Medical Informatics at Northwestern University

Every medical informatics school has its own distinct culture and strengths. We've pulled together some statistics and other details to help you see how the medical informatics program at Northwestern University stacks up to those at other schools.

Northwestern is located in Evanston, Illinois and has a total student population of 22,603.

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

Northwestern Medical Informatics Degrees Available

• Master’s Degree in Medical Informatics

Online Classes Are Available at Northwestern

Online courses are a good option for students who need a more flexible schedule that allows them to pursue an education when and where they want. Whether you're going to school part-time or full-time, you may find distance education the right choice for you.

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

• Master’s Degree

Northwestern Medical Informatics 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.

Medical Informatics Student Demographics at Northwestern

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

Northwestern Medical Informatics Master’s Program

During the 2020-2021 academic year, 25 medical informatics majors earned their master's degree from Northwestern. Of these graduates, 32% were men and 68% were women.

Of the students who received a medical informatics master's degree from Northwestern, 52% were white. This is above average for this degree on the natiowide level. In the medical informatics master's program at this school, racial-ethnic minorities make up 44% of degree recipients. That is 3% better than the national average.*

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

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	5
Black or African American	4
Hispanic or Latino	0
White	13
International Students	0
Other Races/Ethnicities	3

Related Majors

Careers That Medical Informatics Grads May Go Into

A degree in medical informatics 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
Software Applications Developers	30,500	$96,610
Computer and Information Research Scientists	500	$113,350

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.