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CAHIIM-Accredited Programs

Find Your Health Information Management Program in About a Minute

Our health information management program finder asks six quick questions about the degree and the job you want, then compares 312 CAHIIM-accredited programs and shows you the five that fit best.

Takes about two minutes. No sign-up.

How the Health Information Management Program Finder Works

You don’t need to know which school you want yet. Tell the program finder what you want from the degree and it does the comparing for you.

  1. You Answer Six Questions

    Your degree level, online or campus, where you live, the job you picture, what matters most and anything else worth knowing.

  2. We Read 312 Programs

    The program finder keeps the programs at your level and in your format, then reads each one’s accreditation record and our editors’ notes against your answers.

  3. You Get Five Matches

    Each match shows a match percentage, published in-state tuition where we have it, and a link to its card in our state rankings.

What Our HIM Program Finder Compares

Your Degree Level

203 associate, 61 bachelor’s and 48 master’s programs, every one CAHIIM-accredited.

Online or On Campus

288 of the 312 programs are offered online. Choose campus and the program finder keeps you close to home.

Your Career Goal

Of 312 programs, 276 point toward coding work, 114 toward informatics and data, 240 toward HIM management and 296 toward privacy and compliance.

What You’d Pay

Published in-state tuition for 242 associate and bachelor’s programs, from $600 to $54,760 a year, with a median of $4,772.

Where You Live

In-state tuition where it applies, and campus programs across 47 states and Puerto Rico.

Rather browse on your own? Every program in the finder also appears in our HIM program rankings by state, and the two biggest levels have national lists: the best associate degrees in HIM and the best bachelor’s degrees in HIM.

Which Health Information Management Degree Fits the Job You Want?

Medical Coding

The CCA only asks for a high school diploma, so a degree isn’t what gets you in the door. What an associate program adds is the RHIT, a broader credential that covers coding and the rest of the health record. 276 of the 312 programs in our data point toward coding work. Start with our affordable online RHIT programs and the medical coder career guide.

Health Informatics and Data Analytics

Data jobs in healthcare tend to sit at the master’s level. 34 of the 48 master’s programs in our finder are health informatics degrees, and 114 programs overall point toward informatics and data work. Know the trade-off: a health informatics master’s isn’t automatically RHIA-eligible. Our HIM vs health informatics guide lays out both paths.

HIM Director or Manager

The RHIA is AHIMA’s credential for HIM management, and you need a CAHIIM-accredited bachelor’s or master’s in HIM to sit for it. 240 programs in our data point toward HIM leadership. Already have your RHIT? Our RHIT to RHIA rankings list bachelor’s programs for working technicians, and the HIM director guide covers the job.

Privacy and Compliance

Privacy work rewards experience as much as a degree. AHIMA’s CHPS credential accepts several mixes of the two, from an associate degree plus four years to a bachelor’s plus two. Most HIM programs teach privacy and security, and 296 programs in our data point toward that work. Our CHPS certification guide lists every eligibility route.

Health Information Management Program Finder FAQ

You answer six questions: the degree you want, online or campus, your state, the job you picture, what matters most and anything else we should know. The program finder narrows our 312 CAHIIM-accredited programs to your level and format, reads each program's accreditation record and our editors' notes against your answers, and shows you the five that fit best.
Your match percentage shows how closely a program fits what you told us, from its description (delivery, program director, accreditation history, the employers and tracks our editors noted) and its numbers (published in-state tuition and accreditation status). It compares programs for you. It is not a grade of the school.
Not in your matches. The listing at the top of your results is marked AD and comes from schools that pay to appear there. Your five matches below it come from our own data, and no school can pay to change them.
No. The program finder never asks for your name, email or phone number, and you do not need to sign up. Please leave contact details out of the optional text boxes.
The RHIT exam opens to graduates of a CAHIIM-accredited associate program in health information management, and the RHIA to graduates of a CAHIIM-accredited bachelor's or master's in HIM. Our finder covers 203 associate and 61 bachelor's programs. A health informatics master's is not automatically RHIA-eligible, so check before you enroll. Our RHIA vs RHIT guide compares the two credentials.
Yes. Tap “Start Over” on your results and change any answer. Trying online against on-campus, or a different state, is a quick way to see how your options shift.

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Schools pay to appear in these listings. They are separate from our rankings, which no school can pay to change.

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