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2022 Best Value Master’s Degree Colleges for Health Information Management in the Great Lakes Region

5 Ranked Colleges
168 Degrees Awarded
$22,500 Avg Grad Tuition & Fees*
Best Value Health Information Schools for a Master's in the Great Lakes Region

With all of the options students have for higher education today, it can be tough to choose which direction to take. 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 Master’s in the Great Lakes Region” ranking is one tool we have developed to help in this regard.

In 2019-2020, 2,978 people earned their degree in health information management, making the major the 251st most popular in the United States.

Across the Great Lakes region, there were 1,025 health information management graduates with average earnings and debt of $0 and $0 respectively. At the master’s degree level specifically, there were 168 health information management graduates with average earnings and debt of $57,039 and $42,488 respectively.

For this year’s “Best Value Health Information Schools for a Master’s in the Great Lakes Region” ranking, we looked at 5 colleges that offer 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. Check out our ranking methodology for more information.

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When choosing the right school for you, it’s important to arm yourself with all the facts you can. To that end, we’ve created a number of major-specific rankings, including this “Best Value Health Information Schools for a Master’s in the Great Lakes Region” list to help you make the college decision.

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Best Value Health Information Schools for a Master’s in the Great Lakes Region

The following schools top our list of the Best Best Value Health Information Schools for a Master’s in the Great Lakes Region.

Top 5 Best Value Master’s Degree Colleges for Health Information Management in the Great Lakes Region

#1

Purdue University Global

Indianapolis, Indiana
#2 in overall quality

You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend Purdue University Global. The school came in at #1 for the Best Value Health Information Schools for a Master’s in the Great Lakes Region. Indianapolis, Indiana is the setting for this large institution of higher learning. The public school handed out masters’s health information degrees to 56 students in 2019-2020.

Purdue University Global also made our “Best Health Information Management Master’s Degree Schools in the Great Lakes Region” list, coming in at #2. Average graduate tuition and fees at Purdue University Global are $10,674, but some majors have different tuition rates.

Full Purdue University Global Health Information Management Report

#2

Davenport University

Grand Rapids, Michigan
#4 in overall quality

You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend Davenport University. The school came in at #2 for the Best Value Health Information Schools for a Master’s in the Great Lakes Region. This medium-sized school is located in Grand Rapids, Michigan, and it awarded 4 masters’s health information degrees in 2019-2020.

As a testament to the quality of education offered at Davenport University, the school also landed the #4 spot in our “Best Health Information Management Master’s Degree Schools in the Great Lakes Region” ranking. Average graduate tuition and fees at Davenport University are $16,636, but some majors have different tuition rates.

Full Davenport University Health Information Management Report

#1 in overall quality

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend University of Illinois at Chicago. It ranked #3 on our 2022 Best Value Health Information Schools for a Master’s in the Great Lakes Region list. Chicago, Illinois is the setting for this large institution of higher learning. The public school handed out masters’s health information degrees to 88 students in 2019-2020.

UIC also made our “Best Health Information Management Master’s Degree Schools in the Great Lakes Region” list, coming in at #1. Average graduate tuition and fees at UIC are $27,036, but some majors have different tuition rates.

Read more about Health Information Management at University of Illinois at Chicago

#3 in overall quality

Out of the 5 schools in the Best Value Health Information Schools for a Master’s in the Great Lakes Region that were part of this year’s ranking, Southern Illinois University Carbondale landed the #4 spot on the list. SIUC is located in Carbondale, Illinois and, has a fairly large student population. In 2019-2020, this school awarded 9 masters’s health information degrees to qualified students.

As a testament to the quality of education offered at SIUC, the school also landed the #3 spot in our “Best Health Information Management Master’s Degree Schools in the Great Lakes Region” ranking. Although you might pay more or less depending on your area of study, average graduate tuition and fees at Southern Illinois University Carbondale are $32,928.

Read full report on Health Information Management at SIUC

#5 in overall quality

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend University of Michigan - Dearborn. It ranked #5 on our 2022 Best Value Health Information Schools for a Master’s in the Great Lakes Region list. University of Michigan - Dearborn is located in Dearborn, Michigan and, has a medium-sized student population. In 2019-2020, this school awarded 9 masters’s health information degrees to qualified students.

UM Dearborn not only placed well in this ranking. It is also #5 on our “Best Health Information Management Master’s Degree Schools in the Great Lakes Region” list. Although you might pay more or less depending on your area of study, average graduate tuition and fees at UM Dearborn are $25,072.

Full UM Dearborn 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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