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Medical Informatics at The University of Texas Health Science Center at Houston

If you are interested in studying medical informatics, you may want to check out the program at The University of Texas Health Science Center at Houston. The following information will help you decide if it is a good fit for you.

UTHealth is located in Houston, Texas and approximately 5,608 students attend the school each year.

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.

UTHealth Medical Informatics Degrees Available

  • Master’s Degree in Medical Informatics
  • Doctorate Degree in Medical Informatics

UTHealth Medical Informatics Rankings

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There were 2 students who received their doctoral degrees in medical informatics, making the school the #9 most popular school in the United States for this category of students.

Medical Informatics Student Demographics at UTHealth

Take a look at the following statistics related to the make-up of the medical informatics majors at The University of Texas Health Science Center at Houston.

UTHealth Medical Informatics Master’s Program

58% Women
54% Racial-Ethnic Minorities*
In the 2020-2021 academic year, 52 students earned a master's degree in medical informatics from UTHealth. About 58% of these graduates were women and the other 42% were men. Nationwide, master's degree programs only see 32% men graduate in medical informatics each year. UTHealth does a better job at serving the male population as it supports 10% more men than average.

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In the medical informatics master's program at this school, racial-ethnic minorities make up 54% of degree recipients. That is 13% better than the national average.*

The following table and chart show the race/ethnicity for students who recently graduated from The University of Texas Health Science Center at Houston with a master's in medical informatics.

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Race/Ethnicity Number of Students
Asian 13
Black or African American 7
Hispanic or Latino 8
White 13
International Students 9
Other Races/Ethnicities 2

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 TX, the home state for The University of Texas Health Science Center at Houston.

Occupation Jobs in TX Average Salary in TX
Software Applications Developers 71,260 $108,760
Computer Workers 25,620 $90,290
Computer and Information Research Scientists 1,830 $125,800

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.

More about our data sources and methodologies.

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