Medical Informatics at The University of Texas Health Science Center at Houston

If you are interested in studying medical informatics, you may want to check out the program at The University of Texas Health Science Center at Houston. The following information will help you decide if it is a good fit for you.

UTHealth is located in Houston, Texas and approximately 5,608 students attend the school each year.

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

UTHealth Medical Informatics Degrees Available

Master’s Degree in Medical Informatics

UTHealth Medical Informatics Rankings

There were 2 students who received their doctoral degrees in medical informatics, making the school the #9 most popular school in the United States for this category of students.

Medical Informatics Student Demographics at UTHealth

Take a look at the following statistics related to the make-up of the medical informatics majors at The University of Texas Health Science Center at Houston.

UTHealth Medical Informatics Master’s Program

65% Women

45% Racial-Ethnic Minorities*

For the most recent academic year available, 35% of medical informatics master's degrees went to men and 65% went to women. Nationwide, master's degree programs only see 30% men graduate in medical informatics each year. UTHealth does a better job at serving the male population as it supports 4% more men than average.

In the medical informatics master's program at this school, racial-ethnic minorities make up 45% of degree recipients. That is 6% better than the national average.*

The following table and chart show the race/ethnicity for students who recently graduated from The University of Texas Health Science Center at Houston with a master's in medical informatics.

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	19
Black or African American	3
Hispanic or Latino	11
White	21
International Students	12
Other Races/Ethnicities	9

Careers That Medical Informatics Grads May Go Into

A degree in medical informatics can lead to the following careers. Since job numbers and average salaries can vary by geographic location, we have only included the numbers for TX, the home state for The University of Texas Health Science Center at Houston.

Occupation	Jobs in TX	Average Salary in TX
Software Applications Developers	71,260	$108,760
Computer Workers	25,620	$90,290
Computer and Information Research Scientists	1,830	$125,800

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
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