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When it comes to choosing a college, students have a lot of options - but not all of them are good. One of our goals at College Factual is to give you as much information as we can - such as our “Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Medical Informatics Major in the Far Western US Region” ranking - to help you make that decision.
Medical Informatics is the 311th most popular major in the country with 2,004 degrees awarded in 2020-2021.
Across the Far Western US region, there were 186 medical informatics graduates with average earnings and debt of $0 and $0 respectively. At the master’s degree level specifically, there were 142 medical informatics graduates with average earnings and debt of $61,693 and $0 respectively.
This year’s “Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Medical Informatics Major in the Far Western US Region” ranking looked at 9 colleges that offer degrees in a bachelor’s in medical informatics. The colleges and universities that top this list are recognized because their medical informatics program is one of the largest majors offered at the school.
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The colleges and universities below are the best for far western us region master’s degree medical informatics students.
You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend University of San Diego. It ranked #1 on our 2023 Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Medical Informatics Major in the Far Western US Region list. USD is a medium-sized school located in San Diego, California that handed out 56 masters’s medical informatics degrees in 2020-2021.
The undergrad student loan default rate at the school is 1.9%, which is quite low when compared to the national default rate of 10.1%.
Read full report on Medical Informatics at University of San Diego
You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Oregon Health & Science University. It ranked #2 on our 2023 Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Medical Informatics Major in the Far Western US Region list. Oregon Health & Science University is a small public school situated in Portland, Oregon. It awarded 10 masters’s medical informatics degrees in 2020-2021.
Since the school has a undergrad student-to-faculty ratio of 10 to 1, those pursuing a degree will have more opportunities to interact with their professors. The low undergrad student loan default rate of 0.1% 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 full report on Medical Informatics at Oregon Health & Science University
Out of the 9 schools in the Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Medical Informatics Major in the Far Western US Region that were part of this year’s ranking, University of San Francisco landed the #3 spot on the list. USFCA is a fairly large school located in San Francisco, California that handed out 21 masters’s medical informatics degrees in 2020-2021.
The undergrad student loan default rate at the school is 1.5%, which is quite low when compared to the national default rate of 10.1%.
Read more about Medical Informatics at USFCA
You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Loma Linda University. It ranked #4 on our 2023 Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Medical Informatics Major in the Far Western US Region list. Loma Linda University is a private not-for-profit institution located in Loma Linda, California. The school has a small population, and it awarded 8 masters’s degrees in 2020-2021.
The undergraduate student-to-faculty ratio of 3 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 0.6%, which is much lower than the national rate of 10.1%.
Read full report on Medical Informatics at Loma Linda University
Out of the 9 schools in the Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Medical Informatics Major in the Far Western US Region that were part of this year’s ranking, Stanford University landed the #5 spot on the list. Located in Stanford, California, this fairly large private not-for-profit school awarded 22 degrees to qualified masters’s medical informatics students in 2020-2021.
The school has an impressive undergrad student loan default rate. It’s only 0.5%, which is much lower than the national rate of 10.1%. With a freshman retention rate of 86%, the school does an excellent job of retaining its undergraduate students. With a undergrad student-to-faculty ratio of 4 to 1, it’s easy to see that the school is committed to helping their undergraduates succeed.
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National University came in at #6 in this year’s edition of the Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Medical Informatics Major in the Far Western US Region ranking. This fairly large school is located in La Jolla, California, and it awarded 16 masters’s medical informatics degrees in 2020-2021.
The low undergrad student loan default rate of 3.7% 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%.
Full National University Medical Informatics Report
University of California - Davis ranked #7 on this year’s Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Medical Informatics Major in the Far Western US Region list. University of California - Davis is a public institution located in Davis, California. The school has a large population, and it awarded 7 masters’s degrees in 2020-2021.
The low undergrad student loan default rate of 1.5% 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%. The school has an excellent freshman retention rate of 93%, which means students like the school well enough to return for a second year.
Full University of California - Davis Medical Informatics Report
With a ranking of #8, University of Washington - Seattle Campus did quite well on the 2023 Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Medical Informatics Major in the Far Western US Region list. UW Seattle is a large public school situated in Seattle, Washington. It awarded 2 masters’s medical informatics degrees in 2020-2021.
With a freshman retention rate of 93%, 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%.
Read more about Medical Informatics at UW Seattle
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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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