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Students have lots of options to chooose from today when trying to decide which college to attend. College Factual was founded, in part, to help students make the decision as to what would be the best school for them. Our “Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Health Information Major in the Southeast Region” ranking is part of that endeavor.
In 2021-2022, 2,942 people earned their degree in health information management, making the major the 251st most popular in the United States.
Across the Southeast region, there were 785 health information management graduates with average earnings and debt of $0 and $0 respectively. At the master’s degree level specifically, there were 189 health information management graduates with average earnings and debt of $55,462 and $43,311 respectively.
This year’s “Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Health Information Major in the Southeast Region” ranking analyzed 9 colleges that offered a degree in health information management. That schools that top this list have a program in health information management in which the largest percentage of students at the school are enrolled.
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The colleges and universities below are the best for southeast region master’s degree health information students.
You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend The University of Tennessee - Health Science Center. The school came in at #1 for the Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Health Information Major in the Southeast Region. The University of Tennessee - Health Science Center is a public institution located in Memphis, Tennessee. The school has a small population, and it awarded 22 masters’s degrees in 2021-2022.
With a undergrad student-to-faculty ratio of 6 to 1, it’s easy to see that the school is committed to helping their undergraduates succeed. The school has an impressive undergrad student loan default rate. It’s only 1.1%, which is much lower than the national rate of 10.1%.
Read full report on Health Information Management at The University of Tennessee - Health Science Center
You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Mercer University. It ranked #2 on our 2023 Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Health Information Major in the Southeast Region list. Macon, Georgia is the setting for this medium-sized institution of higher learning. The private not-for-profit school handed out masters’s health information degrees to 44 students in 2021-2022.
With a freshman retention rate of 86%, the school does an excellent job of retaining its undergraduate students. The low undergrad student loan default rate of 1.0% is a good sign that students have an easier time paying off their loans than they might at other schools. For comparison, the national default rate is 10.1%.
Read more about Health Information Management at Mercer
You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Jacksonville University. It ranked #3 on our 2023 Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Health Information Major in the Southeast Region list. JU is a private not-for-profit institution located in Jacksonville, Florida. The school has a small population, and it awarded 35 masters’s degrees in 2021-2022.
The low undergrad student loan default rate of 2.0% is a good sign that students have an easier time paying off their loans than they might at other schools. For comparison, the national default rate is 10.1%.
Full Jacksonville University Health Information Management Report
Out of the 9 schools in the Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Health Information Major in the Southeast Region that were part of this year’s ranking, Louisiana Tech University landed the #4 spot on the list. Located in Ruston, Louisiana, this fairly large public school handed out 9 degrees to qualified masters’s health information students 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 Louisiana Tech
Out of the 9 schools in the Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Health Information Major in the Southeast Region that were part of this year’s ranking, Arkansas Tech University landed the #5 spot on the list. This medium-sized school is located in Russellville, Arkansas, and it awarded 10 masters’s health information degrees in 2021-2022.
The low undergrad student loan default rate of 1.6% is a good sign that students have an easier time paying off their loans than they might at other schools. For comparison, the national default rate is 10.1%.
Full Arkansas Tech University Health Information Management Report
University of Central Florida ranked #6 on this year’s Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Health Information Major in the Southeast Region list. University of Central Florida is located in Orlando, Florida and, has a large student population. In 2021-2022, this school awarded 57 masters’s health information degrees to qualified students.
With a freshman retention rate of 92%, the school does an excellent job of retaining its undergraduate students. The school has an impressive undergrad student loan default rate. It’s only 1.3%, which is much lower than the national rate of 10.1%.
Read full report on Health Information Management at University of Central Florida
With a ranking of #7, American Public University System did quite well on the 2023 Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Health Information Major in the Southeast Region list. American Public University System is located in Charles Town, West Virginia and, has a large student population. In 2021-2022, this school awarded 9 masters’s health information degrees to qualified students.
The school has an impressive undergrad student loan default rate. It’s only 2.4%, which is much lower than the national rate of 10.1%. Students who start out at the school are likely to stick around. The freshman retention rate is 91%.
Full American Public University System Health Information Management Report
University of Mississippi ranked #8 on this year’s Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Health Information Major in the Southeast Region list. Ole Miss is a large school located in University, Mississippi that handed out 3 masters’s health information degrees in 2021-2022.
The school has an excellent freshman retention rate of 88%, which means students like the school well enough to return for a second year. The school has an impressive undergrad student loan default rate. It’s only 2.2%, which is much lower than the national rate of 10.1%.
Read more about Health Information Management at University of Mississippi
University of South Carolina - Columbia did quite well in the 2023 Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Health Information Major in the Southeast Region ranking, coming in at #9. University of South Carolina - Columbia is a public institution located in Columbia, South Carolina. The school has a large population, and it awarded 0 masters’s degrees in 2021-2022.
The school has an excellent freshman retention rate of 87%, which means students like the school well enough to return for a second year. The undergrad student loan default rate at the school is 1.6%, which is quite low when compared to the national default rate of 10.1%.
Read full report on Health Information Management at University of South Carolina - Columbia
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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
- *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.
