Best Health Information Technologist programs in Minnesota, ranked by enrollment
Apply knowledge of healthcare and information systems to assist in the design, development, and continued modification and analysis of computerized healthcare systems.
20 schools in Minnesota run programs that feed this job, graduating 1,287 people a year. The job pays a median of $90,760 in Minnesota across about 1,040 jobs (BLS OEWS May 2025).
Fields of study in Minnesota that lead to this job
Grouped at the 4-digit CIP level. Numbers are graduates per year in this state.
4 programs in Minnesota that lead to this job
Ranked by graduates per year in Minnesota (IPEDS completions). Graduate earnings and debt are national College Scorecard figures reported at the 4-digit CIP level, so specializations within one field share a figure. Each program also links to its own Minnesota page.
| # | Program | Graduates / yr | Share of pipeline | Schools | Grad earnings (1 yr) | Median debt |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | CIP 51.0713In Minnesota → | 648 | 50.3% | 13 | $30,774 | $17,375 |
| 2 | Medical Informaticsmain feeder CIP 51.2706In Minnesota → | 275 | 21.4% | 6 | $47,775 | $25,000 |
| 3 | CIP 51.0707In Minnesota → | 244 | 19.0% | 9 | $30,774 | $17,375 |
| 4 | CIP 51.0706In Minnesota → | 120 | 9.3% | 4 | $30,774 | $17,375 |
Top 20 schools in Minnesota
Ranked by graduates per year into this job. Graduate earnings are reported for 9 of the 20 schools in this state.
All 20 schools in Minnesota
Every school in Minnesota with a program that feeds this job, ordered by graduates per year. Earnings are shown for the ranked schools above; open a school profile for the rest.
| School | City | Control | Graduates / yr | Feeder programs |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Rasmussen University - Minnesota | St. Cloud | Private for-profit | 647 | 3 |
| Capella University | Minneapolis | Private for-profit | 302 | 2 |
| Anoka Technical College | Anoka | Public | 51 | 2 |
| Rochester Community and Technical College | Rochester | Public | 49 | 2 |
| The College of Saint Scholastica | Duluth | Private not-for-profit | 41 | 2 |
| Minnesota State Community and Technical College | Fergus Falls | Public | 25 | 2 |
| Dakota County Technical College | Rosemount | Public | 21 | 1 |
| St Cloud Technical and Community College | Saint Cloud | Public | 21 | 2 |
| Ridgewater College | Willmar | Public | 19 | 2 |
| St Catherine University | Saint Paul | Private not-for-profit | 18 | 1 |
| Northwest Technical College | Bemidji | Public | 17 | 1 |
| Herzing University - Minneapolis | St. Louis Park | Private not-for-profit | 15 | 2 |
| Northland Community and Technical College | Thief River Falls | Public | 15 | 1 |
| Saint Paul College | Saint Paul | Public | 12 | 2 |
| Walden University | Minneapolis | Private for-profit | 11 | 1 |
What health information technologists and medical registrars earn in Minnesota
What people already working in this job earn (BLS OEWS May 2025). Not graduate earnings.
U.S. median $68,020. Minnesota pays above the national figure.
Concentrated here: Minnesota employs more of this job per worker than the U.S. average.
Metro areas in Minnesota
Job outlook
Bureau of Labor Statistics Employment Projections, 2024 to 2034.
Growth and openings are national. The Bureau of Labor Statistics does not publish employment projections at state level, so these figures describe the occupation across the whole U.S., not this state alone.
How to get in
The full skills, tools, and day-to-day breakdown lives on the national Health Information Technologists and Medical Registrars page.
How to become a Health Information Technologist
Job zone 3 of 5 · SVP 6.0 to < 7.0- Typical entry education
- Associate's degree
Most occupations in this zone require training in vocational schools, related on-the-job experience, or an associate's degree.
