Health Communication at DePaul University

What traits are you looking for in a health communication school? To help you decide if DePaul University is right for you, we've gathered the following information about the school's health communication program.

DePaul is located in Chicago, Illinois and approximately 21,922 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.

DePaul Health Communication Degrees Available

• Master’s Degree in Health Communication

DePaul Health Communication Rankings

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Health Communication Student Demographics at DePaul

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

DePaul Health Communication Master’s Program

Of the 5 students who graduated with a master’s in health communication from DePaul in 2021, 20% were men and 80% were women.

In the health communication master's program at this school, racial-ethnic minorities make up 40% of degree recipients. That is 9% better than the national average.*

The following table and chart show the race/ethnicity for students who recently graduated from DePaul University with a master's in health communication.

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	0
Black or African American	2
Hispanic or Latino	0
White	2
International Students	1
Other Races/Ethnicities	0

Related Majors

• General Organizational Communication
• Sports Communication
• Other Public Relations, Advertising, & Applied Communication

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 DePaul University.

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.

• College Factual
• National Center for Education Statistics
• O*NET Online
• Image Credit: By Just under License

More about our data sources and methodologies.