Graduate Admission Requirements

All prospective students applying for the MS in Health Informatics, Graduate Certificate in Health InformaticsMSHI Healthcare Analytics or SAS Approved Graduate Certificate in Healthcare Analytics program must meet the following criteria for admission:

 
 
  • Complete your application: $65 non-refundable application fee required
  • A bachelor’s degree from a regionally accredited university in the biological, chemical, computer or management information sciences or other acceptable field, or the equivalent bachelors and/or graduate degrees from a foreign institution* is required.
  • Official transcripts from all colleges and universities attended. Any bachelor’s degree from a regionally accredited university (or the equivalent from a foreign institution) is required.
  • Maintained a minimum overall grade point average of 3.00 out of a possible 4.00 with a minimum grade point average of 3.00 in the sciences
  • Resume
  • Provide two professional or academic letters of recommendation. Letters from friends and family members will not be accepted.
  • Provide Statement of Purpose. Please include a short statement about why you are interested in the program and use this statement to speak about your application’s strengths and weaknesses. See Admissions Overview for more information.
  • Certificates Only: Certificate Departmental Approval Form
  • While these are not required, GRE, MCAT or VAT standardized test scores or evidence of substantial health informatics experience can be submitted to enhance an application.
  • Healthcare analytics program candidates should understand basic statistics. Experience in data management and statistical software is preferred but not required.
*International students may be required to submit additional information, if applicable.
 To avoid potential delays in locating or receiving official documents for applications, applicants should mail their documents to:
 
Attn: University of South Florida
MSC P51
9417 Princess Palm Ave.
Tampa, FL 33619-8313
USA
 
If any of the Colleges or Universities you previously attended have the ability to send official electronic transcripts, they can send them to the following email address:  transcripts@usfhealthonline.com.
YES! Please send me a FREE guide with course info, pricing and more!

Time to Complete

Graduate Degrees

8

WEEKS PER CLASS

11

TOTAL CLASSES

2

YEARS TO COMPLETE
Graduate Certificates

8

WEEKS PER CLASS

4

TOTAL CLASSES

8

MONTHS TO COMPLETE
Have Questions?

Get started or reach out to us if you need more information.

Academic Calendar

SPRING II – 2024

Application Deadline February 16, 2024
Start Date March 4, 2024
End Date April 28, 2024

SUMMER I – 2024

Application Deadline  April 12, 2024
Start Date  April 29, 2024
End Date  June 23, 2024

SUMMER II – 2024

Application Deadline June 7, 2024
Start Date June 24, 2024
End Date August 18, 2024

FALL I – 2024

Application Deadline  August 2, 2024
Start Date  August 19, 2024
End Date  October 13, 2024

FALL II – 2024

Application Deadline September 27, 2024
Start Date October 14, 2024
End Date December 8, 2024

Get Our Program Guide

If you are ready to learn more about our programs, get started by downloading our program guide now.