Health Information Management at University of Washington - Seattle Campus

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

UW Seattle is located in Seattle, Washington and approximately 48,149 students attend the school each year. In the 2020-2021 academic year, 50 students received a bachelor's degree in health information from UW Seattle.

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.

UW Seattle Health Information Management Degrees Available

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

UW Seattle Health Information Management Rankings

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

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.

Bachelor’s Degree Overall Quality & Other Notable Rankings

The health information major at UW Seattle 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
Most Popular Health Information Management Schools	9
Best Health Information Management Schools	38
	43
Most Focused Health Information Management Bachelor’s Degree Schools	58
Best Value Health Information Management Bachelor’s Degree Schools	79

In 2021, 19 students received their master’s degree in health information from UW Seattle. This makes it the #8 most popular school for health information master’s degree candidates in the country.

Health Information Student Demographics at UW Seattle

Take a look at the following statistics related to the make-up of the health information majors at University of Washington - Seattle Campus.

UW Seattle Health Information Management Bachelor’s Program

Of the 50 students who graduated with a bachelor’s in health information from UW Seattle in 2021, 18% were men and 82% were women. The typical health information bachelor's degree program is made up of only 14% men. So male students are more repesented at UW Seattle since its program graduates 4% more men than average.

Prospective students may be interested in knowing that this school graduates 38% 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 Washington - Seattle Campus with a bachelor's in health information.

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	27
Black or African American	10
Hispanic or Latino	2
White	6
International Students	2
Other Races/Ethnicities	3

UW Seattle Health Information Management Master’s Program

The health information program at UW Seattle awarded 19 master's degrees in 2020-2021. About 37% of these degrees went to men with the other 63% going to women. Nationwide, master's degree programs only see 14% men graduate in health information each year. UW Seattle does a better job at serving the male population as it supports 23% more men than average.

In the health information master's program at this school, racial-ethnic minorities make up 58% of degree recipients. That is 14% better than the national average.*

The following table and chart show the race/ethnicity for students who recently graduated from University of Washington - Seattle Campus with a master's in health information.

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	5
Black or African American	4
Hispanic or Latino	0
White	6
International Students	1
Other Races/Ethnicities	3

UW Seattle also has a doctoral program available in health information. In 2021, 0 student graduated with a doctor's degree in this field.

Related Majors

• Health Care Management

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 WA, the home state for University of Washington - Seattle Campus.

Occupation	Jobs in WA	Average Salary in WA
Medical and Health Services Managers	6,950	$117,970

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 Joe Mabel under License

More about our data sources and methodologies.