Atlanta, GA (population: 571,861) has three health informatics schools within a 100-mile radius of its city center. Omnitech Institute, the highest ranked school in this group with a health informatics program, has a total student population of 99. It is the 2862nd highest ranked school in the USA and the 51st highest in the state of Georgia (#1 is Emory University).
Health Informatics students from Atlanta schools who go on to become health informatics professionals, database administrators, health informatics specialists, health information specialists, etc. have a good chance at finding employment. For example, there are 170,580 people working as medical records and health information technicians alone in the US, and their average annual salary is $33,880. Also, Database administrators make on average $74,290 per year and there are about 108,080 of them employed in the US today. In fact, in the Atlanta-Sandy Springs-Marietta area alone, there are 2,750 employed database administrators earning an average salary of $75,770. Medical records and health information technicians in this area earn $31,150/yr and there are 2,020 employed.
Atlanta lies in Fulton county, which is one of the 106 counties in Georgia. Overall, the Atlanta-Sandy Springs-Marietta area has 2,290,890 total employed workers according to the US Bureau of Labor Statistics, with a 0% unemployment rate, $22/hr average worker wage, and a $45,520 average annual salary. Thus, about 1 out of every 1000 jobs in Atlanta are held by medical records and health information technicians, and 1/1000 are held by database administrators.
Of the 3 health informatics schools with a 100-mile radius of Atlanta, only 1 has a student population over 10k. After taking into account tuition, living expenses, and financial aid, Omnitech Institute comes out as the most expensive ($44,240/yr) for health informatics students, with Macon State College as the lowest, reported at only $6,379/yr.
Name | State | Population | # of Schools | Avg School Rank | Total Programs | Distance from Atlanta |
East Point | GA | 43,748 | 1 | 19.2965 | 19 | 6.9 miles |
North Atlanta | GA | 51,827 | 0 | - | 0 | 8.6 miles |
Smyrna | GA | 51,091 | 1 | 28.0461 | 13 | 9.5 miles |
Clarkston | GA | - | 1 | 14.4911 | 66 | 10.9 miles |
Dunwoody | GA | - | 2 | 14.3983 | 27 | 13.8 miles |
Marietta | GA | 68,931 | 9 | 28.245 | 294 | 14.8 miles |
Norcross | GA | - | 2 | 30.2342 | 8 | 17.3 miles |
Lilburn | GA | - | 1 | 22.8637 | 13 | 18.3 miles |
Roswell | GA | 88,928 | 3 | 23.7384 | 79 | 19.7 miles |
Kennesaw | GA | - | 4 | 32.3396 | 98 | 21.4 miles |
Alpharetta | GA | 51,285 | 0 | - | 0 | 23.1 miles |
Conyers | GA | - | 1 | 21.0336 | 7 | 24.0 miles |
Lawrenceville | GA | - | 6 | 29.0817 | 196 | 28.3 miles |
Oakwood | GA | - | 2 | 16.9986 | 102 | 44.6 miles |
Rome | GA | - | 3 | 29.4765 | 155 | 54.8 miles |
Mount Berry | GA | - | 1 | 63.3969 | 60 | 56.4 miles |
Lagrange | GA | - | 2 | 12.8452 | 41 | 61.3 miles |
Dalton | GA | - | 1 | 15.0432 | 33 | 76.6 miles |
Macon | GA | 94,286 | 6 | 33.1618 | 295 | 77.3 miles |
Toccoa Falls | GA | - | 1 | 28.3429 | 33 | 83.8 miles |
Rock Spring | GA | - | 1 | 1.08982 | 0 | 87.3 miles |
Fort Valley | GA | - | 1 | 21.9471 | 51 | 89.0 miles |
Warner Robins | GA | 64,183 | 3 | 21.3509 | 61 | 91.8 miles |
Phenix City | AL | - | 1 | 9.50663 | 23 | 95.3 miles |