Health Communication at George Washington University

Every health communication school has its own distinct culture and strengths. We've pulled together some statistics and other details to help you see how the health communication program at George Washington University stacks up to those at other schools.

GWU is located in Washington, District of Columbia and has a total student population of 27,017.

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.

GWU Health Communication Degrees Available

• Master’s Degree in Health Communication

GWU Health Communication Rankings

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Health Communication Student Demographics at GWU

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

GWU Health Communication Master’s Program

For the most recent academic year available, 20% of health communication master's degrees went to men and 80% went to women.

In the health communication master's program at this school, racial-ethnic minorities make up 60% of degree recipients. That is 29% better than the national average.*

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

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

Related Majors

• Public Relations
• Political 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 DC, the home state for George Washington University.

Occupation	Jobs in DC	Average Salary in DC
Public Relations Specialists	17,310	$107,490
Community Health Workers	810	$61,770
Communications Professors	290	$92,970

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 Michiel1972 under License

More about our data sources and methodologies.