by our College Data Analytics TeamStudents interested in medical informatics, take a look at other closely related fields of study. Below you will find majors with similar career paths, related concentrations and specializations, and the most popular similar majors, ranked by annual graduates.
These majors prepare graduates for occupations that overlap with those of medical informatics, based on the NCES CIP-to-SOC career crosswalk. They are ranked by the number of shared occupations.
| Similar Major | Shared Careers | Annual Graduates |
|---|---|---|
| Bioinformatics | 2 | 1,336 |
| Cheminformatics/Chemistry Informatics | 2 | — |
| Computational Science | 2 | 2,395 |
| Computer and Information Sciences, General | 2 | 67,926 |
| Computer Science | 2 | 79,857 |
| Data Science, General | 2 | 7,668 |
| Data Science, Other | 2 | 48 |
| Human Computer Interaction | 2 | 2,298 |
| Information Science/Studies | 2 | 22,425 |
| Accounting and Computer Science | 1 | 36 |
| Related Major | Annual Graduates |
|---|---|
| Medical Illustration/Medical Illustrator | 94 |
| Medical Illustration and Informatics, Other | 6 |
As a more focused area within Medical Illustration and Informatics, medical informatics sits alongside related programs in that field.
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