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

Michigan State is located in East Lansing, Michigan and has a total student population of 50,351.

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.

Michigan State Health Communication Degrees Available

• Master’s Degree in Health Communication

Michigan State Health Communication Rankings

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Health Communication Student Demographics at Michigan State

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

Michigan State Health Communication Master’s Program

Of the 7 students who graduated with a master’s in health communication from Michigan State in 2019, 14% were men and 86% were women.

Of the students who received a health communication master's degree from Michigan State, 57% were white. This is above average for this degree on the natiowide level. In the health communication master's program at this school, racial-ethnic minorities make up 43% of degree recipients. That is 12% better than the national average.*

The following table and chart show the race/ethnicity for students who recently graduated from Michigan State 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	4
International Students	0
Other Races/Ethnicities	1

Related Majors

• Public Relations
• Advertising

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 MI, the home state for Michigan State University.

Occupation	Jobs in MI	Average Salary in MI
Public Relations Specialists	6,280	$61,760
Community Health Workers	1,860	$44,380
Communications Professors	900	$71,770

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 Jeffness under License

More about our data sources and methodologies.