Health Information Management at Purdue University Global

If you plan to study health information management, take a look at what Purdue University Global has to offer and decide if the program is a good match for you. Get started with the following essential facts.

Purdue University Global is located in West Lafayette, Indiana and approximately 43,927 students attend the school each year.

Want to know more about the career opportunities in this field? Check out the Careers in Health Information Management section at the bottom of this page.

Purdue University Global Health Information Management Degrees Available

• Basic Certificate in Health Information (Less Than 1 Year)
• Bachelor’s Degree in Health Information
• Master’s Degree in Health Information

Online Classes Are Available at Purdue University Global

Don't have the time or the flexibility in your schedule to take traditional classes? Online courses may be the perfect solution for you. They allow independent learners to study when and where they want to while offering the rigor of in-person classes.

Are you one of the many who prefer to take online classes? Purdue University Global offers distance education options for health information at the following degree levels:

• Bachelor’s Degree
• Master’s Degree

Purdue University Global Health Information Management Rankings

Health Information Student Demographics at Purdue University Global

Take a look at the following statistics related to the make-up of the health information majors at Purdue University Global.

Purdue University Global Health Information Management Master’s Program

For the most recent academic year available, 27% of health information master's degrees went to men and 73% went to women. Nationwide, master's degree programs only see 15% men graduate in health information each year. Purdue University Global does a better job at serving the male population as it supports 12% more men than average.

In the health information master's program at this school, racial-ethnic minorities make up 53% of degree recipients. That is 7% better than the national average.*

The following table and chart show the race/ethnicity for students who recently graduated from Purdue University Global with a master's in health information.

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	11
Black or African American	23
Hispanic or Latino	4
White	30
International Students	1
Other Races/Ethnicities	9

Related Majors

• Health Care Management

Careers That Health Information Grads May Go Into

A degree in health information can lead to the following careers. Since job numbers and average salaries can vary by geographic location, we have only included the numbers for IN, the home state for Purdue University Global.

Occupation	Jobs in IN	Average Salary in IN
Medical and Health Services Managers	7,350	$101,720

References

*The racial-ethnic minorities count is calculated by taking the total number of students and subtracting white students, international students, and students whose race/ethnicity was unknown. This number is then divided by the total number of students at the school to obtain the racial-ethnic minorities percentage.

• College Factual
• National Center for Education Statistics
• O*NET Online

More about our data sources and methodologies.