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 “Most Well Attended Medical Informatics Major in the Far Western US Region for a Master’s” ranking as one item you can use to help make this 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 “Most Well Attended Medical Informatics Major in the Far Western US Region for a Master’s” ranking looked at 9 colleges that offer degrees in a bachelor’s in medical informatics. To top this list, a school must have a successful medical informatics program that graduates more students in the field than other colleges that offer the same major.
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The following schools top our list of the Best “Most Well Attended Medical Informatics Major in the Far Western US Region for a Master’s”.
Out of the 9 schools in the Most Well Attended Medical Informatics Major in the Far Western US Region for a Master’s that were part of this year’s ranking, University of San Diego landed the #1 spot on the list. This medium-sized school is located in San Diego, California, and it awarded 56 masters’s medical informatics degrees in 2020-2021.
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%.
Out of the 9 schools in the Most Well Attended Medical Informatics Major in the Far Western US Region for a Master’s that were part of this year’s ranking, Stanford University landed the #2 spot on the list. Located in Stanford, California, this fairly large private not-for-profit school handed out 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%. Students who start out at the school are likely to stick around. The freshman retention rate is 86%. 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.
Read full report on Medical Informatics at Stanford University
Out of the 9 schools in the Most Well Attended Medical Informatics Major in the Far Western US Region for a Master’s that were part of this year’s ranking, University of San Francisco landed the #3 spot on the list. USFCA is located in San Francisco, California and, has a fairly large student population. In 2020-2021, this school awarded 21 masters’s medical informatics degrees to qualified students.
The school has an impressive undergrad student loan default rate. It’s only 1.5%, which is much lower than the national rate of 10.1%.
You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend National University. It ranked #4 on our 2023 Most Well Attended Medical Informatics Major in the Far Western US Region for a Master’s list. Located in La Jolla, California, this fairly large private not-for-profit school awarded 16 degrees to qualified masters’s medical informatics students in 2020-2021.
The school has an impressive undergrad student loan default rate. It’s only 3.7%, which is much lower than the national rate of 10.1%.
You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend Oregon Health & Science University. The school came in at #5 for the Most Well Attended Medical Informatics Major in the Far Western US Region for a Master’s. Oregon Health & Science University is a public institution located in Portland, Oregon. The school has a small population, and it awarded 10 masters’s degrees in 2020-2021.
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. The school has an impressive undergrad student loan default rate. It’s only 0.1%, which is much lower than the national rate of 10.1%.
Read full report on Medical Informatics at Oregon Health & Science University
Loma Linda University landed the #6 spot on the 2023 Most Well Attended Medical Informatics Major in the Far Western US Region for a Master’s ranking. Located in Loma Linda, California, this small private not-for-profit school handed out 8 degrees to qualified masters’s medical informatics students in 2020-2021.
The undergrad student loan default rate at the school is 0.6%, which is quite low when compared to the national default rate of 10.1%. Since the school has a undergrad student-to-faculty ratio of 3 to 1, those pursuing a degree will have more opportunities to interact with their professors.
University of California - Davis came in at #7 in this year’s edition of the Most Well Attended Medical Informatics Major in the Far Western US Region for a Master’s ranking. University of California - Davis is a large school located in Davis, California that handed out 7 masters’s medical informatics 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 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%.
University of Washington - Seattle Campus came in at #8 in this year’s edition of the Most Well Attended Medical Informatics Major in the Far Western US Region for a Master’s ranking. This large school is located in Seattle, Washington, and it awarded 2 masters’s medical informatics 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%.
Full University of Washington - Seattle Campus Medical Informatics Report
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