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Colleges in the United States
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Associate Degrees
Medical Informatics is about average in terms of popularity for associate degrees programs. That is, it ranks #486 out of the 1020 majors across the country that we analyze each year. As such, the degree program isn't offered at every college in the United States, but there are schools that do have a program in the field that are top-notch when it comes to quality.
College Factual reviewed 3 schools in the United States to determine which ones were the best for associate degree seekers in the field of medical informatics. Combined, these schools handed out 43 associate degrees in medical informatics to qualified students.
What's on this page: * Our Methodology
The medical informatics associate degree program you select can have a big impact on your future. Important measures of a quality medical informatics program can vary widely even among the top schools. When choosing a school we recommend considering some of the following factors:
Quality Overall Is Important
A school that excels in educating for a particular major and degree level must be a great school overall as well. To take this into account we consider a college's overall Best Colleges ranking which itself looks at a combination of various factors like degree completion, educational resources, student body caliber and post-graduation earnings for the school as a whole.
Other Factors We Consider
The metrics below are just some of the other metrics that we use to determine our rankings.
- Major Focus - How much a school focuses on medical informatics students vs. other majors.
- Major Demand - How many other medical informatics students want to attend this school to pursue a associate degree.
- Educational Resources - How many resources are allocated to students. These resources may include educational expenditures per student, number of students per instructor, and graduation rate among other things.
- Accreditation - Whether a school is regionally accredited and/or accredited by a recognized medical informatics related body.
Our complete ranking methodology documents in more detail how we consider these factors to identify the best schools for medical informatics students working on their associate degree.
The medical informatics school you choose to invest your time and money in matters. To help you make the decision that is right for you, we've developed a number of major-specific rankings, including this list of the Best Medical Informatics Associate Degree Schools.