the educational experience for the health communication degree levels they offer.
It is difficult to beat Northwestern University if you want to pursue a degree in health communication. Located in the city of Evanston, Northwestern is a private not-for-profit university with a fairly large student population. A Best Colleges rank of #5 out of 2,152 schools nationwide means Northwestern is a great university overall.
There were roughly 43 health communication students who graduated with this degree at Northwestern in the most recent data year.
It's difficult to beat University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign if you want to pursue a degree in health communication. UIUC is a very large public university located in the small city of Champaign. This university ranks 3rd out of 85 schools for overall quality in the state of Illinois.
There were about 14 health communication students who graduated with this degree at UIUC in the most recent data year.
Eastern Illinois University is a great option for students interested in a degree in health communication. Located in the remote town of Charleston, EIU is a public university with a moderately-sized student population. This university ranks 52nd out of 85 schools for overall quality in the state of Illinois.
There were roughly 4 health communication students who graduated with this degree at EIU in the most recent year we have data available.
The bars on the spread charts above show the distribution of the schools on this list +/- one standard deviation from the mean.
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 the rest 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).
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The health communication program you select can have a big impact on your future. That's why we developed our collection of Best Schools for Health Communication rankings. For our Best Overall Health Communication School rankings, we roll up the results of our degree-level rankings, weighted by the number of degrees awarded at that level.
