Health Information Management at Eastern Kentucky University

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

Eastern is located in Richmond, Kentucky and has a total student population of 14,465. In the 2020-2021 academic year, 33 students received a bachelor's degree in health information from Eastern.

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.

Eastern Health Information Management Degrees Available

• Bachelor’s Degree in Health Information

Eastern Health Information Management Rankings

Each year, College Factual ranks health information programs across the country. The following shows how Eastern performed in these rankings.

Note: While rankings may be a good starting point when you're researching a school, they don't necessarily highlight all of a school's strengths. Don't forget to check out the other details that are available for a school to see if it has what you're looking for in a program.

Bachelor’s Degree Overall Quality & Other Notable Rankings

The health information major at Eastern 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
Most Focused Health Information Management Bachelor’s Degree Schools	25
Most Focused Health Information Management Schools	56
Best Value Health Information Management Bachelor’s Degree Schools	76
	81
Best Health Information Management Bachelor’s Degree Schools	83
Best Value Health Information Management Schools	122

Health Information Student Demographics at Eastern

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

Eastern Health Information Management Bachelor’s Program

Of the 33 students who graduated with a bachelor’s in health information from Eastern in 2021, 18% were men and 82% were women. The typical health information bachelor's degree program is made up of only 14% men. So male students are more repesented at Eastern since its program graduates 4% more men than average.

About 91% of those who receive a bachelor's degree in health information at Eastern 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 Eastern Kentucky University with a bachelor's in health information.

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	0
Black or African American	3
Hispanic or Latino	0
White	30
International Students	0
Other Races/Ethnicities	0

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

Related Majors

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 KY, the home state for Eastern Kentucky University.

Occupation	Jobs in KY	Average Salary in KY
Medical and Health Services Managers	5,000	$91,820

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 Alpha 40475 under License

More about our data sources and methodologies.