by our College Data Analytics Team
When pursuing a degree in today’s world, students have many different options to choose from. College Factual has developed its “Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Health Information Major in the Far Western US Region” ranking as one item you can use to help make this decision.
In 2020-2021, 3,317 people earned their degree in health information management, making the major the 251st most popular in the United States.
Across the Far Western US region, there were 266 health information management graduates with average earnings and debt of $0 and $0 respectively. At the bachelor’s degree level specifically, there were 104 health information management graduates with average earnings and debt of $39,720 and $23,024 respectively.
This year’s “Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Health Information Major in the Far Western US Region” ranking analyzed 7 colleges that offered a degree in health information management. That schools that top this list have a program in health information management in which the largest percentage of students at the school are enrolled.
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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 “Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Health Information Major in the Far Western US Region” list to help you make the college decision.
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The following schools top our list of the Best “Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Health Information Major in the Far Western US Region”.
You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Tacoma Community College. It ranked #1 on our 2023 Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Health Information Major in the Far Western US Region list. This medium-sized school is located in Tacoma, Washington, and it awarded 19 bachelors’s health information degrees in 2020-2021.
Read more about Health Information Management at Tacoma Community College
You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Oregon Institute of Technology. It ranked #2 on our 2023 Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Health Information Major in the Far Western US Region list. Oregon Institute of Technology is located in Klamath Falls, Oregon and, has a small student population. In 2020-2021, this school awarded 6 bachelors’s health information degrees to qualified students.
The undergrad student loan default rate at the school is 2.0%, which is quite low when compared to the national default rate of 10.1%.
Out of the 7 schools in the Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Health Information Major in the Far Western US Region that were part of this year’s ranking, Loma Linda University landed the #3 spot on the list. This small school is located in Loma Linda, California, and it awarded 7 bachelors’s health information degrees in 2020-2021.
With a undergrad student-to-faculty ratio of 3 to 1, it’s easy to see that the school is committed to helping their undergraduates succeed. The school has an impressive undergrad student loan default rate. It’s only 0.6%, which is much lower than the national rate of 10.1%.
Full Loma Linda University Health Information Management Report
You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend University of Washington - Seattle Campus. The school came in at #4 for the Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Health Information Major in the Far Western US Region. This large school is located in Seattle, Washington, and it awarded 50 bachelors’s health information degrees in 2020-2021.
The school has an excellent freshman retention rate of 93%, which means students like the school well enough to return for a second year. The low undergrad student loan default rate of 2.1% 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%.
Eastern Washington University did quite well in the 2023 Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Health Information Major in the Far Western US Region ranking, coming in at #6. EWU is a fairly large public school situated in Cheney, Washington. It awarded 1 bachelors’s health information degrees in 2020-2021.
The school has an impressive undergrad student loan default rate. It’s only 4.0%, which is much lower than the national rate of 10.1%.
With a ranking of #7, San Diego Mesa College did quite well on the 2023 Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Health Information Major in the Far Western US Region list. San Diego Mesa College is a fairly large public school situated in San Diego, California. It awarded 0 bachelors’s health information degrees in 2020-2021.
Read full report on Health Information Management at San Diego Mesa College
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