Health Information Management at Southwestern Oklahoma State University

If you are interested in studying health information management, you may want to check out the program at Southwestern Oklahoma State University. The following information will help you decide if it is a good fit for you.

SWOSU is located in Weatherford, Oklahoma and has a total student population of 4,898.

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.

SWOSU Health Information Management Degrees Available

• Bachelor’s Degree in Health Information
• Master’s Degree in Health Information

Online Classes Are Available at SWOSU

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.

SWOSU does offer online education options in health information for the following degree levels for those interested in distance learning:

• Bachelor’s Degree
• Master’s Degree

SWOSU Health Information Management Rankings

The health information major at SWOSU is not ranked on College Factual’s Best Colleges and Universities for Health Information Management. This could be for a number of reasons, such as not having enough data on the major or school to make an accurate assessment of its quality.

Health Information Student Demographics at SWOSU

Take a look at the following statistics related to the make-up of the health information majors at Southwestern Oklahoma State University.

SWOSU Health Information Management Bachelor’s Program

For the most recent academic year available, 17% of health information bachelor's degrees went to men and 83% went to women. The typical health information bachelor's degree program is made up of only 15% men. So male students are more repesented at SWOSU since its program graduates 2% more men than average.

About 67% of those who receive a bachelor's degree in health information at SWOSU are white. This is above average for this degree on the nationwide level.

The following table and chart show the race/ethnicity for students who recently graduated from Southwestern Oklahoma State University with a bachelor's in health information.

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	1
Black or African American	0
Hispanic or Latino	2
White	12
International Students	0
Other Races/Ethnicities	3

SWOSU Health Information Management Master’s Program

For the most recent academic year available, 14% of health information master's degrees went to men and 86% went to women.

Of the students who received a health information master's degree from SWOSU, 57% were white. This is above average for this degree on the natiowide level.

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

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	0
Black or African American	0
Hispanic or Latino	1
White	4
International Students	0
Other Races/Ethnicities	2

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 OK, the home state for Southwestern Oklahoma State University.

Occupation	Jobs in OK	Average Salary in OK
Medical and Health Services Managers	6,450	$90,680

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 Jeffrey Beall under License

More about our data sources and methodologies.