Health Communication at San Diego State 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 San Diego State University stacks up to those at other schools.

SDSU is located in San Diego, California and has a total student population of 36,334. In the 2020-2021 academic year, 53 students received a bachelor's degree in health communication from SDSU.

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.

SDSU Health Communication Degrees Available

• Bachelor’s Degree in Health Communication

SDSU Health Communication Rankings

Each year, College Factual ranks health communication programs across the country. The following shows how SDSU performed in these rankings.

Note: While rankings may be a good starting point when you're researching a school, they don't necessarily highlight all of a school's strengths. Don't forget to check out the other details that are available for a school to see if it has what you're looking for in a program.

Bachelor’s Degree Overall Quality & Other Notable Rankings

The health communication major at SDSU is not ranked on College Factual’s Best Colleges and Universities for Health Communication. This could be for a number of reasons, such as not having enough data on the major or school to make an accurate assessment of its quality.

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Health Communication Student Demographics at SDSU

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

SDSU Health Communication Bachelor’s Program

Of the 53 students who graduated with a bachelor’s in health communication from SDSU in 2021, 30% were men and 70% were women. The typical health communication bachelor's degree program is made up of only 18% men. So male students are more repesented at SDSU since its program graduates 12% more men than average.

Prospective students may be interested in knowing that this school graduates 28% more racial-ethnic minorities in its health communication bachelor's program than the national average.*

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

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	6
Black or African American	4
Hispanic or Latino	16
White	17
International Students	1
Other Races/Ethnicities	9

SDSU also has a doctoral program available in health communication. In 2021, 0 student graduated with a doctor's degree in this field.

Related Majors

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 CA, the home state for San Diego State University.

Occupation	Jobs in CA	Average Salary in CA
Public Relations Specialists	26,820	$72,910
Community Health Workers	6,160	$49,260

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 Wikipedia User:Geographer under License

More about our data sources and methodologies.