Healthcare Informatics M.S.
Turn healthcare data into better care, stronger operations, and improved patient outcomes.
The STEM-designated M.S. in Healthcare Informatics prepares you to enhance healthcare quality and operations through the assessment and application of data. Built for working professionals, the program combines accelerated online coursework with focused on-campus residencies and a real-world capstone consulting experience, so you can earn your degree in up to 16 months without stepping away from your career.
This program is part of Radiological & Health Professions
The Manhattan Advantage
Why Study Healthcare Informatics at Manhattan University?
Healthcare informatics is a growing field with real opportunities to improve people's lives. At Manhattan University, you will gain the knowledge and skills to enhance healthcare quality and operations by assessing and applying data to decision-making and strategic planning. You will learn to analyze and interpret healthcare data, apply the policies and regulations that govern its use, and deploy health information technology for decision support, knowledge management, and outcomes assessment. You graduate ready to step into critical, fast-growing roles and to lead with both technical skill and a commitment to better patient care.
36
Minimum credit hours to earn the degree.
16
Month to complete.
Flexible
Take classes fully online and on campus.
$171K
Average annual salary is up to $171K.*
*U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics
How the Program Works
An Executive Low-Residency Format
The M.S. in Healthcare Informatics is delivered in an executive low-residency model designed around the lives of working professionals. Each traditional semester, you take one course fully online over seven accelerated weeks and one low-residency course that runs online for its first six weeks and concludes with a three-day on-campus summative experience. This rhythm blends the flexibility of online learning with focused, in-person residencies that build stronger connections among students and faculty. The limited, curated NYC residency weekends add industry access, faculty engagement, and high-impact networking, giving you an accelerated path to an advanced degree without stepping away from your career.
Academics
Curriculum & Courses
The 36-credit curriculum combines 24 credits of required core courses with 12 credits of healthcare informatics electives, culminating in a two-part capstone consulting experience. Course titles below are drawn from the Manhattan University academic catalog and shown in alphabetical order.
The program concludes with Healthcare Informatics Capstone Consulting I and II, a two-part experience in which you partner with a real healthcare organization to develop applied, data-driven solutions.
To view the whole curriculum, please visit Manhattan University's academic catalog.
- Clinical Information Systems
- Foundations of Healthcare Informatics
- Healthcare Informatics Capstone Consulting I
- Healthcare Informatics Capstone Consulting II
- Principles and Applications of Databases
- Project Design and Management for Healthcare Systems
- Statistical Computing for Healthcare Informatics
- Legal, Regulatory, and Ethical Aspects of Healthcare Informatics
Meet Our Faculty
You will learn from faculty and industry practitioners who bring real healthcare and informatics experience into every course. Through accelerated online coursework and focused on-campus residencies, they mentor students closely, support capstone partnerships with healthcare organizations, and connect you to a professional network across the field. Get to know the faculty who will teach and mentor you.
Why Study in New York City
New York City is one of the largest and most complex healthcare markets in the world, home to leading hospital systems, insurers, public health agencies, and healthcare technology companies. Studying healthcare informatics at Manhattan University connects you to that ecosystem through faculty who work in the field, a professional network rooted in the city, and applied coursework and capstone projects shaped by real healthcare organizations. Your curated on-campus residencies bring you directly into this environment, turning the city's scale and demands into a living context for what you learn. Whether you study fully online or in a low-residency format, you join a university community and alumni network rooted in the city's professional life, and you graduate with a perspective shaped by one of the world's most demanding and dynamic markets.
Whether you study fully online or in a low-residency format, you join a university community and alumni network rooted in the city's professional life, and you graduate with a perspective shaped by one of the world's most demanding and dynamic markets.
Healthcare Informatics is a very important tool for the delivery of patient-centered care that results in the best possible outcomes for each patient. Working toward the Healthcare Informatics degree will help you become an integral part of the management and leadership teams at any institution."
Cathy Dwyer '98 (M.B.A.)
Vice President & CIO, Burke Rehabilitation Hospital
The Kakos School of Arts and Sciences
The Kakos School of Arts and Sciences is the largest of Manhattan University's three schools, offering 33 undergraduate majors, six graduate programs, and six combined degrees across the humanities, natural and social sciences, and professional fields. Grounded in the University's Lasallian Catholic mission and located near the heart of New York City, the School pairs rigorous academics with small classes, close faculty mentorship, and real-world experience throughout the five boroughs and beyond. That foundation delivers: Manhattan University ranks in the top 3% nationally for salary impact (Wall Street Journal, 2026), a measure of how strongly a degree here translates into graduates' career earnings.
Potential Careers
Graduates are prepared to step into critical, rapidly growing roles across the healthcare ecosystem, supporting hospitals, health systems, insurers, public health organizations, and healthcare technology companies. Representative roles include:
- Ambulatory Care Center Manager
- Clinical Director or Manager
- Clinical Informatics Specialist
- Computer Systems Analyst
- Database Administrator
- Health Administrator
- Health Information Manager
- Health Information Technologist
- Healthcare Data Analyst
- Health IT Project Manager
- Hospital Administrator
- Managed Care Manager
- Medical and Health Services Manager
- Outcomes Analyst
- Systems Integration Analyst
Frequently Asked Questions
What Are Students Asking?
Q: How are courses offered, and what does low-residency mean?
Courses are offered in an executive, accelerated, online and low-residency format. Each traditional semester you take one fully online seven-week course and one low-residency course that runs online for weeks one through six, then concludes with a three-day on-campus summative experience.
Q: When can I apply to the Healthcare Informatics program?
Admission is rolling, so you are welcome to begin courses in the fall or spring semester, or during a summer session.
Q: Does Manhattan University support students in finding internship placements?
Yes. We partner with a number of local healthcare sites to help you find an internship, and if you have a site in mind where you would like to complete your placement, we can support you in pursuing it there.
Q: Why are positions in healthcare informatics attractive to employers and applicants?
Healthcare informatics is essential to delivering patient-centered care that produces the best possible outcomes. Earning the degree helps you become an integral part of the management and leadership teams at almost any healthcare institution.
Program Costs & Financial Aid
Manhattan University is committed to making a high-quality, career-focused graduate education accessible and affordable. Graduate students may qualify for assistantships, scholarships, and federal aid that significantly reduce the overall cost of attendance.
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A Manhattan University education is an investment in your future, and we are dedicated to helping you access the resources that make it possible.
Admissions Information for Manhattan University
Start Your Journey in Health Informatics
Applying to Manhattan University is designed to be clear and accessible. Review the requirements below to take the next step toward your degree.
To apply, you will need:
- Applicants for master's programs must hold a bachelor's degree from an accredited college or institution.
- Normally, an undergraduate GPA of 3.00 on a 4.00 scale is required, although other factors may be considered in the admission decision.
- Ideally, applicants should have suitable preparation in the behavioral sciences. Consideration will be given for teaching experience and for other applicable experience. Applicants who possess a bachelor's degree but lack relevant background experience may be required to take prerequisite courses for admission.
- Other factors will be considered for admission, such as years of professional experience, a high average in your major field, scores on required standardized tests, or academic development beyond the baccalaureate degree.
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