Health Information Management at Southern Illinois University Carbondale

Every health information management school has its own distinct culture and strengths. We've pulled together some statistics and other details to help you see how the health information program at Southern Illinois University Carbondale stacks up to those at other schools.

SIUC is located in Carbondale, Illinois and has a total student population of 11,366.

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.

SIUC Health Information Management Degrees Available

• Master’s Degree in Health Information

Online Classes Are Available at SIUC

If you are a working student or have a busy schedule, you may want to consider taking online classes. While these classes used to be mostly populated by returning adults, more and more traditional students are turning to this option.

For those who are interested in distance learning, SIUC does offer online courses in health information for the following degree levels:

• Master’s Degree

SIUC Health Information Management Rankings

Health Information Student Demographics at SIUC

Take a look at the following statistics related to the make-up of the health information majors at Southern Illinois University Carbondale.

SIUC Health Information Management Master’s Program

For the most recent academic year available, 38% of health information master's degrees went to men and 63% went to women. Nationwide, master's degree programs only see 15% men graduate in health information each year. SIUC does a better job at serving the male population as it supports 23% more men than average.

In the health information master's program at this school, racial-ethnic minorities make up 63% of degree recipients. That is 17% better than the national average.*

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

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	1
Black or African American	6
Hispanic or Latino	1
White	5
International Students	1
Other Races/Ethnicities	2

Related Majors

• Health Unit Manager/Ward Supervisor
• 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 IL, the home state for Southern Illinois University Carbondale.

Occupation	Jobs in IL	Average Salary in IL
Medical and Health Services Managers	14,050	$121,900

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
• Image Credit: By Mark Jaroski under License

More about our data sources and methodologies.