Health Informatics (BS)

Format(s)
On-campus
Degree Type
Bachelor of Science
Duration

2 years
(4 terms)

Format(s)
On-campus
Degree Type
Bachelor of Science
Duration

2 years
(4 terms)

Program Outcomes

Graduates of our undergraduate Health Informatics program are also eligible to take the exam to become a Certified Health Data Analyst (CHDA®).

Employment

Graduates of our program have found successful employment in a wide variety of organizations over the past five years. In general, students typically follow these career paths:

  • Systems analyst, data analyst ~85%
  • Consultancy ~10%
  • Compliance, legal, privacy ~5%
  • Pursue graduate education ~2%

2025 Alumni Surveys

  • Salary: careers begin with an average salary of $74,000

Employers have included but are not limited to:

Health Care Organizations

  • Allegheny Health Network
  • Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center
  • St. Clair Hospital
  • Turtle Creek Valley MH/MR
  • UHS
  • UPMC
  • UPMC eRecord
  • UPMC Information Services Division
  • UPMC Montefiore
  • UPMC Cerner/Inpatient team
  • UVA Radiology
  • Western Psychiatric Institute and Clinic of UPMC
  • Willis Towers Watson
  • WVU Health System

Health Plans

  • Aetna
  • Cigna
  • Highmark
  • United Healthcare
  • UPMC Health Plan

Vendors/IT Companies

  • 3M M*Modal
  • Amazon Health
  • Brainlab Inc.
  • Careform (Corrective RX)
  • Cerner
  • Creehan & Co (Inovalon)
  • eClinicalWorks
  • HM Health Solutions
  • Match One Medical Marketing Consultants
  • TeleTracking Technologies
  • Thermo Fisher Scientific
  • Veeva Systems
  • Via Oncology

Consulting Firms

  • Accenture
  • Deloitte
  • Revint
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