Health Information Management at University of Illinois at Chicago

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

UIC is located in Chicago, Illinois and has a total student population of 33,518. In 2021, 35 health information majors received their bachelor's degree from UIC.

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.

UIC Health Information Management Degrees Available

• Bachelor’s Degree in Health Information
• Master’s Degree in Health Information

Online Classes Are Available at UIC

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.

Are you one of the many who prefer to take online classes? UIC offers distance education options for health information at the following degree levels:

• Master’s Degree

UIC Health Information Management Rankings

The following rankings from College Factual show how the health information progam at UIC compares to programs at other colleges and universities.

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.

Bachelor’s Degree Overall Quality & Other Notable Rankings

The health information major at UIC 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
	5
Most Focused Health Information Management Master’s Degree Schools	6
Best Value Health Information Management Master’s Degree Schools	16
Most Popular Online Health Information Management Schools	34
	48

In 2021, 98 students received their master’s degree in health information from UIC. This makes it the #1 most popular school for health information master’s degree candidates in the country.

Health Information Student Demographics at UIC

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

UIC Health Information Management Bachelor’s Program

Of the 35 students who earned a bachelor's degree in Health Information Management from UIC in 2020-2021, 17% were men and 83% were women. The typical health information bachelor's degree program is made up of only 14% men. So male students are more repesented at UIC since its program graduates 3% more men than average.

Prospective students may be interested in knowing that this school graduates 42% 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 University of Illinois at Chicago with a bachelor's in health information.

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	19
Black or African American	2
Hispanic or Latino	8
White	5
International Students	0
Other Races/Ethnicities	1

UIC Health Information Management Master’s Program

The health information program at UIC awarded 98 master's degrees in 2020-2021. About 34% of these degrees went to men with the other 66% going to women. Nationwide, master's degree programs only see 14% men graduate in health information each year. UIC does a better job at serving the male population as it supports 20% more men than average.

In the health information master's program at this school, racial-ethnic minorities make up 57% 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 University of Illinois at Chicago with a master's in health information.

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	30
Black or African American	16
Hispanic or Latino	8
White	34
International Students	2
Other Races/Ethnicities	8

UIC 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 IL, the home state for University of Illinois at Chicago.

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 Hied5 under License

More about our data sources and methodologies.