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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 “Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Health Information Major” ranking is one tool we have developed to help in this regard.
In 2020-2021, 3,317 people earned their degree in health information management, making the major the 251st most popular in the United States.
At the master’s degree level specifically, there were 575 health information management graduates with average earnings and debt of $58,425 and $0 respectively.
For this year’s “Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Health Information Major” ranking, we looked at 28 colleges that offer 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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The colleges and universities below are the best for master’s degree health information students.
You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend The College of Saint Scholastica. It ranked #1 on our 2023 Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Health Information Major list. St. Scholastica is a small school located in Duluth, Minnesota that handed out 58 masters’s health information degrees in 2020-2021.
The school has an impressive undergrad student loan default rate. It’s only 2.6%, which is much lower than the national rate of 10.1%.
Full The College of Saint Scholastica Health Information Management Report
You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Park University. It ranked #2 on our 2023 Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Health Information Major list. Park University is a private not-for-profit institution located in Parkville, Missouri. The school has a medium-sized population, and it awarded 91 masters’s degrees in 2020-2021.
Read more about Health Information Management at Park University
You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend University of Puerto Rico - Medical Sciences. The school came in at #3 for the Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Health Information Major. University of Puerto Rico - Medical Sciences is a small school located in San Juan, that handed out 15 masters’s health information degrees in 2020-2021.
The undergraduate student-to-faculty ratio of 2 to 1 is a sign that students will have more opportunities to engage with their professors one-on-one. The school has an impressive undergrad student loan default rate. It’s only 1.9%, which is much lower than the national rate of 10.1%.
Full University of Puerto Rico - Medical Sciences Health Information Management Report
You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend The University of Tennessee - Health Science Center. It ranked #4 on our 2023 Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Health Information Major list. The University of Tennessee - Health Science Center is located in Memphis, Tennessee and, has a small student population. In 2020-2021, this school awarded 30 masters’s health information degrees to qualified students.
The undergraduate student-to-faculty ratio of 7 to 1 is a sign that students will have more opportunities to engage with their professors one-on-one. The school has an impressive undergrad student loan default rate. It’s only 3.1%, which is much lower than the national rate of 10.1%.
Read more about Health Information Management at The University of Tennessee - Health Science Center
You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend Mercer University. The school came in at #5 for the Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Health Information Major. Mercer University is a private not-for-profit institution located in Macon, Georgia. The school has a medium-sized population, and it awarded 43 masters’s degrees in 2020-2021.
The undergrad student loan default rate at the school is 3.5%, which is quite low when compared to the national default rate of 10.1%. The school has an excellent freshman retention rate of 87%, which means students like the school well enough to return for a second year.
Full Mercer University Health Information Management Report
University of Illinois at Chicago came in at #6 in this year’s edition of the Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Health Information Major ranking. University of Illinois at Chicago is located in Chicago, Illinois and, has a large student population. In 2020-2021, this school awarded 98 masters’s health information degrees to qualified students.
The school has an impressive undergrad student loan default rate. It’s only 2.5%, which is much lower than the national rate of 10.1%.
Read full report on Health Information Management at University of Illinois at Chicago
Stephens College did quite well in the 2023 Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Health Information Major ranking, coming in at #7. Stephens is a small school located in Columbia, Missouri that handed out 2 masters’s health information degrees in 2020-2021.
The low undergrad student loan default rate of 4.7% 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%.
Read more about Health Information Management at Stephens College
Jacksonville University ranked #8 on this year’s Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Health Information Major list. This small school is located in Jacksonville, Florida, and it awarded 13 masters’s health information degrees in 2020-2021.
Read more about Health Information Management at Jacksonville University
Davenport University landed the #9 spot on the 2023 Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Health Information Major ranking. Davenport University is a private not-for-profit institution located in Grand Rapids, Michigan. The school has a medium-sized population, and it awarded 11 masters’s degrees in 2020-2021.
Read full report on Health Information Management at Davenport University
With a ranking of #10, Southwestern Oklahoma State University did quite well on the 2023 Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Health Information Major list. SWOSU is a public institution located in Weatherford, Oklahoma. The school has a small population, and it awarded 8 masters’s degrees in 2020-2021.
Full Southwestern Oklahoma State University Health Information Management Report
Purdue University Global ranked #11 on this year’s Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Health Information Major list. Purdue University Global is a large school located in Indianapolis, Indiana that handed out 82 masters’s health information degrees in 2020-2021.
Full Purdue University Global Health Information Management Report
Louisiana Tech University did quite well in the 2023 Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Health Information Major ranking, coming in at #12. Ruston, Louisiana is the setting for this fairly large institution of higher learning. The public school handed out masters’s health information degrees to 8 students in 2020-2021.
Read full report on Health Information Management at Louisiana Tech University
Southern Illinois University Carbondale did quite well in the 2023 Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Health Information Major ranking, coming in at #13. Southern Illinois University Carbondale is a fairly large school located in Carbondale, Illinois that handed out 9 masters’s health information degrees in 2020-2021.
Read more about Health Information Management at Southern Illinois University Carbondale
Arkansas Tech University ranked #14 on this year’s Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Health Information Major list. Arkansas Tech University is a medium-sized public school situated in Russellville, Arkansas. It awarded 9 masters’s health information degrees in 2020-2021.
Read full report on Health Information Management at Arkansas Tech University
University of Central Florida landed the #15 spot on the 2023 Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Health Information Major ranking. UCF is a public institution located in Orlando, Florida. The school has a large population, and it awarded 41 masters’s degrees in 2020-2021.
