Medical Illustration & Informatics at University of Kansas

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

KU is located in Lawrence, Kansas and has a total student population of 26,744.

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

KU Medical Illustration & Informatics Degrees Available

• Master’s Degree in Medical Illustration

Online Classes Are Available at KU

If you are a working student or have a busy schedule, you may want to consider taking online classes. While these classes used to be mostly populated by returning adults, more and more traditional students are turning to this option.

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

• Master’s Degree

KU Medical Illustration & Informatics Rankings

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.

Medical Illustration Student Demographics at KU

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

KU Medical Illustration & Informatics Master’s Program

Of the 2 students who earned a master's degree in Medical Illustration & Informatics from KU in 2020-2021, 50% were men and 50% were women.

In the medical illustration master's program at this school, racial-ethnic minorities make up 50% of degree recipients. That is 9% better than the national average.*

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

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

Concentrations Within Medical Illustration & Informatics

If you plan to be a medical illustration major, you may want to focus your studies on one of the following concentrations. The completion numbers here include all graduates who receive any type of degree in this field from University of Kansas. Some of these focus areas may not be available for your degree level.

Concentration	Annual Degrees Awarded
Medical Informatics	3

Related Majors

• Bioethics/Medical Ethics
• Clinical/Medical Laboratory Science
• Dietetics & Clinical Nutrition Services
• Allied Health Professions
• Mental & Social Health Services

Careers That Medical Illustration Grads May Go Into

A degree in medical illustration can lead to the following careers. Since job numbers and average salaries can vary by geographic location, we have only included the numbers for KS, the home state for University of Kansas.

Occupation	Jobs in KS	Average Salary in KS
Software Applications Developers	5,570	$85,380
Computer Workers	1,340	$79,300
Computer and Information Research Scientists	100	$94,300
Fine Artists	40	$51,270

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 Arnhem under License

More about our data sources and methodologies.