2022 Best Value Master’s Degree Colleges for Health Information Management in Illinois

With all of the options students have for higher education today, it can be tough to choose which direction to take. One of our goals at College Factual is to give you as much information as we can - such as our “Best Value Health Information Schools for a Master’s in Illinois” ranking - to help you make that decision.

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

Across Illinois, there were 233 health information management graduates with average earnings and debt of $0 and $0 respectively. At the master’s degree level specifically, there were 99 health information management graduates with average earnings and debt of $57,267 and $46,814 respectively.

For this year’s “Best Value Health Information Schools for a Master’s in Illinois” ranking, we looked at 2 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. See our ranking methodology to learn more.

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Best Value Health Information Schools for a Master’s in Illinois

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

Top 2 Best Value Master’s Degree Colleges for Health Information Management in Illinois

#1

University of Illinois at Chicago

Chicago, Illinois

#1 in overall quality

$27,036 Avg Grad Tuition & Fees

Out of the 2 schools in the Best Value Health Information Schools for a Master’s in Illinois that were part of this year’s ranking, University of Illinois at Chicago landed the #1 spot on the list. Located in Chicago, Illinois, this large public school awarded 88 diplomas to qualified masters’s health information students in 2019-2020.

UIC did well in our major quality rankings, too. It placed #1 on our “Best Health Information Management Master’s Degree Schools in Illinois” list. Average graduate tuition and fees at University of Illinois at Chicago are $27,036, but some majors have different tuition rates.

Read full report on Health Information Management at UIC

#2

Southern Illinois University Carbondale

Carbondale, Illinois

#2 in overall quality

$32,928 Avg Grad Tuition & Fees

You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend Southern Illinois University Carbondale. The school came in at #2 for the Best Value Health Information Schools for a Master’s in Illinois. Southern Illinois University Carbondale 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.

SIUC also made our “Best Health Information Management Master’s Degree Schools in Illinois” list, coming in at #2. Average graduate tuition and fees at Southern Illinois University Carbondale are $32,928, but you may pay more or less depending on your major.

Full SIUC 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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