College of Communication and Information
School of Information
www.kent.edu/iSchool


About This Program

The Health Informatics graduate certificate prepares graduates to assume entry level, mid-career or senior level positions within healthcare systems. Based on the students' experience, the certificate is customizable to their interests and career goals within health informatics venues.

Contact Information

Program Delivery

  • Delivery:
    • Fully online

Examples of Possible Careers and Salaries*

Computer and information research scientists

  • 15.4% much faster than the average
  • 32,700 number of jobs
  • $126,830 potential earnings

Computer occupations, all other

  • 5.7% faster than the average
  • 431,100 number of jobs
  • $92,870 potential earnings

Health information technologists, medical registrars, surgical assistants, and healthcare practitioners and technical workers, all other

  • 7.9% faster than the average
  • 59,400 number of jobs
  • $51,840 potential earnings

Database administrators and architects

  • 9.7% much faster than the average
  • 132,500 number of jobs
  • $98,860 potential earnings

* Source of occupation titles and labor data comes from the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics' Occupational Outlook Handbook. Data comprises projected percent change in employment over the next 10 years; nation-wide employment numbers; and the yearly median wage at which half of the workers in the occupation earned more than that amount and half earned less.