Medical Illustration & Informatics at Temple University

If you plan to study medical illustration and informatics, take a look at what Temple University has to offer and decide if the program is a good match for you. Get started with the following essential facts.

Temple is located in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania and approximately 37,236 students attend the school each year. Of the 6,572 students who graduated with a bachelor’s degree from Temple University in 2021, 32 of them were medical illustration and informatics majors.

Want to know more about the career opportunities in this field? Check out the Careers in Medical Illustration & Informatics section at the bottom of this page.

Temple Medical Illustration & Informatics Degrees Available

• Bachelor’s Degree in Medical Illustration
• Master’s Degree in Medical Illustration

Online Classes Are Available at Temple

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.

For those who are interested in distance learning, Temple does offer online courses in medical illustration for the following degree levels:

• Master’s Degree

Temple Medical Illustration & Informatics Rankings

The medical illustration major at Temple is not ranked on College Factual’s Best Colleges and Universities for Medical Illustration & Informatics. 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.

In 2021, 22 students received their master’s degree in medical illustration from Temple. This makes it the #22 most popular school for medical illustration master’s degree candidates in the country.

Medical Illustration Student Demographics at Temple

Take a look at the following statistics related to the make-up of the medical illustration majors at Temple University.

Temple Medical Illustration & Informatics Bachelor’s Program

During the 2020-2021 academic year, 32 students graduated with a bachelor's degree in medical illustration from Temple. About 13% were men and 88% were women.

Prospective students may be interested in knowing that this school graduates 19% more racial-ethnic minorities in its medical illustration bachelor's program than the national average.*

The following table and chart show the race/ethnicity for students who recently graduated from Temple University with a bachelor's in medical illustration.

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	15
Black or African American	3
Hispanic or Latino	1
White	13
International Students	0
Other Races/Ethnicities	0

Temple Medical Illustration & Informatics Master’s Program

For the most recent academic year available, 36% of medical illustration master's degrees went to men and 64% went to women. Nationwide, master's degree programs only see 32% men graduate in medical illustration each year. Temple does a better job at serving the male population as it supports 5% more men than average.

In the medical illustration master's program at this school, racial-ethnic minorities make up 45% of degree recipients. That is 5% better than the national average.*

The following table and chart show the race/ethnicity for students who recently graduated from Temple University with a master's in medical illustration.

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	5
Black or African American	3
Hispanic or Latino	2
White	9
International Students	1
Other Races/Ethnicities	2

Temple also has a doctoral program available in medical illustration. In 2021, 0 student graduated with a doctor's degree in this field.

Related Majors

• Health & Medical Administrative Services
• Advanced Dentistry & Oral Sciences
• Bioethics/Medical Ethics
• Allied Health Professions
• Communication Sciences

Careers That Medical Illustration Grads May Go Into

A degree in medical illustration can lead to the following careers. Since job numbers and average salaries can vary by geographic location, we have only included the numbers for PA, the home state for Temple University.

Occupation	Jobs in PA	Average Salary in PA
Software Applications Developers	28,260	$96,370
Computer Workers	19,010	$87,040
Computer and Information Research Scientists	410	$107,660

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 Audrey under License

More about our data sources and methodologies.