The school has an excellent freshman retention rate of 92%, which means students like the school well enough to return for a second year. The undergrad student loan default rate at the school is 3.7%, which is quite low when compared to the national default rate of 10.1%.
Read full report on Health Information Management at UCF
With a ranking of #16, Texas State University did quite well on the 2023 Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Health Information Major list. Texas State is located in San Marcos, Texas and, has a large student population. In 2020-2021, this school awarded 14 masters’s health information degrees to qualified students.
Read full report on Health Information Management at Texas State University
Merrimack College ranked #17 on this year’s Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Health Information Major list. Merrimack College is a medium-sized school located in North Andover, Massachusetts that handed out 2 masters’s health information degrees in 2020-2021.
The school has an impressive undergrad student loan default rate. It’s only 3.3%, which is much lower than the national rate of 10.1%.
Read more about Health Information Management at Merrimack
University of Washington - Seattle Campus did quite well in the 2023 Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Health Information Major ranking, coming in at #18. Seattle, Washington is the setting for this large institution of higher learning. The public school handed out masters’s health information degrees to 19 students in 2020-2021.
Students who start out at the school are likely to stick around. The freshman retention rate is 93%. 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%.
Read more about Health Information Management at University of Washington - Seattle Campus
American Public University System came in at #19 in this year’s edition of the Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Health Information Major ranking. American Military University is a private for-profit institution located in Charles Town, West Virginia. The school has a large population, and it awarded 14 masters’s degrees in 2020-2021.
The school has an excellent freshman retention rate of 98%, which means students like the school well enough to return for a second year.
Read more about Health Information Management at American Military University
Duquesne University ranked #20 on this year’s Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Health Information Major list. Duquesne University is a private not-for-profit institution located in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. The school has a medium-sized population, and it awarded 2 masters’s degrees in 2020-2021.
Students who start out at the school are likely to stick around. The freshman retention rate is 86%. The school has an impressive undergrad student loan default rate. It’s only 2.3%, which is much lower than the national rate of 10.1%.
Full Duquesne Health Information Management Report
University of Mississippi ranked #21 on this year’s Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Health Information Major list. Ole Miss is a large public school situated in University, Mississippi. It awarded 3 masters’s health information degrees in 2020-2021.
With a freshman retention rate of 86%, the school does an excellent job of retaining its undergraduate students.
Read more about Health Information Management at Ole Miss
Slippery Rock University of Pennsylvania came in at #22 in this year’s edition of the Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Health Information Major ranking. Slippery Rock University of Pennsylvania is a medium-sized school located in Slippery Rock, Pennsylvania that handed out 1 masters’s health information degrees in 2020-2021.
The school has an impressive undergrad student loan default rate. It’s only 4.6%, which is much lower than the national rate of 10.1%.
Read more about Health Information Management at Slippery Rock University of Pennsylvania
With a ranking of #23, Northwestern University did quite well on the 2023 Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Health Information Major list. Northwestern is a large private not-for-profit school situated in Evanston, Illinois. It awarded 2 masters’s health information degrees in 2020-2021.
The school has an excellent freshman retention rate of 97%, which means students like the school well enough to return for a second year. With a undergrad student-to-faculty ratio of 6 to 1, it’s easy to see that the school is committed to helping their undergraduates succeed. The low undergrad student loan default rate of 0.6% 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%.
Read more about Health Information Management at Northwestern
With a ranking of #24, University of South Carolina - Columbia did quite well on the 2023 Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Health Information Major list. Located in Columbia, South Carolina, this large public school awarded 0 diplomas to qualified masters’s health information students in 2020-2021.
Students who start out at the school are likely to stick around. The freshman retention rate is 90%. The low undergrad student loan default rate of 3.1% 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%.
Read more about Health Information Management at UofSC
With a ranking of #24, Sacred Heart University did quite well on the 2023 Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Health Information Major list. Sacred Heart University is a medium-sized private not-for-profit school situated in Fairfield, Connecticut. It awarded 0 masters’s health information degrees in 2020-2021.
With a freshman retention rate of 87%, the school does an excellent job of retaining its undergraduate students. The undergrad student loan default rate at the school is 2.1%, which is quite low when compared to the national default rate of 10.1%.
Full Sacred Heart University Health Information Management Report
The Graduate Center, CUNY ranked #24 on this year’s Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Health Information Major list. The Graduate Center, CUNY is a medium-sized public school situated in New York, New York. It awarded 60 masters’s health information degrees in 2020-2021.
The school has an impressive undergrad student loan default rate. It’s only 3.9%, which is much lower than the national rate of 10.1%. The undergraduate student-to-faculty ratio of 10 to 1 is a sign that students will have more opportunities to engage with their professors one-on-one.
Read more about Health Information Management at The Graduate Center, CUNY
Chatham University landed the #24 spot on the 2023 Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Health Information Major ranking. Chatham University is located in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania and, has a small student population. In 2020-2021, this school awarded 0 masters’s health information degrees to qualified students.
The undergrad student loan default rate at the school is 3.4%, which is quite low when compared to the national default rate of 10.1%. With a undergrad student-to-faculty ratio of 10 to 1, it’s easy to see that the school is committed to helping their undergraduates succeed.
Full Chatham Health Information Management Report
Lewis University landed the #24 spot on the 2023 Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Health Information Major ranking. Romeoville, Illinois is the setting for this medium-sized institution of higher learning. The private not-for-profit school handed out masters’s health information degrees to 0 students in 2020-2021.
The low undergrad student loan default rate of 2.0% 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%.
Read full report on Health Information Management at Lewis
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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
- *Avg Salary and Avg 4-Year Grad Rate 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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