Medical Informatics

STEM • Health Professions And Related Programs

What is it about?

A program that focuses on the application of computer science and software engineering to medical research and clinical information technology support, and the development of advanced imaging, database, and decision systems. Includes instruction in computer science, health information systems architecture, medical knowledge structures, medical language and image processing, quantitative medical decision modeling, imaging techniques, electronic medical records, medical research systems, clinical decision support, and informatics aspects of specific research and practice problems.

Numbers at a glance

532nd
Popular nationwide
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Search Rank on O's List
13
Colleges offer it
67
Graduates (2018-19)
Men
18
Women
49

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O's Insights on Medical Informatics

  • Major has been stable in popularity over the last 5 years after increasing prior to that.
  • 67% of graduates come from public universities.

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