MBA Healthcare Management has published a new free article that ranks the top 25 Master's in Healthcare Informatics degree programs based on affordability for the greatest return on investment
PHILADELPHIA, Sept. 10, 2014 /PRNewswire/ — On the MBA Healthcare Management website, a new featured article has been released to provide prospective graduate students with up-to-date information about the most affordable master's-level programs offered in health informatics. 'Top 25 Master's in Healthcare Informatics Degrees Ranked by Affordability' is a well-researched calculation of the best U.S.-based universities that are addressing the nation's growing career trends blending computer science with healthcare. As a handy new addition to the free educational guide, the ranking article was developed to aid aspiring health information managers to receive essential graduate training with the highest return on investment for their time, money, and effort.
As one of the thriving healthcare field's newest emerging disciplines, healthcare informatics has developed in response to the nation's stronger reliance on computer systems to organize secure patient health information. Due to the recent shift to new payment models and the large amount of patient data within electronic health records, more healthcare organizations are looking to hire qualified health informaticists in the red-hot field of clinical data analytics, which is poised to grow by 37.9% before 2016. MBA Healthcare Management has ranked the most affordable Master's in Healthcare Informatics degrees to help prepare students for in-demand career opportunities with a short job hunt and low student loan debt.
In choosing the top 25 master's degrees in healthcare informatics by affordability, the researchers compiled a list of factors to represent overall quality of the programs, including accreditation by the Commission on Accreditation for Health Informatics and Information Management Education (CAHIIM), membership in the AMIA Academic Forum, innovative online learning formats, emerging trends research, and integrated hands-on experiences. Using in-state tuition statistics from the College Navigator, MBA Healthcare Management then chose the 25 cutting-edge programs meeting these criteria that had the lowest tuition expenses. Therefore, the ranking is a useful tool for students looking for health informatics degrees that offer unsurpassed educational benefits at the best value for their buck.
Below are the top 25 universities in the United States that have been ranked according to affordability for their Master's in Healthcare Informatics degrees by MBA Healthcare Management:
25. University of Michigan: Ann Arbor, MI
24. Saint Louis University: St. Louis, MO
23. University of Pittsburgh: Pittsburgh, PA
22. College of St. Scholastica: Duluth, MN
21. University of Minnesota: Minneapolis, MN
20. University of Washington: Seattle, WA
19. Grand Valley State University: Allendale, MI
18. Temple University: Philadelphia, PA
17. University of Illinois at Chicago: Chicago, IL
16. Oregon Health & Science University: Portland, OR
15. The Ohio State University: Columbus, OH
14. University of California, Davis: Sacramento, CA
13. University of California, San Diego: San Diego, CA
12. Arizona State University: Phoenix, AZ
11. University of Kansas Medical Center: Kansas City, KS
10. University of Maryland University College: Adelphi, MD
9. University of Missouri: Columbia, MO
8. University of Indiana: Bloomington, IN
7. University of Nebraska Medical Center: Omaha, NE
6. University of Texas Health Science Center: Houston, TX
5. University of Colorado: Aurora, CO
4. University of Mississippi Medical Center: Jackson, MS
3. Louisiana Tech University: Ruston, LA
2. University of Utah: Salt Lake City, UT
1. Marshall University: Huntington, WV
More detailed information about the most affordable master's degree programs in healthcare informatics as ranked by MBA Healthcare Management can be found at http://mba-healthcare-management.com/best/masters-healthcare-informatics/.
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