Healthcare IT workers can make six-figure salaries — no medical degree required.
Here are the top college degrees for a career in health IT (along with median annual pay), according to an Investopedia data analysis published Dec. 6:
1. Bioinformatics/computational biology: $150,000-plus (senior roles)
2. Computer science (BS) — health track: $140,000
3. Health informatics/information management (BS/MS): $135,000
4. Cybersecurity/info assurance (BS/MS): $120,000-plus
5. Data science/biostatistics (BS/MS): $115,000-plus
6 (tie). Biomedical engineering (BS/MS): $105,000
6 (tie). Medical imaging and radiation sciences: $105,000
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