Online Masters Degree Programs in Informatics Ranked by Cost of Tuition

By Staff

Schools around the country that offer online masters degree in informatics programs charge a median tuition of $11,120 per year. The median tuition has increased, over the past few years, by 20.7%. The per annum median tuition was $9,216 at these online colleges and universities in 2007.

Below, the chart displays the tuition range for colleges offering online informatics programs at the masters level from highest to lowest cost:

Tuition Level Number of Schools
Cheapest 7
Low cost 10
Average cost 9
Most expensive 8

Tuition of more than $27,130 per year is charged by the most expensive online masters degree in informatics colleges. On the other end of the spectrum, per annum tuition at the cheapest colleges and universities is in the range of $2,820 to $7,793. The least costly accredited online informatics masters degree schools are located in Alabama, Florida, Georgia, Tennessee, and Texas.

  • Master of Science in Organizational Informatics
  • Master of Health Administration – Informatics
  • Master of Science in Nursing – Informatics
  • Master of Science in Nursing in Nurse Informatics
  • Master of Science in Applied Health Informatics
  • Master of Public Health – Applied Public Health Informatics
  • Master of Science in Health Informatics – Computational Biomedicine
  • Master of Science in Nursing – Nursing Informatics
  • Master of Science in Health Informatics – Cognitive Informatics
  • RN to Master of Science in Nursing – Nursing Informatics Specialization

Of all informatics graduates with masters degrees from online colleges across the country, approximately 31% graduated from these low tuition programs in 2011. Therefore, of the 575,369 graduates in the nation, 179,600 are from the least costly colleges and universities. From 2006 to 2011, the number of informatics graduates with masters degrees from the least costly online colleges and universities has increased by 30,866 graduates each year. Also, the percentage of graduates from these colleges and universities has increased.

Other somewhat more expensive cost online informatics masters degree colleges charge students tuition ranging from $9,030 to $11,088 each year. Tuition in this range is charged by 10 of the 34 online colleges that offer masters degrees in informatics programs in the country.

In 2011, 23.2% of the country’s informatics masters level graduates received their credentials from these reasonably priced online programs. This represents 133,219 students. The number of graduates from these colleges and universities was only 109,760 students, a short 5 years earlier, in 2006. Thus, the number of graduates from these affordable online colleges has increased by 21%.

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