Health Information Schools In Maryland
In Maryland, there are 8 accredited schools where health information classes faculty can find employment. Below are statistics and other relevant data to help analyze the state of health information and health information training in Maryland, which includes health information training at the following levels:
- Health Information Certificate
- Associates degree in Health Information
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Professional Trends
Maryland Vs. National Health Information Employment
| Maryland | 3,130 |
| National | 176,090 |
Approximately 2% of the country's health information professionals work in Maryland state.
Employment Growth for Health information professionals In Maryland
| 2,520 | 2,400 | 2,590 | 2,580 | 3,130 |
| 2006 | 2007 | 2008 | 2009 | 2010 |
|---|
- Yellow: Actual Values
Health Information is a growing field in Maryland. In Maryland, 610 more health information professionals were working in 2010, than there were in 2006. Thus, in Maryland, this field has grown by 24% in four years. This growth is faster than the change in the number of health information professionals around the country. Nationally, the number of health information professionals has grown by 7% from 2006 to 2010.
Health Information VS. All Professions salaries in Maryland
| $35,680 | $37,240 | $39,080 | $39,330 | $40,930 |
| $47,750 | $50,212 | $51,747 | $52,671 | $54,055 |
| 2006 | 2007 | 2008 | 2009 | 2010 |
|---|
- Light Blue: Health Information
- Dark Yellow: All Professions
The salaries paid to health information professionals are growing in Maryland. In 2006 health information professionals made a mean salary of $35,680 per year, and in 2010 they made $40,930 per year.
Salary percentiles for Health information professionals in Maryland
10th percentile |
$24,710 |
25th percentile |
$29,090 |
50th percentile |
$39,210 |
75th percentile |
$49,930 |
90th percentile |
$62,810 |
Thus, there was a 13% growth in health information professionals' salaries. State trends for all professions mirror this growth. In the state of Maryland, there is a huge variation in pay, within the field of health information. The pay differential between the highest paid health information professionals and those in the bottom 10% of the pay bracket is 154%
Average Salaries for Health information professionals and related professions in Maryland
Health Information |
$40,930 |
Health Information Management |
$69,470 |
Health Science |
$71,328 |
Information Systems |
$106,115 |
Information Technology |
$87,562 |
Medical Coding |
$40,930 |
In Maryland, health information professionals make, on average, less than their counterparts in related professions.
Educational Trends
Health Information programs available for each degree type for all schools in Maryland
associate |
5 |
bachelor |
0 |
master |
0 |
doctor |
0 |
Certificate |
7 |
| Total | 12 |
As the number of health information professionals is increasing in Maryland state, the number of students graduating from the 8 accredited health information schools in Maryland state is decreasing. In 2006, 94 students graduated from health information courses in Maryland. And in 2010, 69 students graduated.
Thus there was a 27% percent decrease in the number of health information school degree or certificate graduates in Maryland. Most of these graduates, or 58%, earned an undergraduate certificate in health information.