Medical Informatics at University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill

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

UNC Chapel Hill is located in Chapel Hill, North Carolina and approximately 30,092 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.

UNC Chapel Hill Medical Informatics Degrees Available

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

Online Classes Are Available at UNC Chapel Hill

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.

UNC Chapel Hill does offer online education options in medical informatics for the following degree levels for those interested in distance learning:

• Master’s Degree

UNC Chapel Hill Medical 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.

There were 5 students who received their doctoral degrees in medical informatics, making the school the #4 most popular school in the United States for this category of students.

Medical Informatics Student Demographics at UNC Chapel Hill

Take a look at the following statistics related to the make-up of the medical informatics majors at University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill.

UNC Chapel Hill Medical Informatics Master’s Program

In the 2020-2021 academic year, 19 students earned a master's degree in medical informatics from UNC Chapel Hill. About 42% of these graduates were women and the other 58% were men. Nationwide, master's degree programs only see 32% men graduate in medical informatics each year. UNC Chapel Hill does a better job at serving the male population as it supports 26% more men than average.

The following table and chart show the race/ethnicity for students who recently graduated from University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill with a master's in medical informatics.

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	3
Black or African American	1
Hispanic or Latino	0
White	9
International Students	5
Other Races/Ethnicities	1

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 NC, the home state for University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill.

Occupation	Jobs in NC	Average Salary in NC
Software Applications Developers	30,580	$103,280
Computer Workers	5,940	$88,650
Computer and Information Research Scientists	140	$108,460

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 Marchmain05 under License

More about our data sources and methodologies.