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2022 Best Value Doctor’s Degree Colleges for Medical Informatics

11 Ranked Colleges
53 Degrees Awarded
$31,600 Avg Grad Tuition & Fees*
Best Value Medical Informatics Schools for a Doctorate

When it comes to choosing a college, students have a lot of options - but not all of them are good. College Factual has developed its “Best Value Medical Informatics Schools for a Doctorate” ranking as one item you can use to help make this decision.

In 2019-2020, 1,795 people earned their degree in medical informatics, making the major the 359th most popular in the United States.

At the doctor’s degree level specifically, there were 53 medical informatics graduates with average earnings and debt of $72,680 and $116,043 respectively.

For this year’s “Best Value Medical Informatics Schools for a Doctorate” ranking, we looked at 11 colleges that offer a degree in medical informatics. This ranking identifies schools with high-quality medical informatics programs that also have a lower cost than schools of similar quality.

When determining these rankings, we looked at things such as overall quality of the medical informatics program at the school and the cost to attend the school once aid has been awarded. Check out our ranking methodology for more information.

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The medical informatics school you choose to invest your time and money in matters. To help you make the decision that is right for you, we’ve developed a number of major-specific rankings, including this list of “Best Value Medical Informatics Schools for a Doctorate”.

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Best Value Medical Informatics Schools for a Doctorate

The colleges and universities below are the best for doctor’s degree medical informatics students.

Top 11 Best Value Doctor’s Degree Colleges for Medical Informatics

#1

Samford University

Birmingham, Alabama
#8 in overall quality

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Samford University. It ranked #1 on our 2022 Best Value Medical Informatics Schools for a Doctorate list. Samford University is a medium-sized school located in Birmingham, Alabama that handed out 1 doctorate’s medical informatics degrees in 2019-2020.

Samford not only placed well in this ranking. It is also #8 on our “Best Medical Informatics Doctor’s Degree Schools” list. Although you might pay more or less depending on your area of study, average graduate tuition and fees at Samford are $21,227.

Read more about Medical Informatics at Samford University

#2

University of Utah

Salt Lake City, Utah
#7 in overall quality

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend University of Utah. It ranked #2 on our 2022 Best Value Medical Informatics Schools for a Doctorate list. Salt Lake City, Utah is the setting for this large institution of higher learning. The public school handed out doctorate’s medical informatics degrees to 6 students in 2019-2020.

U of U also made our “Best Medical Informatics Doctor’s Degree Schools” list, coming in at #7. Average graduate tuition and fees at University of Utah are $24,695, but you may pay more or less depending on your major.

Full U of U Medical Informatics Report

#6 in overall quality

Out of the 11 schools in the Best Value Medical Informatics Schools for a Doctorate that were part of this year’s ranking, University of Missouri - Columbia landed the #3 spot on the list. Mizzou is a large school located in Columbia, Missouri that handed out 5 doctorate’s medical informatics degrees in 2019-2020.

In addition to being on our doctor’s degree medical informatics students list, Mizzou has also earned the #6 rank in our “Best Medical Informatics Doctor’s Degree Schools” ranking. Although you might pay more or less depending on your area of study, average graduate tuition and fees at Mizzou are $27,193.

Read full report on Medical Informatics at Mizzou

#4

Clemson University

Clemson, South Carolina
#9 in overall quality

Out of the 11 schools in the Best Value Medical Informatics Schools for a Doctorate that were part of this year’s ranking, Clemson University landed the #4 spot on the list. Clemson University is a large school located in Clemson, South Carolina that handed out 1 doctorate’s medical informatics degrees in 2019-2020.

As a testament to the quality of education offered at Clemson, the school also landed the #9 spot in our “Best Medical Informatics Doctor’s Degree Schools” ranking. Average graduate tuition and fees at Clemson are $23,246, but some majors have different tuition rates.

Read full report on Medical Informatics at Clemson

#3 in overall quality

Out of the 11 schools in the Best Value Medical Informatics Schools for a Doctorate that were part of this year’s ranking, The University of Texas Health Science Center at Houston landed the #5 spot on the list. The University of Texas Health Science Center at Houston is a medium-sized public school situated in Houston, Texas. It awarded 4 doctorate’s medical informatics degrees in 2019-2020.

