2024 Best Medical Informatics Master's Degree Schools in Pennsylvania

If you pursue a master's degree in medical informatics, you won't be alone. The field of study is the #108 most popular program in the country. This makes choosing the right school a hard decision.

College Factual reviewed 6 schools in Pennsylvania to determine which ones were the best for master's degree seekers in the field of medical informatics. When you put them all together, these colleges and universities awarded 56 master's degrees in medical informatics during the 2020-2021 academic year.

What's on this page: * Our Methodology

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Choosing a Great Medical Informatics School for Your Master's Degree

The medical informatics master's degree program you select can have a big impact on your future. Important measures of a quality medical informatics program can vary widely even among the top schools. When choosing a school we recommend considering some of the following factors:

Quality Overall Is Important

The overall quality of a master's degree school is important to ensure a quality education, not just how well they do in a particular major. To take this into account we consider a college's overall Best Colleges for a Master's Degree ranking which itself looks at a collection of various factors like degree completion, educational resources, student body caliber and post-graduation earnings for the school as a whole.

Other Factors We Consider

The metrics below are just some of the other metrics that we use to determine our rankings.

• Major Focus - How much a school focuses on medical informatics students vs. other majors.
• Major Demand - How many other medical informatics students want to attend this school to pursue a master's degree.
• Educational Resources - How many resources are allocated to students. These resources may include educational expenditures per student, number of students per instructor, and graduation rate among other things.
• Accreditation - Whether a school is regionally accredited and/or accredited by a recognized medical informatics related body.

Our full ranking methodology documents in more detail how we consider these factors to identify the best colleges for medical informatics students working on their master's degree.

More Ways to Rank Medical Informatics Schools

Since the program you select can have a significant impact on your future, we've developed a number of rankings, including this Best Medical Informatics Master's Degree Schools in Pennsylvania list, to help you choose the best school for you.

Best Schools for Master’s Students to Study Medical Informatics in Pennsylvania

Explore the top ranked colleges and universities for medical informatics students seeking a a master's degree.

Top Pennsylvania Schools for a Master's in Medical Informatics

1

University of Pennsylvania
Philadelphia, PA

Master's Degree Highest Degree Type

4 Annual Graduates

It is hard to beat University of Pennsylvania if you wish to pursue a master's degree in medical informatics. UPenn is a very large private not-for-profit university located in the city of Philadelphia.More information about a master’s in medical informatics from University of Pennsylvania

2

Drexel University
Philadelphia, PA

Master's Degree Highest Degree Type

6 Annual Graduates

Any student pursuing a degree in a master's degree in medical informatics has to take a look at Drexel University. Drexel is a fairly large private not-for-profit university located in the large city of Philadelphia.More information about a master’s in medical informatics from Drexel University

3

Temple University
Philadelphia, PA

Master's Degree Highest Degree Type

22 Annual Graduates

Temple University is one of the finest schools in the United States for getting a master's degree in medical informatics. Temple is a fairly large public university located in the city of Philadelphia.More information about a master’s in medical informatics from Temple University

4

Saint Joseph's University
Philadelphia, PA

Saint Joseph's University is a great choice for students interested in a master's degree in medical informatics. Located in the city of Philadelphia, St. Joe's is a private not-for-profit university with a moderately-sized student population.More information about a master’s in medical informatics from Saint Joseph’s University

5

University of Scranton
Scranton, PA

Master's Degree Highest Degree Type

4 Annual Graduates

Located in the city of Scranton, University of Scranton is a private not-for-profit university with a small student population.More information about a master’s in medical informatics from University of Scranton

6

Robert Morris University
Moon Township, PA

Located in the large suburb of Moon Township, RMU is a private not-for-profit university with a small student population.More information about a master’s in medical informatics from Robert Morris University

Best Medical Informatics Colleges in the Middle Atlantic Region

Explore all the Best Medical Informatics Colleges in the Middle Atlantic Area or other specific states within that region.

State	Colleges	Degrees Awarded
New York	695	146
New Jersey	346	30
District of Columbia	334	9

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Rankings in Majors Related to Medical Informatics

One of 2 majors within the Medical Illustration & Informatics area of study, Medical Informatics has other similar majors worth exploring.

Notes and References

• The bars on the spread charts above show the distribution of the schools on this list +/- one standard deviation from the mean.
• The Integrated Postsecondary Education Data System (IPEDS) from the National Center for Education Statistics (NCES), a branch of the U.S. Department of Education (DOE) serves as the core of the rest of our data about colleges.
• Some other college data, including much of the graduate earnings data, comes from the U.S. Department of Education’s (College Scorecard). More about our data sources and methodologies.