Health Information Management at East Carolina University

If you are interested in studying health information management, you may want to check out the program at East Carolina University. The following information will help you decide if it is a good fit for you.

ECU is located in Greenville, North Carolina and has a total student population of 28,798. In the 2020-2021 academic year, 20 students received a bachelor's degree in health information from ECU.

Want to know more about the career opportunities in this field? Check out the Careers in Health Information Management section at the bottom of this page.

ECU Health Information Management Degrees Available

• Bachelor’s Degree in Health Information

Online Classes Are Available at ECU

If you are a working student or have a busy schedule, you may want to consider taking online classes. While these classes used to be mostly populated by returning adults, more and more traditional students are turning to this option.

ECU does offer online education options in health information for the following degree levels for those interested in distance learning:

• Bachelor’s Degree

ECU Health Information Management Rankings

The following rankings from College Factual show how the health information progam at ECU compares to programs at other colleges and universities.

Note: Rankings don't always give a complete picture of a school's strengths and weaknesses, so it's a good idea to extend your research and also look at other factors when trying to decide if the school is right for you.

Bachelor’s Degree Overall Quality & Other Notable Rankings

The health information major at ECU is not ranked on College Factual’s Best Colleges and Universities for Health Information Management. This could be for a number of reasons, such as not having enough data on the major or school to make an accurate assessment of its quality.

Ranking Type	Rank
Best Health Information Management Graduate Certificate Schools	4
Most Popular Health Information Management Graduate Certificate Schools	5
	37

Health Information Student Demographics at ECU

Take a look at the following statistics related to the make-up of the health information majors at East Carolina University.

ECU Health Information Management Bachelor’s Program

During the 2020-2021 academic year, 20 students graduated with a bachelor's degree in health information from ECU. About 10% were men and 90% were women.

About 70% of those who receive a bachelor's degree in health information at ECU are white. This is above average for this degree on the nationwide level.

The following table and chart show the race/ethnicity for students who recently graduated from East Carolina University with a bachelor's in health information.

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	0
Black or African American	4
Hispanic or Latino	1
White	14
International Students	0
Other Races/Ethnicities	1

ECU also has a doctoral program available in health information. In 2021, 0 student graduated with a doctor's degree in this field.

Related Majors

• Health Care Management

Careers That Health Information Grads May Go Into

A degree in health information can lead to the following careers. Since job numbers and average salaries can vary by geographic location, we have only included the numbers for NC, the home state for East Carolina University.

Occupation	Jobs in NC	Average Salary in NC
Medical and Health Services Managers	9,230	$117,650

References

*The racial-ethnic minorities count is calculated by taking the total number of students and subtracting white students, international students, and students whose race/ethnicity was unknown. This number is then divided by the total number of students at the school to obtain the racial-ethnic minorities percentage.

• College Factual
• National Center for Education Statistics
• O*NET Online
• Image Credit: By Luca Masters under License

More about our data sources and methodologies.