UTHealth did well in our major quality rankings, too. It placed #3 on our “Best Medical Informatics Doctor’s Degree Schools” list. Average graduate tuition and fees at UTHealth are $32,904, but some majors have different tuition rates.

Full UTHealth Medical Informatics Report

#11 in overall quality

University of Wisconsin - Milwaukee ranked #6 on this year’s Best Value Medical Informatics Schools for a Doctorate list. University of Wisconsin - Milwaukee is located in Milwaukee, Wisconsin and, has a large student population. In 2019-2020, this school awarded 2 doctorate’s medical informatics degrees to qualified students.

UWM also made our “Best Medical Informatics Doctor’s Degree Schools” list, coming in at #11. Average graduate tuition and fees at University of Wisconsin - Milwaukee are $25,295, but some majors have different tuition rates.

Read full report on Medical Informatics at UWM

#7

Rutgers University - New Brunswick

New Brunswick, New Jersey
#4 in overall quality

Rutgers University - New Brunswick did quite well in the 2022 Best Value Medical Informatics Schools for a Doctorate ranking, coming in at #7. Rutgers New Brunswick is a large public school situated in New Brunswick, New Jersey. It awarded 21 doctorate’s medical informatics degrees in 2019-2020.

Rutgers New Brunswick not only placed well in this ranking. It is also #4 on our “Best Medical Informatics Doctor’s Degree Schools” list. Average graduate tuition and fees at Rutgers University - New Brunswick are $32,132, but some majors have different tuition rates.

Read full report on Medical Informatics at Rutgers University - New Brunswick

#5 in overall quality

University of Washington - Seattle Campus ranked #8 on this year’s Best Value Medical Informatics Schools for a Doctorate list. University of Washington - Seattle Campus is a large public school situated in Seattle, Washington. It awarded 6 doctorate’s medical informatics degrees in 2019-2020.

UW Seattle also took the #5 spot in our “Best Medical Informatics Doctor’s Degree Schools” ranking. Average graduate tuition and fees at University of Washington - Seattle Campus are $30,294, but you may pay more or less depending on your major.

Read more about Medical Informatics at University of Washington - Seattle Campus

#9

Northeastern University

Boston, Massachusetts
#10 in overall quality

Northeastern University did quite well in the 2022 Best Value Medical Informatics Schools for a Doctorate ranking, coming in at #9. Northeastern is a private not-for-profit institution located in Boston, Massachusetts. The school has a large population, and it awarded 1 doctorate’s degrees in 2019-2020.

Northeastern not only placed well in this ranking. It is also #10 on our “Best Medical Informatics Doctor’s Degree Schools” list. Although you might pay more or less depending on your area of study, average graduate tuition and fees at Northeastern are $25,558.

Read full report on Medical Informatics at Northeastern University

#10

Harvard University

Cambridge, Massachusetts
#1 in overall quality

Harvard University landed the #10 spot on the 2022 Best Value Medical Informatics Schools for a Doctorate ranking. Harvard University is a large school located in Cambridge, Massachusetts that handed out 5 doctorate’s medical informatics degrees in 2019-2020.

Harvard not only placed well in this ranking. It is also #1 on our “Best Medical Informatics Doctor’s Degree Schools” list. Average graduate tuition and fees at Harvard are $50,654, but you may pay more or less depending on your major.

Read more about Medical Informatics at Harvard University

#11

Stanford University

Stanford, California
#2 in overall quality

Stanford University did quite well in the 2022 Best Value Medical Informatics Schools for a Doctorate ranking, coming in at #11. Stanford University is a fairly large private not-for-profit school situated in Stanford, California. It awarded 1 doctorate’s medical informatics degrees in 2019-2020.

In addition to being on our doctor’s degree medical informatics students list, Stanford has also earned the #2 rank in our “Best Medical Informatics Doctor’s Degree Schools” ranking. Although you might pay more or less depending on your area of study, average graduate tuition and fees at Stanford University are $55,011.

Read more about Medical Informatics at Stanford University

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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