Bachelor of Science (B.S.) Major in Health Informatics Online

Build in-demand skills in health data, analytics, and AI to improve clinical decision-making, optimize healthcare systems, and drive better patient outcomes.

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Program Overview

Develop career-building credentials with a B.S. in Health Informatics

Build the skills to turn healthcare data into smarter decisions, better outcomes, and more efficient systems in the online Bachelor of Science in Health Informatics (BSHI) program at Texas State University. Through our hands-on, technology-focused curriculum, you’ll work with electronic health records, clinical decision support tools, advanced analytics, cybersecurity, and AI applications to solve real-world healthcare challenges and improve how care is delivered.

Designed to meet modern STEM-aligned, digital healthcare workforce needs, this degree emphasizes applying data and technology to optimize workflows and power clinical and operational decision-making. With fully online course work and no clinical placement requirements, you can develop in-demand technical and analytical skills on your schedule while preparing for a career in both healthcare and technology. The program also develops the skills you'll need to sit for the Certified Associate in Healthcare Information and Management Systems (CAHIMS) exam, helping you take the next step toward a tech-driven healthcare career.

Tools and technologies you'll use:

  • Artificial Intelligence (AI) tools
  • Electronic Health Records
  • Interoperability
  • Python/R
  • Tableau/Power BI
  • SQL
  • Cybersecurity best practices
Tools and technologies you'll use:
  • Artificial Intelligence (AI) tools
  • Electronic Health Records
  • Interoperability
  • Python/R
  • Tableau/Power BI
  • SQL
  • Cybersecurity best practices

As a student in this online health informatics program, you will learn how to:

  • Apply health informatics principles to analyze and transform health data into actionable insights
  • Design and evaluate health information systems that improve clinical and operational workflows
  • Use data analytics and decision-support tools to drive data-informed clinical and operational decisions
  • Apply privacy, security, and governance principles to ensure the integrity and protection of health data
  • Collaborate across technical and healthcare teams to implement data-driven and technology-enabled solutions
  • Evaluate the impact of health information systems on patient outcomes, provider workflows, and healthcare delivery
As a student in this online health informatics program, you will learn how to:
  • Apply health informatics principles to analyze and transform health data into actionable insights
  • Design and evaluate health information systems that improve clinical and operational workflows
  • Use data analytics and decision-support tools to drive data-informed clinical and operational decisions
  • Apply privacy, security, and governance principles to ensure the integrity and protection of health data
  • Collaborate across technical and healthcare teams to implement data-driven and technology-enabled solutions
  • Evaluate the impact of health information systems on patient outcomes, provider workflows, and healthcare delivery

Career opportunities include more technical, analytics-driven roles such as:

  • Health Data Analyst
  • Clinical Informatics Specialist
  • Health IT Analyst
  • Population Health Analyst
  • Clinical Data Analyst
  • Healthcare Business Intelligence Analyst
Career opportunities include more technical, analytics-driven roles such as:
  • Health Data Analyst
  • Clinical Informatics Specialist
  • Health IT Analyst
  • Population Health Analyst
  • Clinical Data Analyst
  • Healthcare Business Intelligence Analyst

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Per Credit Hour $405*
Transfer Credits Up to 90**
Credit Hours 120
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Tuition

Feel confident in your budget with our accessible tuition

Tuition for the online bachelor’s degree program in health informatics is affordable and paid by the course, so you can achieve your academic goals while remaining within your budget.

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Program Per Credit Hour Per Course
B.S. Health Informatics $405* $1,216

*Students in Accelerated Online Programs are not eligible for payment plans or emergency loans. Tuition and fees are subject to change by legislative or Board of Regents action; changes become effective on the date of enactment. BookSmart fees are automatically added each semester but are not included in program costs; students may opt out by the start of each term. Registrations after the tuition deadline require full payment at registration. Cost of Attendance details are available through TXST One Stop.

