Overview

The Health Care Informatics program from University of Wisconsin Milwaukee is designed for both full-time or part-time students with courses offered face to face and online.
Our program gives you a broad perspective of the field, as well as theoretical and applied knowledge pertaining to various subareas within health care informatics.
You will be exposed to cutting-edge research in areas that are indispensable to improving health care, such as big data, predictive analytics, natural language processing, medical knowledge representation and information retrieval.

Employment Outlook

Our graduates are highly sought after. According to the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics, jobs for medical records and health information technicians will grow 8% between 2019-2029, faster than other occupations. The demand for health services is expected to increase as the population ages. An aging population will need more medical tests, treatments and procedures. Additional records, coupled with widespread use of electronic health records by all types of health care providers, could lead to an increased need for technicians to organize and manage the associated information in all areas of the health care industry.

Programme Structure

Courses include:

Health Care Informatics

Legal, Ethical and Social Issues in Health Care Informatics

Health Care Systems Applications—Administrative & Clinical

Biomedical Database Applications

Essential Programming for Health Informatics

Computational Intelligence in Health Informatics

Key information

Duration

Full-time
- 12 months

Start dates & application deadlines

Starting 2025-01-21 00:00:00

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Starting 2025-09-03 00:00:00

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Language

English

IELTS

6.5

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Credits

32 SCH

32-35

Delivered

On Campus, Online

Disciplines

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Academic requirements

GPA

2.75

GRE^®

Required

GMAT

Required

English requirements

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6.5

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Student insurance

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Other requirements

General requirements

A baccalaureate degree, or its equivalent as determined by the UWM Center on International Education, from a regionally accredited institution, completed before the first term of enrollment in the Graduate School

Proficiency in the English language.

A minimum cumulative undergraduate grade point average (GPA) of 2.75

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All applicants are required to pay a non-refundable $75 application fee

GRE scores

No specific undergraduate major is necessary for admission. A typical applicant will have background in a health-related field or in an information/computer related field, but applicants from other academic or professional backgrounds are welcome to apply who will be considered on a case-by-case basis

Tuition Fee

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International

26159 USD/year

Tuition Fee

Based on the tuition of 26159 USD per year during 12 months.
National

26159 USD/year

Tuition Fee

Based on the tuition of 26159 USD per year during 12 months.
In-State

12728 USD/year

Tuition Fee

Based on the tuition of 12728 USD per year during 12 months.

Online: $2,222/course

Living costs for Milwaukee

1066 - 1767 USD /month

Living costs

The living costs include the total expenses per month, covering accommodation, public transportation, utilities (electricity, internet), books and groceries.

Funding

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Scholarships Information

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