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2022 Best Value Bioinformatics Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Far Western US Region For Those Making $0-$30k

5 Ranked Colleges
103 Degrees Awarded
$12,300 Avg Net Price*
Best Value Bioinformatics Schools for a Bachelor's in the Far Western US Region For Those Making $0-$30k

When it comes to choosing a college, students have a lot of options - but not all of them are good. At College Factual, we’re committed to helping you make that decision by providing information such as that found in our “Best Value Bioinformatics Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Far Western US Region For Those Making $0-$30k” ranking.

Bioinformatics is the 446th most popular major in the country with 1,100 degrees awarded in 2019-2020.

Across the Far Western US region, there were 217 bioinformatics graduates with average earnings and debt of $0 and $0 respectively. At the bachelor’s degree level specifically, there were 103 bioinformatics graduates with average earnings and debt of $38,083 and $22,209 respectively.

This year’s “Best Value Bioinformatics Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Far Western US Region For Those Making $0-$30k” ranking analyzed 5 colleges that offered a degree in bioinformatics. The schools that top this list are recognized because they have great bioinformatics programs and cost less that schools of similar quality.

When determining these rankings, we looked at things such as overall quality of the bioinformatics program at the school and the cost to attend the school once aid has been awarded. See our ranking methodology to learn more.

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Best Value Bioinformatics Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Far Western US Region For Those Making $0-$30k

The colleges and universities below are the best for far western us region bachelor’s degree bioinformatics students whose families make $0-$30k.

Top 5 Best Value Bachelor’s Degree Colleges for Bioinformatics (Income $0-$30k) in the Far Western US Region

#1 in overall quality

Out of the 5 schools in the Best Value Bioinformatics Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Far Western US Region For Those Making $0-$30k that were part of this year’s ranking, University of California - San Diego landed the #1 spot on the list. La Jolla, California is the setting for this large institution of higher learning. The public school handed out bachelors’s bioinformatics degrees to 77 students in 2019-2020.

As a testament to the quality of education offered at UCSD, the school also landed the #1 spot in our “Best Bioinformatics Bachelor’s Degree Schools in the Far Western US Region” ranking. The estimated yearly cost for UCSD is $9,280 for Far Western US Region Bachelor’s Degree Bioinformatics students whose families make $0-$30k.

The school has an excellent freshman retention rate of 94%, which means students like the school well enough to return for a second year. The school has an impressive student loan default rate. It’s only 1.5%, which is much lower than the national rate of 10.1%.

Read more about Bioinformatics at UCSD

#2

University of California - Santa Cruz

Santa Cruz, California
#2 in overall quality

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend University of California - Santa Cruz. It ranked #2 on our 2022 Best Value Bioinformatics Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Far Western US Region For Those Making $0-$30k list. UC Santa Cruz is a fairly large public school situated in Santa Cruz, California. It awarded 18 bachelors’s bioinformatics degrees in 2019-2020.

UC Santa Cruz did well in our major quality rankings, too. It placed #2 on our “Best Bioinformatics Bachelor’s Degree Schools in the Far Western US Region” list. It costs about $10,872 for far western us region bachelor’s degree bioinformatics students whose families make $0-$30k per year to attend UC Santa Cruz.

The student loan default rate at the school is 2.9%, which is quite low when compared to the national default rate of 10.1%. The school has an excellent freshman retention rate of 85%, which means students like the school well enough to return for a second year.

Read full report on Bioinformatics at University of California - Santa Cruz

#5 in overall quality

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend California State University - San Bernardino. It ranked #3 on our 2022 Best Value Bioinformatics Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Far Western US Region For Those Making $0-$30k list. Located in San Bernardino, California, this fairly large public school awarded 2 diplomas to qualified bachelors’s bioinformatics students in 2019-2020.

CSUSB also made our “Best Bioinformatics Bachelor’s Degree Schools in the Far Western US Region” list, coming in at #5. The estimated yearly cost for CSUSB is $5,077 for Far Western US Region Bachelor’s Degree Bioinformatics students whose families make $0-$30k.

The school has an excellent freshman retention rate of 85%, which means students like the school well enough to return for a second year.

Read full report on Bioinformatics at CSUSB

#4

Whitworth University

Spokane, Washington
#3 in overall quality

Out of the 5 schools in the Best Value Bioinformatics Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Far Western US Region For Those Making $0-$30k that were part of this year’s ranking, Whitworth University landed the #4 spot on the list. Whitworth University is a small school located in Spokane, Washington that handed out 4 bachelors’s bioinformatics degrees in 2019-2020.

Whitworth not only placed well in this ranking. It is also #3 on our “Best Bioinformatics Bachelor’s Degree Schools in the Far Western US Region” list. The estimated yearly cost for Whitworth University is $17,565 for Far Western US Region Bachelor’s Degree Bioinformatics students whose families make $0-$30k.

The school has an impressive student loan default rate. It’s only 2.6%, which is much lower than the national rate of 10.1%.

Full Whitworth University Bioinformatics Report

#5

Pacific University

Forest Grove, Oregon
#4 in overall quality

Out of the 5 schools in the Best Value Bioinformatics Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Far Western US Region For Those Making $0-$30k that were part of this year’s ranking, Pacific University landed the #5 spot on the list. Located in Forest Grove, Oregon, this small private not-for-profit school awarded 2 diplomas to qualified bachelors’s bioinformatics students in 2019-2020.

Pacific also took the #4 spot in our “Best Bioinformatics Bachelor’s Degree Schools in the Far Western US Region” ranking. It costs about $18,888 for far western us region bachelor’s degree bioinformatics students whose families make $0-$30k per year to attend Pacific University.

The low student loan default rate of 2.0% is a good sign that students have an easier time paying off their loans than they might at other schools. For comparison, the national default rate is 10.1%. The impressive student-to-faculty ratio of 10 to 1 means that students may have more opportunities to work more closely with their professors than they would at other schools.

Read full report on Bioinformatics at Pacific University

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Notes and References

References

  • 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 our data about colleges.
  • Some other college data, including much of the graduate earnings data, comes from the U.S. Department of Education’s (College Scorecard).
  • Information about the national average student loan default rate is from the U.S. Department of Education and refers to data about the 2016 borrower cohort tracking period for which the cohort default rate (CDR) was 10.1%.

Read more about our data sources and methodologies

Footnotes

  • *Average salary, average net price, and average tuition and fees are for the top schools only.
  • Some schools otherwise deserving of recognition may have been removed from this ranking in the event that new data identified post-publication warranted it, or at the request of the school.

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