Medical Informatics

A program that focuses on the application of computer science and software engineering to medical research and clinical information technology support, and the development of advanced imaging, database, and decision systems. Includes instruction in computer science, health information systems architecture, medical knowledge structures, medical language and image processing, quantitative medical decision modeling, imaging techniques, electronic medical records, medical research systems, clinical decision support, and informatics aspects of specific research and practice problems.

Degree Statistics

This program is offered at 129 institutions across the United States, with a total of 7893 degrees awarded annually.

Certificates Below Bachelor's

certificates awarded

Associate Degrees

degrees awarded

Bachelor's Degrees

144

degrees awarded

Post-Baccalaureate Certificates

186

certificates awarded

Master's Degrees

2,090

degrees awarded

Doctoral Degrees

degrees awarded

Other Awards

5,282

awards given

Top Schools for Medical Informatics

These institutions offer the most degrees in this program, ranked by total annual completions.

Rank	Institution	Degrees
1	Capella University Minneapolis, MN	645
2	Sacred Heart University Fairfield, CT	378
3	Indiana University-Indianapolis Indianapolis, IN	330
4	The University of Texas Health Science Center at Houston Houston, TX	279
5	University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee Milwaukee, WI	274
6	George Mason University Fairfax, VA	243
7	University of South Florida Tampa, FL	219
8	University of San Diego San Diego, CA	219
9	University of Michigan-Ann Arbor Ann Arbor, MI	183
10	The University of Findlay Findlay, OH	165
11	Harvard University Cambridge, MA	144
12	Temple University Philadelphia, PA	138
13	Governors State University University Park, IL	132
14	Stanford University Stanford, CA	132
15	Rutgers University-New Brunswick New Brunswick, NJ	123
16	University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill Chapel Hill, NC	123
17	Duke University Durham, NC	120
18	University of Utah Salt Lake City, UT	114
19	Stony Brook University Stony Brook, NY	114
20	Ashford University San Diego, CA	111
21	University of North Georgia Dahlonega, GA	111
22	Northeastern University Boston, MA	105
23	University of Cincinnati-Main Campus Cincinnati, OH	105
24	Tufts University Medford, MA	105
25	University of Missouri-Columbia Columbia, MO	96
26	University of Denver Denver, CO	93
27	Logan University Chesterfield, MO	93
28	University of North Carolina at Charlotte Charlotte, NC	93
29	Kennesaw State University Kennesaw, GA	90
30	DePaul University Chicago, IL	84
31	Adelphi University Garden City, NY	81
32	National University San Diego, CA	81
33	Nova Southeastern University Fort Lauderdale, FL	81
34	Northwestern University Evanston, IL	75
35	Oregon Health & Science University Portland, OR	72
36	Northern Kentucky University Highland Heights, KY	72
37	The College of Saint Scholastica Duluth, MN	72
38	University of South Alabama Mobile, AL	69
39	University of South Carolina-Upstate Spartanburg, SC	66
40	Texas Tech University Health Sciences Center Lubbock, TX	60
41	Florida International University Miami, FL	60
42	The University of Texas at Tyler Tyler, TX	57
43	Saint Joseph's University Philadelphia, PA	57
44	University of Pennsylvania Philadelphia, PA	54
45	Medical University of South Carolina Charleston, SC	51
46	Tennessee Technological University Cookeville, TN	48
47	State University of New York at Oswego Oswego, NY	45
48	Regis University Denver, CO	42
49	Hofstra University Hempstead, NY	42
50	SUNY Downstate Health Sciences University Brooklyn, NY	42
51	Community College of Baltimore County Baltimore, MD	42
52	Saint Louis University Saint Louis, MO	39
53	Clemson University Clemson, SC	39
54	East Tennessee State University Johnson City, TN	39
55	Marshall University Huntington, WV	36
56	Drake University Des Moines, IA	36
57	Drexel University Philadelphia, PA	36
58	Lipscomb University Nashville, TN	36
59	University of San Francisco San Francisco, CA	36
60	East Carolina University Greenville, NC	36
61	Loma Linda University Loma Linda, CA	36
62	Kent State University at Kent Kent, OH	36
63	Ohio University-Main Campus Athens, OH	33
64	Harrisburg University of Science and Technology Harrisburg, PA	33
65	CUNY Graduate School and University Center New York, NY	33
66	University of Michigan-Dearborn Dearborn, MI	33
67	University of Wisconsin-Madison Madison, WI	33
68	University of Washington-Seattle Campus Seattle, WA	33
69	Western Kentucky University Bowling Green, KY	32
70	University of New England Biddeford, ME	30
71	Boston University Boston, MA	30
72	Columbia State Community College Columbia, TN	30
73	University of California-Davis Davis, CA	30
74	Harrisburg Area Community College Harrisburg, PA	27
75	Franklin University Columbus, OH	27
76	Charter Oak State College New Britain, CT	27
77	Georgetown University Washington, DC	24
78	University of South Carolina-Columbia Columbia, SC	24
79	Westcliff University Irvine, CA	24
80	Union College Barbourville, KY	21
81	University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences Little Rock, AR	21
82	University of Southern Indiana Evansville, IN	21
83	University of Mary Bismarck, ND	21
84	Minnesota State University-Mankato Mankato, MN	18
85	University of Iowa Iowa City, IA	18
86	Brandeis University Waltham, MA	18
87	Samford University Birmingham, AL	18
88	Indiana University of Pennsylvania-Main Campus Indiana, PA	18
89	Limestone University Gaffney, SC	18
90	Dakota State University Madison, SD	18
91	Vanderbilt University Nashville, TN	18
92	University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center Dallas, TX	18
93	John Carroll University University Heights, OH	15
94	Case Western Reserve University Cleveland, OH	15
95	University at Buffalo Buffalo, NY	15
96	Texas Woman's University Denton, TX	15
97	St Catherine University Saint Paul, MN	15
98	Ohio State University-Main Campus Columbus, OH	15
99	Fordham University Bronx, NY	12
100	Walden University Minneapolis, MN	12