Tuition breakdown

Per Course $1,216
Per Credit Hour $405*

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**Texas State will apply to an undergraduate degree up to 72 semester credit hours from an accredited junior or community college. Students transferring more than 72 hours must consult with their academic advisor to determine how degree requirements will be satisfied.


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The Texas State bachelor's degree in health informatics program is delivered in a convenient online learning format that offers maximum flexibility for working adults like you. Choose the start date that fits your goals.

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TermStart DateApp DeadlineDocument DeadlineRegistration DeadlineTuition DeadlineClass End DateTerm Length
Fall 1 20268/19/268/5/268/12/268/19/268/13/2610/7/268 weeks
Fall 2 202610/8/269/24/2610/1/2610/8/2610/1/2612/10/268 weeks

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Admissions

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Apply to the bachelor's degree in health informatics online program quickly and easily with our streamlined admission process. Review the admission requirements below and take the next step toward your professional goals.

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Department of Health Informatics & Information Management admission:

In addition to being admitted by the university, you must submit a separate application to the HIM department. The majority of your general education core and required prerequisite courses should be completed before enrolling, with no more than 9 credit hours to be completed in the summer following the program’s application deadline. You must also meet these requirements:

  • Minimum 2.50 overall GPA
  • Minimum Texas State GPA of 2.0
  • Majority of the core and other prerequisite course work completed
    • Health Informatics (HI) prerequisites: HIM 2360 and a statistics course (PSY 2301, HP 3302, SOCI 3307, or CJ 3347).
    • Health Information Management (HIM) prerequisites: HIM 2360, BIO 2430, CIS 1323 or CS 1308, and a statistics course (PSY 2301, HP 3302, SOCI 3307, or CJ 3347).

University admission:

All applicants must:

  • Submit a completed application and all supporting documents—including official transcripts from your high school and any postsecondary institutions attended—to the Office of Undergraduate Admissions by the stated document deadline
  • Pay the nonrefundable application fee of $75 ($90 for international*)
  • Be eligible to re-enter all colleges and/or universities previously attended

High school graduates who plan to attend Texas State the semester after high school graduation (not including summer sessions) regardless of how many dual credit or transferable college credits earned, are considered an entering freshman.

Freshmen must do the following to qualify for admission to Texas State University:

  • Receive a diploma from an accredited high school
    • We recommend students complete the following curriculum:
    • 4 credits of English, 4 credits of mathematics, 4 credits of science, 3 credits of social studies and 2 credits of a language other than English
  • ACT and SAT test scores are not required for applicants ranked in the top 75% of their graduating class.
  • Applicants who do not meet assured admission, or do not submit test scores, will be reviewed holistically. All students ranked in the fourth quartile of their class must submit scores that meet assured admission standards for admission.
  • Submit your high school transcripts by mail or via Parchment, Naviance, National Student Clearinghouse.

Transfer students must meet these requirements:

  • 14 or fewer credit hours: minimum 2.0 GPA in all transferable course work plus meet freshman admission standards
  • 15-29 credit hours: minimum 2.5 GPA in all transferable course work
  • 30 or more credit hours: minimum 2.25 GPA in all transferable course work
  • Be at least one full semester out of high school and eligible to return to all postsecondary institutions previously attended

For applicants without a U.S. bachelor’s degree or high school diploma (or equivalent)**:

You must submit an approved English proficiency exam score that meets the minimum program requirements.

  • Official TOEFL iBT scores required with a 78 overall and minimum individual module scores of
    • 19 listening
    • 19 reading
    • 19 speaking
    • 18 writing
  • Official PTE scores required with a 52 overall
  • Official IELTS (academic) scores required with a 6.5 overall and minimum individual module scores of 6.0
  • Official Duolingo scores required with a 110 overall
  • Official TOEFL Essentials scores required with an 8.5 overall

**Exemption: Applicants who have earned a high school diploma, bachelor’s degree or higher from a regionally accredited U.S. institution or an equivalent degree from a country on our exempt countries list are not required to submit an English proficiency exam score.

