2024 Best Health Information Management Master's Degree Schools in the Southwest Region

If you plan on getting your master's degree in health information management, you won't be alone since the degree program is ranked #217 in the country in terms of popularity. So, you have a fair amount of options to choose from when looking for a school.

For its 2024 ranking, College Factual looked at 2 schools in the Southwest Region to determine which ones were the best for health information management students pursuing a master's degree. When you put them all together, these colleges and universities awarded 22 master's degrees in health information management during the 2020-2021 academic year.

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Other Factors We Consider

In addition to the above, you should consider some of the following factors:

• Major Focus - How many resources a school devotes to health information management students as compared to other majors.
• Major Demand - How many other health information management students want to attend this school to pursue a master's degree.
• Educational Resources - The amount of money and other resources allocated to students while they are pursuing their degree. These resources include such things as number of students per instructor and education expenditures per student.
• Accreditation - Whether a school is regionally accredited and/or accredited by a recognized health information management related body.

Our complete ranking methodology documents in more detail how we consider these factors to identify the best colleges for health information management students working on their master's degree.

One Size Does Not Fit All

When choosing the right school for you, it's important to arm yourself with all the facts you can. To that end, we've created a number of major-specific rankings, including this Best Health Information Management Master's Degree Schools in the Southwest Region list to help you make the college decision.

 

Best Schools for Master’s Students to Study Health Information Management in the Southwest Region

Below you'll see a list of the best colleges and universities for pursuing a master's degree in health information management.

Top Southwest Region Schools for a Master's in Health Information

1

Texas State University
San Marcos, TX

Master's Degree Highest Degree Type

14 Annual Graduates

Any student who is interested in a master's degree in health information management needs to check out Texas State University. Located in the city of San Marcos, Texas State is a public university with a fairly large student population.More information about a master’s in health information management from Texas State University

2

Southwestern Oklahoma State University
Weatherford, OK

Master's Degree Highest Degree Type

8 Annual Graduates

Southwestern Oklahoma State University is a good decision for students interested in a master's degree in health information management. Located in the town of Weatherford, SWOSU is a public university with a small student population.More information about a master’s in health information management from Southwestern Oklahoma State University

Best Health Information Management Colleges by State

Explore the best health information management schools for a specific state in the Southwest Region .

State	Colleges	Degrees Awarded
Texas	542	14
Oklahoma	257	8

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Health Information Management Related Rankings by Major

One of 23 majors within the Health & Medical Administrative Services area of study, Health Information Management has other similar majors worth exploring.

Majors Similar to Health Information

Related Major	Annual Graduates
Health Care Management	1,865
Hospital & Health Care Facilities Administration/Management	312
Long Term Care Administration/Management	48
Healthcare Innovation	37
Regulatory Science/Affairs	7

Notes and References

• The bars on the spread charts above show the distribution of the schools on this list +/- one standard deviation from the mean.
• The Integrated Postsecondary Education Data System (IPEDS) from the National Center for Education Statistics (NCES), a branch of the U.S. Department of Education (DOE) serves as the core of the rest of our data about colleges.
• Some other college data, including much of the graduate earnings data, comes from the U.S. Department of Education’s (College Scorecard). More about our data sources and methodologies.