2024 Best Computational Biology Schools
18
Colleges in the United States
209
Computational Biology Degrees Awarded
Computational Biology is about average in terms of popularity for degree programs. That is, it ranks #797 out of the 1506 majors across the country that we analyze each year. So, you may have to do some digging around to find quality schools that offer the degree program. This list can help with that.
College Factual looked at 18 colleges and universities when compiling its 2024 Best Computational Biology Schools ranking. When you put them all together, these colleges and universities awarded 209 degrees in computational biology during the 2020-2021 academic year.
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Choosing a Great Computational Biology School
Your choice of computational biology school matters, so we have put together these rankings to help you make your decision. In order to come up with a best overall ranking for computational biology schools, we combine our degree-level rankings, weighting them by the number of degrees awarded at each level.
You may want to choose one of the degree levels below to find the schools of most interest to you.
Pick Your Computational Biology Degree Level
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Best Schools for Computational Biology in the United States
The schools below may not offer all types of computational biology degrees so you may want to filter by degree level first. However, they are great for the degree levels they do offer.
10 Top Schools in Computational Biology
Master's Degree
Highest Degree Type
2nd
Most Popular In MA
It is difficult to beat Harvard University if you want to pursue a degree in computational biology. Harvard is a very large private not-for-profit university located in the medium-sized city of Cambridge. A Best Colleges rank of #6 out of 2,217 schools nationwide means Harvard is a great university overall.
There were approximately 8 computational biology students who graduated with this degree at Harvard in the most recent year we have data available.
More information about a degree in computational biology from Harvard University
Doctor's Degree
Highest Degree Type
1st
Most Popular In MA
Massachusetts Institute of Technology is one of the finest schools in the country for getting a degree in computational biology. Located in the city of Cambridge, MIT is a private not-for-profit school with a large student population. A Best Colleges rank of #1 out of 2,217 schools nationwide means MIT is a great school overall.
There were about 29 computational biology students who graduated with this degree at MIT in the most recent data year.
More information about a degree in computational biology from Massachusetts Institute of Technology
Any student who is interested in computational biology needs to check out Princeton University. Princeton is a moderately-sized private not-for-profit university located in the city of Princeton. A Best Colleges rank of #10 out of 2,217 colleges nationwide means Princeton is a great university overall.
There were roughly 15 computational biology students who graduated with this degree at Princeton in the most recent data year.
More information about a degree in computational biology from Princeton University
Every student who is interested in computational biology needs to look into Brown University. Located in the medium-sized city of Providence, Brown is a private not-for-profit university with a large student population. A Best Colleges rank of #21 out of 2,217 schools nationwide means Brown is a great university overall.
There were about 16 computational biology students who graduated with this degree at Brown in the most recent data year.
More information about a degree in computational biology from Brown University
UTHealth is a moderately-sized public university located in the large city of Houston.
There were approximately 4 computational biology students who graduated with this degree at UTHealth in the most recent data year.
More information about a degree in computational biology from The University of Texas Health Science Center at Houston
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