Health Information Management at Northwestern University

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

Northwestern is located in Evanston, Illinois and approximately 22,603 students attend the school each year.

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.

Northwestern Health Information Management Degrees Available

• Master’s Degree in Health Information

Online Classes Are Available at Northwestern

Don't have the time or the flexibility in your schedule to take traditional classes? Online courses may be the perfect solution for you. They allow independent learners to study when and where they want to while offering the rigor of in-person classes.

For those who are interested in distance learning, Northwestern does offer online courses in health information for the following degree levels:

• Master’s Degree

Northwestern Health Information Management Rankings

Note: Although rankings can help you see some information about a school, it's not a good idea to depend on them alone. Be sure to check out other things about the school before making your decision to attend.

Health Information Student Demographics at Northwestern

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

Northwestern Health Information Management Master’s Program

For the most recent academic year available, 100% of health information master's degrees went to men and 0% went to women. Nationwide, master's degree programs only see 14% men graduate in health information each year. Northwestern does a better job at serving the male population as it supports 86% more men than average.

Of the students who received a health information master's degree from Northwestern, 100% were white. This is above average for this degree on the natiowide level.

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

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

Related Majors

• Other Health & Medical Administrative Services

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 IL, the home state for Northwestern University.

Occupation	Jobs in IL	Average Salary in IL
Medical and Health Services Managers	14,050	$121,900

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 Madcoverboy at en.wikipedia under License

More about our data sources and methodologies.