Health Communication at Tufts University

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

Tufts is located in Medford, Massachusetts and approximately 12,219 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.

Tufts Health Communication Degrees Available

• Master’s Degree in Health Communication

Tufts Health Communication Rankings

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Health Communication Student Demographics at Tufts

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

Tufts Health Communication Master’s Program

During the 2020-2021 academic year, 15 health communication majors earned their master's degree from Tufts. Of these graduates, 13% were men and 87% were women.

Of the students who received a health communication master's degree from Tufts, 73% were white. This is above average for this degree on the natiowide level.

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

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	1
Black or African American	0
Hispanic or Latino	0
White	11
International Students	1
Other Races/Ethnicities	2

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 MA, the home state for Tufts University.

Occupation	Jobs in MA	Average Salary in MA
Public Relations Specialists	7,040	$68,610
Community Health Workers	3,660	$44,500
Communications Professors	530	$79,930

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 Magicpiano under License

More about our data sources and methodologies.