2024 Best Computational Biology Schools in the Southwest Region
2Colleges in the Southwest Region
23Computational Biology Degrees Awarded
When it comes to popularity, computational biology sits in the middle of the road, ranking #797 out of 1506 majors in the country. As such, the degree program isn't offered at every college in the United States, but there are schools that do have a program in the field that are top-notch when it comes to quality.
For its 2024 ranking, College Factual looked at 2 schools in the Southwest Region to determine which ones were the best for computational biology students pursuing a degree. When you put them all together, these colleges and universities awarded 23 degrees in computational biology during the 2020-2021 academic year.
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Best Schools for Computational Biology in the Southwest Region
If you aren't interested in a particular degree level and want to know which schools are the overall best at delivering an education for the computational biology degrees they offer, see the list below.
Top Southwest Region Schools in Computational Biology
The University of Texas Health Science Center at Houston is one of the finest schools in the country for getting a degree in computational biology. UTHealth is a medium-sized public university located in the city of Houston.
There were approximately 4 computational biology students who graduated with this degree at UTHealth in the most recent data year.
It is difficult to beat University of St. Thomas if you wish to pursue a degree in computational biology. UST is a small private not-for-profit university located in the city of Houston.
There were approximately 5 computational biology students who graduated with this degree at UST in the most recent data year.
The University of Texas at Arlington is a great option for students pursuing a degree in computational biology. Located in the large city of Arlington, UT Arlington is a public university with a very large student population.
There were approximately 10 computational biology students who graduated with this degree at UT Arlington in the most recent year we have data available.
The bars on the spread charts above show the distribution of the schools on this list +/- one standard deviation from the mean.
The Integrated Postsecondary Education Data System (IPEDS) from the National Center for Education Statistics (NCES), a branch of the U.S. Department of Education (DOE) serves as the core of the rest of our data about colleges.
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