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%
Alumni Surveys
Average Starting Salary: $72,250 based on 2024–2025 alumni surveys.
Employers
Below are a few examples of employers that our BSHI graduates start their careers with.
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
A Career Guide to your Future in Health Informatics
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