Previous work-related skill, knowledge, or experience is required for these occupations. For example, an electrician must have completed three or four years of apprenticeship or several years of vocational training, and often must have passed a licensing exam, in order to perform the job.
Employees in these occupations usually need one or two years of training involving both on-the-job experience and informal training with experienced workers. A recognized apprenticeship program may be associated with these occupations.
The same job in other states
Where else this occupation employs the most people, and what it pays there.
Related careers in Minnesota
Every major mapped to this job
The official federal mapping behind the rankings above.
All 6 majors mapped to Health Information Technologists and Medical Registrars6 of them graduated someone in the latest IPEDS year. NCES CIP 2020 → SOC 2018 crosswalk.+
- 51.0706Health Information/Medical Records Administration/Administrator
- 51.0707Health Information/Medical Records Technology/Technician
- 51.0713Medical Insurance Coding Specialist/Coder
- 51.0721Disease Registry Data Management
- 51.0723Healthcare Information Privacy Assurance and Security
- 51.2706Medical Informatics
Common questions
Answers for people weighing health information technologists and medical registrars programs in Minnesota.
What degree do you need to become a Health Information Technologist?+
Associate's degree is the typical entry-level education BLS reports for this occupation. The most common program people actually graduate from is Medical Insurance Coding Specialist/Coder, which awarded 648 degrees in Minnesota in 2024-25, 50.3% of everyone graduating from a program that feeds this career.
Which college majors lead to becoming a Health Information Technologist?+
The NCES CIP-to-SOC crosswalk maps 4 programs to this occupation. The largest are Health and Medical Administrative Services, Medical Illustration and Informatics. Together they graduate about 1,287 people a year in Minnesota.
How much do health information technologists and medical registrars earn in Minnesota?+
The median is $90,760 a year (BLS OEWS May 2025). That is 33.4% above the U.S. median of $68,020. This is pay for people already working in the occupation, not the same thing as graduate earnings one year after finishing a degree.
Is demand for health information technologists and medical registrars growing?+
BLS projects a +14.7% change in employment between 2024 and 2034, much faster than average, with roughly 3,200 openings a year nationally once retirements and job changes are counted.
How many schools offer programs for this career in Minnesota?+
20 institutions in Minnesota reported graduates from at least one of the 4 programs that feed this occupation in IPEDS 2024-25. Rankings on this page use graduates per year, because the federal data publishes no enrollment count by program.
What other job titles do health information technologists and medical registrars work under?+
Employers advertise this work under many names. O*NET records Medical Records Analyst, Medical Records Director among the most commonly reported, all mapping to SOC 29-9021.
About the data on this page
Rankings use IPEDS completions 2024–25, degrees awarded per year. That is the closest federal measure of how many people a program puts into a career, because no federal dataset publishes enrollment by program. Wages and employment come from BLS OEWS May 2025, growth and openings from BLS Employment Projections 2024-34, and which majors lead to which jobs from the NCES CIP 2020 to SOC 2018 crosswalk. Occupation descriptions, tasks, skills and tools are O*NET 30.3 (CC BY 4.0, U.S. Department of Labor/ETA).
BLS Occupational Employment & Wage Statistics
May 2025Wages, employment counts, location quotients and metro breakdowns.
BLS Employment Projections
2024–34Projected growth, annual openings and typical entry-level education.
IPEDS Completions
2024-25 (provisional)Graduates per year by program and institution — the ranking metric.
College Scorecard, Field of Study
2020-21 cohortsMedian graduate earnings one year after completion, and median debt.
Census Post-Secondary Employment Outcomes
latest availableGraduate earnings 1/5/10 years out, where the state participates.
NCES CIP 2020 and the CIP-to-SOC 2018 crosswalk
CIP 2020 / SOC 2018Which college programs officially lead to this occupation.
O*NET Database 30.3
30.3Tasks, skills, knowledge, tools, job zone and alternate job titles.
Official source →CC BY 4.0, U.S. Department of Labor / ETA
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