Graduate Certificate in Healthcare Analytics Online

Specialize in making data-driven decisions that improve healthcare outcomes and become a highly valued member of your organization. Earn your Graduate Certificate in Healthcare Analytics and qualify for in-demand roles in a growing field.

Apply by: 5/12/25
Start class: 6/2/25

Program Overview

Earn a respected Graduate Certificate in Healthcare Analytics online from UIS

Total Tuition $4,140*
Duration As few as 6 months
Credit Hours 9

Learn how to analyze and interpret data and play a key role in helping healthcare organizations improve outcomes. This 100 percent online Graduate Certificate in Healthcare Analytics program equips you with the knowledge and skills necessary to collaborate in the design, development and adoption of healthcare analytics applications.

Develop analytical thinking and problem-solving skills in healthcare informatics so you can guide managerial decision-making. This budget-friendly program offers the flexibility of multiple start dates with no GMAT required. Study online while you continue to work and finish in as few as 12 months. Credits can be applied toward a Healthcare Analytics MBA at UIS.

Graduates of the online Healthcare Analytics certificate will:

  • Obtain fundamental knowledge for healthcare analytics activities
  • Develop critical thinking, analytical and communication skills in healthcare analytics
  • Prepare for a leadership role in healthcare analytics for data-driven decision making within private, public, and nonprofit organizations
  • Understand how to develop predictive models for healthcare decision-making
  • Focus on developing data visualizations in order to tell interesting or important business stories
  • Understand data management systems and data warehouses, along with preparing data for analysis
  • Obtain fundamental knowledge for healthcare analytics activities
  • Develop critical thinking, analytical and communication skills in healthcare analytics
  • Prepare for a leadership role in healthcare analytics for data-driven decision making within private, public, and nonprofit organizations
  • Understand how to develop predictive models for healthcare decision-making
  • Focus on developing data visualizations in order to tell interesting or important business stories
  • Understand data management systems and data warehouses, along with preparing data for analysis

Career Opportunities:

  • Healthcare Performance Analyst
  • Healthcare Data Manager
  • Healthcare Business Analyst
  • Operations or Data Analyst
  • Healthcare Performance Analyst
  • Healthcare Data Manager
  • Healthcare Business Analyst
  • Operations or Data Analyst

Accreditation

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The University of Illinois Springfield is accredited by the Higher Learning Commission. For more information, contact the Higher Learning Commission at hlcommission.org/.

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Total Tuition $4,140*
Duration As few as 6 months
Credit Hours 9

Accreditation

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The University of Illinois Springfield is accredited by the Higher Learning Commission. For more information, contact the Higher Learning Commission at hlcommission.org/.

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Tuition

Take advantage of our budget-friendly tuition

Earn a world-class education for less than you’d expect. Our pay-by-the-course tuition fits easily into your budget.

Tuition breakdown:

Total Tuition $4,140*
Per Credit Hour $460
*Total cost is estimated at $1,380 per course based on a semester fee schedule.

Full estimated cost of attendance is listed here: https://www.uis.edu/financial-aid/cost-attendance

Tuition breakdown:

Total Tuition $4,140*
Per Credit Hour $460

Calendar

Stay on top of important dates and deadlines

Designed for working professionals, UIS Online programs feature multiple start dates per year, so you can begin at the time that best fits your schedule and complete your certificate quickly.

Now enrolling:

Next Apply Date 5/12/25
Next Class Start Date 6/2/25
TermStart DateApp DeadlineDocument DeadlineRegistration DeadlineTuition DeadlineClass End DateTerm Length
Spring 2025-1st Half1/13/2512/16/241/2/251/8/251/12/253/15/258 weeks
Summer 2025-1st Half6/2/255/12/255/20/255/28/256/1/257/26/258 weeks
Fall 2025-1st Half8/22/258/1/258/11/258/17/258/21/2510/18/258 weeks

Now enrolling:

Next Apply Date 5/12/25
Next Class Start Date 6/2/25

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Admissions

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Admission Requirements:

  • Bachelor’s degree from a regionally accredited college or university
  • All official transcripts
  • No GMAT required

Applicants to the UIS Online Healthcare Analytics Certificate must meet the following requirement for admission.

  • Bachelor's degree from a regionally accredited college or university

Courses

Explore your online Healthcare Analytics Certificate program courses

For the online Healthcare Analytics Certificate, you must complete three courses totaling nine credit hours and pass an exit exam.

Duration: 8 Weeks weeks
Credit Hours: 3
This course consists of discussions of key concepts and practices of healthcare informatics on how information technology supports patient care and healthcare organizations. Topics include ethics, electronic health records, information infrastructure, data and information, basic research design, interoperability, privacy and security for health information, consumer health informatics, and trends and emerging technologies.
Duration: 8 Weeks weeks
Credit Hours: 3
This course introduces database theory and development techniques where the focus is on Data Retrieval and Data Preparation. Topics discussed include data modeling theories (entry-relationship diagrams), Normalization Theory, Structure Query Language (SQL), Report Writing, and a Survey of Contemporary Database Eco-Systems. The main goal is to build knowledge foundation to assume role as a data analyst.
Duration: 8 Weeks weeks
Credit Hours: 3
Students and instructors will discuss data mining concepts, processes and techniques to develop and analyze exploratory and predictive models to generate meaningful insights in healthcare domain. Data-driven healthcare applications will be implemented with hands-on projects using data mining techniques. Prerequisite is HCI 542.
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