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TXST One Stop
Texas State University – Undergraduate Admissions
601 University Dr.
San Marcos, TX 78666

*Texas State defines an on-campus international student as anyone with a nonimmigrant visa status, including H-1B visa holders, or those seeking a visa to enroll. If you are not a U.S. citizen, permanent resident, refugee, or asylee, you will be classified as an international applicant.

An online international student is someone who holds citizenship in another country, is not a U.S. permanent resident, and resides outside the U.S. while enrolling in an online program.

Students who are not on a visa but are graduating from a Texas high school after three years in residence are considered domestic applicants.

If you are a U.S. citizen, permanent resident, refugee, or asylee, you are considered a domestic applicant.

Admission Requirements

  • High school diploma
  • Online application
  • Official transcripts from all institutions

Courses

Gain relevant skillsets in your B.S. in Health Informatics online courses

To graduate from the B.S. in Health Informatics from Texas State, you must complete a total of 120 credit hours, including 42 credit hours of general education courses, 69 credit hours of core courses, and the remaining credit hours as electives. Explore our range of industry-specific undergraduate minors.

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Students must take 42 credit hours of general education courses to meet the degree plan requirements.

Duration: 8 Weeks weeks
Credit Hours: 3
Recognizing and understanding the vocabulary of the health care professions. Emphasis on medical prefixes, suffixes, and word roots as used in oral and written communications.
Duration: 8 Weeks weeks
Credit Hours: 3
The course introduces major statistical concepts and procedures as applied to clinical science students with an emphasis on inferential statistics. Topics include: descriptive statistics, hypothesis testing, comparison statistics, relationship statistics, association statistics, and beginning epidemiological ratios. Students are introduced to major statistical packages.
Duration: 8 Weeks weeks
Credit Hours: 3
The course introduces major statistical concepts and procedures as applied to healthcare administration students with an emphasis on descriptive statistics. Topics include: healthcare statistical terminology, descriptive statistics, hypothesis testing, comparison statistics, relationship statistics, and association statistics.
Duration: 8 Weeks weeks
Credit Hours: 3
This course explores the organizational structure and delivery of healthcare in hospitals and health systems and the associated roles of HIIM professionals.
Duration: 8 Weeks weeks
Credit Hours: 3
This course provides an introduction to health informatics and information management to include hardware components, systems architecture, operating systems, languages, software applications, tools, electronic health record systems, and related concepts.
Duration: 8 Weeks weeks
Credit Hours: 3
This course provides an overview and introduction to healthcare databases and data management. Topics in the course will include database theory, information infrastructure, and data analytics. Implementing healthcare information systems and decision making will also be examined.
Duration: 8 Weeks weeks
Credit Hours: 3
This course provides an overview of how informatics principles and practices apply to population, public, and precision health. Students will explore how health informatics and data analytics apply to foundational topics including health disparities, social determinants of health, behavior change strategies, and digital patient engagement.
Duration: 8 Weeks weeks
Credit Hours: 3
This course provides an overview of regulatory agency requirements for quality improvement, utilization management, and risk management. Methods for integrating these procedures for healthcare quality, credentialing, and peer review are explored.
Duration: 8 Weeks weeks
Credit Hours: 3
This course explores clinical decision support (CDS) systems and electronic health records (EHR), focusing on the role of information in healthcare delivery and decision-making by providers and patients. Students will examine key EHR tools and techniques, knowledge base development and maintenance, usability considerations, and evaluation methods for CDS systems. The course also addresses ethical and legal challenges in CDS implementation, patient portals and consumer informatics, as well as best practices for optimizing system effectiveness.
Duration: 8 Weeks weeks
Credit Hours: 3
This course explores the legal and ethical issues of Health Informatics and Information Management with emphases on statutory and regulatory requirements, case law and practical applications. Special legal problems associated with access to patient information, disposition of records, confidentiality and privacy, reporting requirements and compliance with current state and federal legislation are emphasized.
Duration: 8 Weeks weeks
Credit Hours: 3
