Health Information Management at Missouri Western State University

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

Missouri Western is located in Saint Joseph, Missouri and approximately 4,911 students attend the school each year. In 2021, 11 health information majors received their bachelor's degree from Missouri Western.

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.

Missouri Western Health Information Management Degrees Available

• Bachelor’s Degree in Health Information

Missouri Western Health Information Management Rankings

The following rankings from College Factual show how the health information progam at Missouri Western 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 Missouri Western 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	16
Most Focused Health Information Management Schools	41
Most Popular Health Information Management Bachelor’s Degree Schools	45
Best Value Health Information Management Bachelor’s Degree Schools	65
Most Popular Health Information Management Schools	71
	82
Best Health Information Management Bachelor’s Degree Schools	84
Best Value Health Information Management Schools	107
Best Health Information Management Schools	128
	132

Health Information Student Demographics at Missouri Western

Take a look at the following statistics related to the make-up of the health information majors at Missouri Western State University.

Missouri Western Health Information Management Bachelor’s Program

The health information program at Missouri Western awarded 11 bachelor's degrees in 2020-2021. About 18% of these degrees went to men with the other 82% going to women. The typical health information bachelor's degree program is made up of only 14% men. So male students are more repesented at Missouri Western since its program graduates 4% more men than average.

About 55% of those who receive a bachelor's degree in health information at Missouri Western are white. This is typical for this degree on the nationwide level. Prospective students may be interested in knowing that this school graduates 2% more racial-ethnic minorities in its health information bachelor's program than the national average.*

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

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	1
Black or African American	2
Hispanic or Latino	0
White	6
International Students	0
Other Races/Ethnicities	2

Missouri Western 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 MO, the home state for Missouri Western State University.

Occupation	Jobs in MO	Average Salary in MO
Medical and Health Services Managers	6,840	$113,120

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 Americasroof under License

More about our data sources and methodologies.