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2022 Best Value Bachelor’s Degree Colleges for Health Information Management in the Plains States Region

11 Ranked Colleges
125 Degrees Awarded
$19,500 Avg Net Price*
Best Value Health Information Schools for a Bachelor's in the Plains States Region

It’s not easy to decide which college to attend when there so many options available for students. Our mission at College Factual is to arm you with as much information as we can to help you make that decision. Our “Best Value Health Information Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Plains States Region” ranking is one tool we have developed to help in this regard.

Health Information Management is the 251st most popular major in the country with 2,978 degrees awarded in 2019-2020.

Across the Plains States region, there were 281 health information management graduates with average earnings and debt of $0 and $0 respectively. At the bachelor’s degree level specifically, there were 125 health information management graduates with average earnings and debt of $39,786 and $25,576 respectively.

This year’s “Best Value Health Information Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Plains States Region” ranking analyzed 11 colleges that offered a degree in health information management. Not only do the schools that top this list have excellent health information management programs, but they also cost less that schools of similar quality.

Some of the factors we look at when determining these rankings are overall quality of the health information management program at the school and the cost of the school after aid is awarded among other things. See our ranking methodology to learn more.

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Best Value Health Information Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Plains States Region

The following schools top our list of the Best Best Value Health Information Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Plains States Region.

Top 11 Best Value Bachelor’s Degree Colleges for Health Information Management in the Plains States Region

#1

Capella University

Minneapolis, Minnesota
#5 in overall quality

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Capella University. It ranked #1 on our 2022 Best Value Health Information Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Plains States Region list. Capella University is a large private for-profit school situated in Minneapolis, Minnesota. It awarded 16 bachelors’s health information degrees in 2019-2020.

Capella University also took the #5 spot in our “Best Health Information Management Bachelor’s Degree Schools in the Plains States Region” ranking. It costs about $17,619 for plains states region bachelor’s degree health information students per year to attend Capella University.

Full Capella University Health Information Management Report

#2

Dakota State University

Madison, South Dakota
#7 in overall quality

You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend Dakota State University. The school came in at #2 for the Best Value Health Information Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Plains States Region. Dakota State is a small public school situated in Madison, South Dakota. It awarded 9 bachelors’s health information degrees in 2019-2020.

Dakota State also took the #7 spot in our “Best Health Information Management Bachelor’s Degree Schools in the Plains States Region” ranking. The estimated yearly cost for Dakota State University is $17,691 for Plains States Region Bachelor’s Degree Health Information students.

Full Dakota State Health Information Management Report

#3

Clarkson College

Omaha, Nebraska
#6 in overall quality

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Clarkson College. It ranked #3 on our 2022 Best Value Health Information Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Plains States Region list. Clarkson College is a small private not-for-profit school situated in Omaha, Nebraska. It awarded 4 bachelors’s health information degrees in 2019-2020.

Clarkson College not only placed well in this ranking. It is also #6 on our “Best Health Information Management Bachelor’s Degree Schools in the Plains States Region” list. It costs about $20,123 for plains states region bachelor’s degree health information students per year to attend Clarkson College.

The low student loan default rate of 0.5% is a good sign that students have an easier time paying off their loans than they might at other schools. For comparison, the national default rate is 10.1%.

Full Clarkson College Health Information Management Report

#5

Stephens College

Columbia, Missouri
#3 in overall quality

Out of the 11 schools in the Best Value Health Information Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Plains States Region that were part of this year’s ranking, Stephens College landed the #5 spot on the list. Located in Columbia, Missouri, this small private not-for-profit school awarded 16 degrees to qualified bachelors’s health information students in 2019-2020.

Stephens did well in our major quality rankings, too. It placed #3 on our “Best Health Information Management Bachelor’s Degree Schools in the Plains States Region” list. The yearly cost to attend Stephens is $22,337 for plains states region bachelor’s degree health information students.

Read full report on Health Information Management at Stephens

#6

Missouri Western State University

Saint Joseph, Missouri
#9 in overall quality

Missouri Western State University came in at #6 in this year’s edition of the Best Value Health Information Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Plains States Region ranking. Located in Saint Joseph, Missouri, this small public school handed out 10 diplomas to qualified bachelors’s health information students in 2019-2020.

Missouri Western also made our “Best Health Information Management Bachelor’s Degree Schools in the Plains States Region” list, coming in at #9. The yearly cost to attend Missouri Western is $10,958 for plains states region bachelor’s degree health information students.

