The Health Communication Online Master's of Science program offers personalized learning with small, close-knit student cohorts and award-winning faculty and an advisor who is available around the clock to support you. Taught by the same award-winning, tenured professors as our on-campus program, you will receive a world-class education providing the freedom to manage both work and personal commitments.
The program is asynchronous and offered 100% online, providing a comprehensive understanding of health communication and also allows students to specialize in areas most relevant to their careers. These specializations include interpersonal, family, organizational, socially mediated and cultural communication. These specializations appeal to workers in medicine, nursing, pharmaceuticals, public health, healthcare administration and patient advocacy.
What Sets Us Apart
- Small cohorts facilitate meaningful classroom discussions
- Quality one-on-one weekly interactions between faculty and students
- The same award-winning, tenured faculty who teach in our on-site graduate programs teach in our online program. Students receive the quality of a top-10 nationally ranked University of Illinois education with the convenience of online and asynchronous learning
- HCOM is designed to complement a full-time career. No need to sacrifice professional or personal lives to achieve your degree
- HCOM coursework can applied to hundreds of careers in healthcare. Flexible assignments allow students to study topics that are relevant to their own lives and professional goals.
- Regular advising is a hallmark of HCOM. Dr. Lauren Weiner is on call days, nights and weekends to answer questions and provide guidance to all HCOM students.
Degree Overview
Cost
- Visit our website for detailed tuition information.
Application Deadlines
- You may complete an application at any time, year-round to be considered for admission to HCOM. After the start of each semester, any submitted applications will be automatically reviewed for the next admission cycle.
- Fall 2025: Apply anytime before August 22, 2025
- Spring 2026: Apply anytime before January 1, 2026
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