SUMMARY
Majoring in Medical Records Administration is not only a valuable choice, but generally a requisite first step for scholars seeking to enter a career as a medical historian, a medical records administrator, or a genetic data director. In fact, medical records administration is a very rare major coming in at the 169th most popular major. Last academic year alone, there were 1,588 medical records administration degrees conferred. In-state tuition for medical records administration at private institutions is, on average, 2.6 times more expensive than their public fellows.
With just 115 universities having programs for this degree you may have limited options as to the institutions that will have an option for you. If you're hoping to surround yourself with other medical records administration undergrads, consider institutions in Utah which have more undergrads admitted to medical records administration than any other state. less precisely, the best region to major in medical records administration is in the Great Lakes region with University of Illinois at Chicago, Grand Valley State University, and University of Cincinnati-Main Campus best representing the region. Interestingly, our pick of the best conference to major in medical records administration is the American Athletic Conference with University of Central Florida, East Carolina University, and University of Cincinnati-Main Campus representing the conference. Based on our list on the best colleges, our choice for the best university for medical records administration is University of Washington-Seattle Campus.
The objectively 'best' school does not have to be the best school for every student. There might be a bunch more factors to think about when selecting college. Things such as campus amenities, transportation services, and food would affect one's thoughts of which school to attend. At authority.org, we have examined the pros and cons for you. If, for example, you are interested in which medical records administration school boasts the best campus, the answer is Rutgers University-New Brunswick. If, for example, you are very interested in which college boasts the top campus, then we have an entire page dedicated to that. We have carefully pored through professor reviews, government databases, student reviews, and more so we can compare every U.S. major in an unbiased and informative way. Here you can find our well researched list for the schools with the best student life and our selection for the college with the best student life for medical records administration is University of Washington-Seattle Campus. Curious why? Continue reading to discover more about Authority's top selections. Many of our decisions might surprise you.
If cost is a primary deciding factor in your decisions, you might consider avoiding Saint Louis University. Saint Louis University is the most expensive college for medical records administration, at least for out of state students. We do have an entire page for the most expensive colleges that could put the cost of Saint Louis University into perspective. Additionally, you may care to know that medical records administration is the 358th most expensive program in the United States, with an average expense of $19,200. On a broader scale, the most expensive state for medical records administration in the country is Washington demonstrated with a cost of $37,071 at the main college in the state University of Washington-Seattle Campus. To zoom out even further, the most expensive region of the U.S. for medical records administration is the Far West region which is best demonstrated with Ashford University with a cost of $11,640, Oregon Institute of Technology with a cost of $27,927, and University of Washington-Seattle Campus with a cost of $37,071.
Our cheapest region for medical records administration is the New England region which is represented by Charter Oak State College with a cost of $10,056. On the bright side, the most affordable school for medical records administration is Western Governors University. Our entire list of the most affordable colleges can be explored here.
In-state learners can anticipate paying about $9,900 for a degree in medical records administration. The price balloons intensely to a median of $21,100 for an out-of-state public-school student. On that note, our pick for the school with the best value for medical records administration: Saint Louis University. On this page you can find our comprehensive list of the colleges we see as being the best value overall. Bear in mind, this discussion is based on being an out-of-state student. A discussion of value changes when it comes to in-state tuition, but as we do not know what state(s) you might qualify for in-state tuition, we are approaching this discussion through out-of-state tuition costs.
Earnings for medical records administration students differ a lot, but two years after completing the major students will typically earn around $40,800. There is much variation in salary; highest paid earners can rake in up to $75,800. Even right out of school, the lowest earning opportunities within the medical records administration field earn $21,900, which isn't that bad. The highest earning grads from medical records administration come from Duquesne University and if you want to find the schools with all of the highest earning graduates, Authority has that too.
The overall diversity of medical records administration ranks on the higher end, falling within the 53rd percentile of all programs. The school with the highest composite diversity for medical records administration is University of Washington-Seattle Campus and here you can find our comprehensive list of the universities with the most diversity. The overall financial diversity of Medical Records Administration only ranks within the 15th percentile compared to all other majors. Racial diversity is actually above financial diversity, in the 65th percentile. White collegians make up the largest proportion at 56% of those majoring in medical records administration. Additionally, 81% of undergrads pursuing a medical records administration degree are women.
The median rating for medical records administration professors is 4 stars, a ranking that is surprisingly the average score across all majors; this is a fine. If you are curious about the most popular medical records administration professor in the nation, take a look at Movakel Sargizi from North Seattle College. This may be a shock, but the highest ranked professors for medical records administration by student are found at University of Houston. If we incorporate data beyond just rankings it becomes clear that the school with comprehensively the best professors for medical records administration is Ohio State University-Main Campus. You can find an explanation of our evolving ranking methodology of the best overall professors here, as well as many of the top professors in the country.
Finally, the hardest college to get into for medical records administration is Florida Agricultural and Mechanical University. While we do not necessarily see the value in it, we do have an extensive page of the hardest colleges to get into. That being said, we hope you believe that considering the higher education world from examples mainly derived from superlatives could be said to be the root of many of higher education's fundamental problems. We at Authority encourage you to read our more nuanced pages on different topics and explore a couple of our helpful background pages on useful details to look out for as your university search develops.