Read more about Health Information Management at Missouri Western State University

#7

University of Kansas

Lawrence, Kansas
#2 in overall quality

With a ranking of #7, University of Kansas did quite well on the 2022 Best Value Health Information Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Plains States Region list. This large school is located in Lawrence, Kansas, and it awarded 20 bachelors’s health information degrees in 2019-2020.

As a testament to the quality of education offered at KU, the school also landed the #2 spot in our “Best Health Information Management Bachelor’s Degree Schools in the Plains States Region” ranking. It costs about $18,918 for Plains States Region Bachelor’s Degree Health Information students per year to attend KU.

Students who start out at the school are likely to stick around. The freshman retention rate is 86%.

Full KU Health Information Management Report

#8

Rasmussen University - Minnesota

St. Cloud, Minnesota
#10 in overall quality

Rasmussen University - Minnesota ranked #8 on this year’s Best Value Health Information Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Plains States Region list. Rasmussen University - Minnesota is a private for-profit institution located in St. Cloud, Minnesota. The school has a small population, and it awarded 7 bachelors’s degrees in 2019-2020.

Rasmussen University - Minnesota also made our “Best Health Information Management Bachelor’s Degree Schools in the Plains States Region” list, coming in at #10. The estimated yearly cost for Rasmussen University - Minnesota is $18,586 for plains states region bachelor’s degree health information students.

With a freshman retention rate of 100%, the school does an excellent job of retaining its students.

Full Rasmussen University - Minnesota Health Information Management Report

#11 in overall quality

Rasmussen University - North Dakota landed the #9 spot on the 2022 Best Value Health Information Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Plains States Region ranking. Rasmussen University - North Dakota is located in Fargo, North Dakota and, has a small student population. In 2019-2020, this school awarded 1 bachelors’s health information degrees to qualified students.

Rasmussen University - North Dakota not only placed well in this ranking. It is also #11 on our “Best Health Information Management Bachelor’s Degree Schools in the Plains States Region” list. It costs about $18,939 for Plains States Region Bachelor’s Degree Health Information students per year to attend Rasmussen University - North Dakota.

Full Rasmussen University - North Dakota Health Information Management Report

#4 in overall quality

With a ranking of #10, The College of Saint Scholastica did quite well on the 2022 Best Value Health Information Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Plains States Region list. This small school is located in Duluth, Minnesota, and it awarded 31 bachelors’s health information degrees in 2019-2020.

In addition to being on our plains states region bachelor’s degree health information students list, St. Scholastica has also earned the #4 rank in our “Best Health Information Management Bachelor’s Degree Schools in the Plains States Region” ranking. The yearly cost to attend St. Scholastica is $24,066 for plains states region bachelor’s degree health information students.

The school has an impressive student loan default rate. It’s only 3.1%, which is much lower than the national rate of 10.1%.

Read full report on Health Information Management at The College of Saint Scholastica

#11

Saint Louis University

Saint Louis, Missouri
#1 in overall quality

Saint Louis University landed the #11 spot on the 2022 Best Value Health Information Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Plains States Region ranking. SLU is a fairly large private not-for-profit school situated in Saint Louis, Missouri. It awarded 10 bachelors’s health information degrees in 2019-2020.

SLU also took the #1 spot in our “Best Health Information Management Bachelor’s Degree Schools in the Plains States Region” ranking. The yearly cost to attend Saint Louis University is $28,188 for Plains States Region Bachelor’s Degree Health Information students.

The impressive student-to-faculty ratio of 9 to 1 means that students may have more opportunities to work more closely with their professors than they would at other schools. The student loan default rate at the school is 2.9%, which is quite low when compared to the national default rate of 10.1%. Students who start out at the school are likely to stick around. The freshman retention rate is 90%.

Full SLU Health Information Management Report

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Notes and References

References

  • 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 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).
  • Information about the national average student loan default rate is from the U.S. Department of Education and refers to data about the 2016 borrower cohort tracking period for which the cohort default rate (CDR) was 10.1%.

Read more about our data sources and methodologies

Footnotes

  • *Average salary, average net price, and average tuition and fees are for the top schools only.
  • Some schools otherwise deserving of recognition may have been removed from this ranking in the event that new data identified post-publication warranted it, or at the request of the school.

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