2023 Most Focused Associate Degree Colleges for Health Information Management in the Plains States Region

With all of the options students have for higher education today, it can be tough to choose which direction to take. College Factual has developed its “Schools for an Associate Highly Focused on Health Information Major in the Plains States Region” ranking as one item you can use to help make this decision.

Health Information Management is the 251st most popular major in the country with 2,942 degrees awarded in 2021-2022.

Across the Plains States region, there were 229 health information management graduates with average earnings and debt of $0 and $0 respectively. At the associate degree level specifically, there were 1 health information management graduates with average earnings and debt of $38,161 and $15,228 respectively.

For this year’s “Schools for an Associate Highly Focused on Health Information Major in the Plains States Region” ranking, we looked at 4 colleges that offer a degree in health information management. The colleges and universities that top this list are recognized because their health information management program is one of the largest majors offered at the school.

For more information, check out our ranking methodology.

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Since picking the right college can be one of the most important decisions of your life, we’ve developed the “Schools for an Associate Highly Focused on Health Information Major in the Plains States Region” ranking, along with many other major-related rankings, to help you make that decision.

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Schools for an Associate Highly Focused on Health Information Major in the Plains States Region

The colleges and universities below are the best for plains states region associate degree health information students.

Top 4 Most Focused Associate Degree Colleges for Health Information Management in the Plains States Region

1

Clarkson College
Omaha, Nebraska

You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend Clarkson College. The school came in at #1 for the Schools for an Associate Highly Focused on Health Information Major in the Plains States Region. Omaha, Nebraska is the setting for this small institution of higher learning. The private not-for-profit school handed out associates’s health information degrees to 5 students in 2021-2022.

Read more about Health Information Management at Clarkson College

2

Highland Community College
Highland, Kansas

Out of the 4 schools in the Schools for an Associate Highly Focused on Health Information Major in the Plains States Region that were part of this year’s ranking, Highland Community College landed the #2 spot on the list. Highland Community College is located in Highland, Kansas and, has a small student population. In 2021-2022, this school awarded 0 associates’s health information degrees to qualified students.

Read more about Health Information Management at Highland Community College

2

Barton County Community College
Great Bend, Kansas

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Barton County Community College. It ranked #2 on our 2023 Schools for an Associate Highly Focused on Health Information Major in the Plains States Region list. Located in Great Bend, Kansas, this small public school handed out 0 diplomas to qualified associates’s health information students in 2021-2022.

The undergrad student loan default rate at the school is 2.8%, which is quite low when compared to the national default rate of 10.1%.

Read more about Health Information Management at Barton Community College

2

Herzing University - Minneapolis
St. Louis Park, Minnesota

Out of the 4 schools in the Schools for an Associate Highly Focused on Health Information Major in the Plains States Region that were part of this year’s ranking, Herzing University - Minneapolis landed the #2 spot on the list. Herzing University - Minneapolis is a private not-for-profit institution located in St. Louis Park, Minnesota. The school has a small population, and it awarded 1 associates’s degrees in 2021-2022.

The school has an impressive undergrad student loan default rate. It’s only 1.8%, which is much lower than the national rate of 10.1%.

Read full report on Health Information Management at Herzing University - Minneapolis

Notes and References

References

• 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 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).
• Information about the national average student loan default rate is from the U.S. Department of Education and refers to data about the 2016 borrower cohort tracking period for which the cohort default rate (CDR) was 10.1%.

Read more about our data sources and methodologies

Footnotes

• *Avg Salary and Avg 4-Year Grad Rate are for the top schools only.
• Some schools otherwise deserving of recognition may have been removed from this ranking in the event that new data identified post-publication warranted it, or at the request of the school.