This course explores change management related to health information systems that impact clinical workflows. Digital health technologies and use of artificial intelligence in healthcare delivery will be explored. Students will gain foundational knowledge of change management principles, clinical workflow design, cognitive support tools, and decision-making processes in healthcare settings.
Duration: 8 Weeks weeks
Credit Hours: 3
This course provides an introduction to the general disease process. Stress is placed upon the occurrence of disease, the signs and symptoms of disease, the test values and findings of disease, and the therapeutic treatment of disease.
Duration: 8 Weeks weeks
Credit Hours: 3
This course provides a study of the principles of management in healthcare and related organizations. The course provides the opportunity to apply the fundamentals of management including ethical decision making and human resources in the expanded role of the HIIM Professional.
Duration: 8 Weeks weeks
Credit Hours: 3
Course will address the reimbursement cycle from patient registration to claims billing with an emphasis on federal regulations and the role of HIIM regarding payment systems. Topics will include accounting principles, budget processes, cost/benefit analysis, healthcare finance, compliance strategies, charge-master and casemix management, and payment systems and plans.
Duration: 8 Weeks weeks
Credit Hours: 3
This course provides an introduction to research methods and experimental inquiry to acquaint the student with skills to critique and conduct studies in the health informatics and information management domains. The course will also provide the foundation for compiling, analyzing, and displaying statistics related to the delivery of healthcare.
Duration: 8 Weeks weeks
Credit Hours: 3
This course explores the principles and applications of interoperability and data standards in healthcare. Students will examine foundational interoperability concepts, standard development organizations, and health information exchange. Topics include claims-based coding systems, laboratory and imaging standards, clinical and pharmacy terminologies, and healthcare messaging protocols.
Duration: 8 Weeks weeks
Credit Hours: 3
This course applies the principles of Information Governance to guide the HIIM professional's evolving role in the transition from paper to electronic health records and managing the increasing volume of electronic health data. Topics include data architecture, analytics, integrity, quality and decision support; enterprise content management; and consumer informatics.
Duration: 8 Weeks weeks
Credit Hours: 3
This course includes the integrated use of health information technology throughout the healthcare organization. Students will evaluate how technology impacts the overall hospital operations from both clinical and administrative perspectives. Students will also use planning and assessment tools to simulate health information technology system implementation and explore securing those systems.
Duration: 8 Weeks weeks
Credit Hours: 3
This course examines the expanded role of the Health Informatics and Information Management professional in the healthcare environment. Topics include strategic planning and forecasting, marketing, entrepreneurialism, leadership, motivation, consensus building, workforce diversity, change management, workflow redesign/reengineering, and project management. (WI).
Duration: 8 Weeks weeks
Credit Hours: 3
This course provides pragmatic guidance in the management of HIIM projects by analyzing critical success factors and skills required to organize, plan, monitor, and control projects in healthcare settings. Cost and schedule estimation techniques are presented together with proposal writing, negotiation, communication, risk management, HIIM technology assessment, and quality measurement. (WI).
Duration: 8 Weeks weeks
Credit Hours: 3
This course introduces contemporary methods for advanced technology in health informatics and health data analytics. Topics include big data analytics, predictive analytics, mobile health, telemedicine, clinical decision support, cloud computing, machine learning, and artificial intelligence.
Duration: 8 Weeks weeks
Credit Hours: 3
This course provides an overview of contemporary applications of health informatics, focusing on the use of information technology to improve healthcare delivery and patient outcomes. Topics include information retrieval methods, the Learning Health System framework, patient portals, mobile health applications, and Master Patient Index systems. Students will explore evolving technologies and practices such as cloud computing, artificial intelligence, medical devices, and patient-generated data, as well as their role in generating real-world evidence.
Duration: 8 Weeks weeks
Credit Hours: 3
This course provides realistic practicum assignments to promote uniformity and competency levels required of entry-level health informatics and information management professionals. Assignments include practical application of administrative, management, technical, and problem-solving skills required to complete projects and portfolio material. (WI).

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