Health Information Management at West Virginia University

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

WVU is located in Morgantown, West Virginia and has a total student population of 26,269.

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.

WVU Health Information Management Degrees Available

• Bachelor’s Degree in Health Information

WVU Health Information Management Rankings

The following rankings from College Factual show how the health information progam at WVU compares to programs at other colleges and universities.

Note: Although rankings can help you see some information about a school, it's not a good idea to depend on them alone. Be sure to check out other things about the school before making your decision to attend.

Bachelor’s Degree Overall Quality & Other Notable Rankings

The health information major at WVU 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.

Ranking Type	Rank
Most Popular Health Information Management Bachelor’s Degree Trade Schools	9
Most Popular Health Information Management Trade Schools	16
Most Focused Health Information Management Bachelor’s Degree Trade Schools	42
	51
Best Health Information Management Bachelor’s Degree Trade Schools	60
Best Value Health Information Management Bachelor’s Degree Schools	62
Best Health Information Management Trade Schools	73
Most Focused Health Information Management Trade Schools	75
	84
Best Value Health Information Management Schools	92

Health Information Student Demographics at WVU

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

WVU Health Information Management Bachelor’s Program

Of the 35 students who graduated with a bachelor’s in health information from WVU in 2021, 17% were men and 83% were women. The typical health information bachelor's degree program is made up of only 11% men. So male students are more repesented at WVU since its program graduates 6% more men than average.

About 89% of those who receive a bachelor's degree in health information at WVU 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 West Virginia University with a bachelor's in health information.

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	0
Black or African American	0
Hispanic or Latino	3
White	31
International Students	0
Other Races/Ethnicities	1

WVU also has a doctoral program available in health information. In 2021, 0 student graduated with a doctor's degree in this field.

Related Majors

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 WV, the home state for West Virginia University.

Occupation	Jobs in WV	Average Salary in WV
Medical and Health Services Managers	1,610	$110,130

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 Swimmerguy269 under License

More about our data sources and methodologies.