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Harvard University MS in Bioinformatics

Bioinformatics is a concentration offered under the biomathematics and bioinformatics major at Harvard University. We’ve gathered data and other essential information about the master’s degree program in bioinformatics, such as if the program is offered online, ethnicity of students, how many students graduated in recent times, and more.

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• Graduate Cost
• Online Learning
• Student Diversity
• Related Majors
• References

How Much Does a Master’s in Bioinformatics from Harvard Cost?

Harvard Graduate Tuition and Fees

During the 2019-2020 academic year, part-time graduate students at Harvard paid an average of $0 per credit hour. No discount was available for in-state students. The following table shows the average full-time tuition and fees for graduate student.

	In State	Out of State
Tuition	$49,448	$49,448
Fees	$1,206	$1,206

Does Harvard Offer an Online MS in Bioinformatics?

Harvard does not offer an online option for its bioinformatics master’s degree program at this time. To see if the school offers distance learning options in other areas, visit the Harvard Online Learning page.

Harvard Master’s Student Diversity for Bioinformatics

During the 2019-2020 academic year, there were 2 master’s degrees in bioinformatics handed out to qualified students. The charts and tables below give more information about these students.

Male-to-Female Ratio

None of the students who received their MS in bioinformatics in 2019-2020 were women.

Racial-Ethnic Diversity

Racial-ethnic minority graduates* made up 50.0% of the bioinformatics master’s degrees at Harvard in 2019-2020. This is higher than the nationwide number of 25%.

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	1
Black or African American	0
Hispanic or Latino	0
Native American or Alaska Native	0
Native Hawaiian or Pacific Islander	0
White	1
International Students	0
Other Races/Ethnicities	0

Majors Related to a MS in Bioinformatics From Harvard

You may also be interested in one of these majors related to bioinformatics.

Related Major	Annual Graduates
Biostatistics	25
Computational Biology	12

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References

*The racial-ethnic minorities count is calculated by taking the total number of students and subtracting white students, international students, and students whose race/ethnicity was unknown. This number is then divided by the total number of students at the school to obtain the racial-ethnic minorities percentage.

• National Center for Education Statistics
• O*NET Online

More about our data sources and methodologies.