Philadelphia, PA / Health information management programs
Health information management programs in Philadelphia.
5 CAHIIM-accredited programs operate in Philadelphia, PA. In the broader Philadelphia-Camden-Wilmington metro, Medical Records Specialists earn a median of $47,930 annually, 6% below the national median.
Accredited programs
Metro employed
Metro median wage
Top 10% wage
Metro wages
What Medical Records Specialists earn in the Philadelphia-Camden-Wilmington metro.
BLS OEWS, May 2024. SOC 29-2072. Metro covers Philadelphia-Camden-Wilmington, PA-NJ-DE-MD.
Philadelphia-Camden-Wilmington metro
- Median annual
- $47,930
- Mean annual
- $53,770
- 10th percentile
- $35,190
- 90th percentile
- $80,000
- Total employed
- 3,170
National (for reference)
- Median annual
- $51,140
- Pennsylvania state median
- $46,840
The local job market
Who hires HIM staff in Philadelphia.
Philadelphia’s hospital market runs through Penn Medicine, Jefferson Health, Temple Health, and Children’s Hospital of Philadelphia, with Main Line Health across the suburbs. It is one of the densest academic-medicine corridors in the country, which means HIM departments here hire for specialty work (research data, cancer registry, clinical documentation integrity) that smaller markets rarely post.
Accredited programs
Every CAHIIM-accredited program in Philadelphia.
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Peirce College
Health Information Management
Level
Associate Degree
Delivery
Online
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Peirce College (Inactive)
Health Information Management
Level
Baccalaureate Degree
Delivery
Online
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Temple University
Health Informatics
Level
Master Degree
Delivery
Online
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Temple University (Inactive)
Health Information Management
Level
Master Degree
Delivery
Campus Based, Online
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Temple University (Inactive)
Health Information Management
Level
Baccalaureate Degree
Delivery
Campus Based
You are not limited to campus
Online HIM programs work from Philadelphia 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 3 of the 5 Philadelphia programs are too. Employers verify the CAHIIM accreditation and the RHIT or RHIA credential; where the campus sits doesn't come up.
So compare the Philadelphia options against the fully online programs and the rest of the Pennsylvania 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 Philadelphia: common questions.
How many CAHIIM-accredited HIM programs are in Philadelphia?
Philadelphia, PA has 5 CAHIIM-accredited health information management programs: 1 associate degree, 2 baccalaureate degrees, 2 master degrees. 4 of them offer online delivery.
What do medical records specialists earn in Philadelphia?
In the Philadelphia-Camden-Wilmington metro, medical records specialists earn a median of $47,930 a year, 6% below the national median (BLS OEWS May 2024). The top 10% earn $80,000.
Do I have to study in Philadelphia to work in Philadelphia?
No. 206 of the 350 CAHIIM-accredited programs nationwide are fully online, including 9 online-capable programs based in Pennsylvania. 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 0037980).