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2025 MHI Employment Report

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About this report 

 

The University of Michigan School of Information (UMSI) Career Development Office surveys our graduates to identify their post-graduation plans and outcomes. This report summarizes UMSI firstdestination outcomes from 2024 MHI graduates who completed the survey by the deadline or for whom a known outcome was reported in other ways. Of the 47 MHI students who graduated in 2023, 62% responded to the survey or reported their outcomes in other ways.

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$84K

Average salary overall

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85%

Have high levels of job satisfaction

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96%

Employment rate

Based on survey respondents who reported a job outcome by the deadline.

Where our graduates are working

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75%

Midwest

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16%

Northeast

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3%

South

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3%

West

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3%

International

Top industries our graduates are working in

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52%

Health/medicine

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28%

Consulting

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8%

Technology

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4%

Government

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4%

Nonprofit/NGO

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4%

University/college

Salary by industry

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$87K

Health/medicine

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$85K

Consulting

Our graduates say...

 

MOST VALUABLE CURRICULAR EXPERIENCE FOR JOB OUTCOME/SUCCESS

  • Consumer health informatics
  • Database technologies
  • Health management & policy
  • Python/R

 

MOST VALUABLE CO-CURRICULAR EXPERIENCE FOR JOB OUTCOME/SUCCESS

  • Career coaching
  • Research experience

Internships

97%

of graduates say internships were important to their job outcome.

Job search timing

3–4 months

Average job search length. 

Signing bonus/relocation package

$10K

Average, specific to tech & consulting

Most effective job search methods

 

  • Company web sites
  • Job board (Indeed, LinkedIn, etc.)
  • Networking (professional contacts

What matters most: critical factors for job decision-making

30%

COMPANY CULTURE 
inclusion, support, 
values & beliefs

27%

NATURE OF THE JOB

19%

GEOGRAPHIC LOCATION

15%

TYPE OF COMPANY/SPECIFIC COMPANY

10%

COMPETITIVE SALARY

6%

BENEFITS/PERKS

3%

SPONSORSHIP

2025 Job Outcomes

 

Bold text indicates an international student’s job outcome.

Consulting

Management Consultant, Accenture

 

Consultant, Deloitte

 

Healthcare Consultant, Deloitte

 

Data Analyst, Health Management Associates

 

Data Scientist and Clinical Modeler, Humbi Analytics LLC

 

Data Science Fellow, Vizient

 

Informatics Fellow, Vizient

 

Government

 

Management and Program Analyst, Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services

Health/medicine

Senior Manager of Strategic Initiatives, Beyond Podiatry

 

Product Management Intern, Dexcom

 

Senior Associate - Clinical Data Management, Eli Lilly and Company

 

Analytics Manager, HCA Healthcare

 

Data Scientist/Data Analyst, Insight

 

Administrative Fellow, Michigan Medicine Health System

 

Sr. Analyst- Master Data Management, Novo Nordisk

 

Clinical Informatics Specialist, Oak Street Health

 

Medical Associate Administrator, Pleasant Lake Medical Center, LLC

Health Informatics AnalystRevenue Cylce and Clinical Operations, Schoolcraft Memorial Hospital

 

Trials Analyst, Tempus Labs

 

Data Analyst, Trinity Health

 

Senior Program Manager, University of Pennsylvania Health System

 

Nonprofit/NGO

Production System Technician, Michigan Health Information Network - MiHIN

 

Technology

AI Advanced Coder, Outlier.ai

 

Analyst, Decision Support, Strata

 

University/college

Masters Student, University of Michigan Public Health

 

Research Associate, University of Michigan

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Contact the UMSI Career Development Office to discuss your job search, or to receive information on hiring UMSI grads.