New York, NY / Health information management programs
Health information management programs in New York.
3 CAHIIM-accredited programs operate in New York, NY. In the broader New York-Newark-Jersey City metro, Medical Records Specialists earn a median of $60,610 annually, 19% above the national median.
Accredited programs
Metro employed
Metro median wage
Top 10% wage
Metro wages
What Medical Records Specialists earn in the New York-Newark-Jersey City metro.
BLS OEWS, May 2024. SOC 29-2072. Metro covers New York-Newark-Jersey City, NY-NJ-PA.
New York-Newark-Jersey City metro
- Median annual
- $60,610
- Mean annual
- $65,680
- 10th percentile
- $37,520
- 90th percentile
- $99,470
- Total employed
- 7,370
National (for reference)
- Median annual
- $51,140
- New York state median
- $61,720
The local job market
Who hires HIM staff in New York.
New York employs more medical records specialists than any metro except Los Angeles, and pays among the highest median wages in the country. NewYork-Presbyterian, NYU Langone, Mount Sinai, Northwell Health, and NYC Health + Hospitals each run HIM operations bigger than entire health systems elsewhere.
Accredited programs
Every CAHIIM-accredited program in New York.
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Borough of Manhattan Community College
Health Information Management
Level
Associate Degree
Delivery
Campus Based, Online
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CUNY School of Professional Studies
Health Information Management
Level
Baccalaureate Degree
Delivery
Online
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CUNY School of Professional Studies
Health Information Management
Level
Master Degree
Delivery
Campus Based, Online
You are not limited to campus
Online HIM programs work from New York too.
HIM is one of the few healthcare fields you can train for entirely online: 206 of the 350 CAHIIM-accredited programs nationwide are fully online, and 1 of the 3 New York programs is too. Employers verify the CAHIIM accreditation and the RHIT or RHIA credential; where the campus sits doesn't come up.
So compare the New York options against the fully online programs and the rest of the New York field before you decide. Local can still win on price (community and technical colleges usually beat private online tuition) and on clinical-site relationships, but it should win on the merits, not by default.
FAQ
HIM programs in New York: common questions.
How many CAHIIM-accredited HIM programs are in New York?
New York, NY has 3 CAHIIM-accredited health information management programs: 1 associate degree, 1 baccalaureate degree, 1 master degree. 3 of them offer online delivery.
What do medical records specialists earn in New York?
In the New York-Newark-Jersey City metro, medical records specialists earn a median of $60,610 a year, 19% above the national median (BLS OEWS May 2024). The top 10% earn $99,470.
Do I have to study in New York to work in New York?
No. 206 of the 350 CAHIIM-accredited programs nationwide are fully online, including 13 online-capable programs based in New York. Employers care about the CAHIIM accreditation and the RHIT or RHIA credential, not where the campus was.
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Source: CAHIIM Program Directory, refreshed . Wage figures from BLS OEWS May 2024 (metro CBSA 0035620).