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2022 Best Value Bachelor’s Degree Colleges for Bioinformatics in the Southwest Region (With Aid)

4 Ranked Colleges
30 Degrees Awarded
$21,900 Avg Net Price*
Best Value Bioinformatics Schools for a Bachelor's in the Southwest Region For Those Getting Aid

It’s not easy to decide which college to attend when there so many options available for students. College Factual has developed its “Best Value Bioinformatics Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Southwest Region For Those Getting Aid” ranking as one item you can use to help make this decision.

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

Across the Southwest region, there were 98 bioinformatics graduates with average earnings and debt of $0 and $0 respectively. At the bachelor’s degree level specifically, there were 30 bioinformatics graduates with average earnings and debt of $38,896 and $23,899 respectively.

This year’s “Best Value Bioinformatics Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Southwest Region For Those Getting Aid” ranking looked at 4 colleges that offer degrees in a bachelor’s in bioinformatics. The schools that top this list are recognized because they have great bioinformatics programs and cost less that schools of similar quality.

To come up with these rankings, we looked at factors such as the cost to attend the school after aid is awarded and overall quality of the bioinformatics program at the school. See our ranking methodology to learn more.

One Size Does Not Fit All

The bioinformatics school you choose to invest your time and money in matters. To help you make the decision that is right for you, we’ve developed a number of major-specific rankings, including this list of “Best Value Bioinformatics Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Southwest Region For Those Getting Aid”.

We’ve created a tool called College Combat that lets you create your own customized comparisons based on the factors that matter the most to you. When you have some time, check it out - you may want to bookmark the link so you don’t forget it.

Best Value Bioinformatics Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Southwest Region For Those Getting Aid

The following schools top our list of the Best Best Value Bioinformatics Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Southwest Region For Those Getting Aid.

Top 4 Best Value Bachelor’s Degree Colleges for Bioinformatics in the Southwest Region (With Aid)

#1 in overall quality

You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend Arizona State University - Tempe. The school came in at #1 for the Best Value Bioinformatics Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Southwest Region For Those Getting Aid. Arizona State University - Tempe is a large public school situated in Tempe, Arizona. It awarded 17 bachelors’s bioinformatics degrees in 2019-2020.

ASU - Tempe also took the #1 spot in our “Best Bioinformatics Bachelor’s Degree Schools in the Southwest Region” ranking. The estimated yearly cost for Arizona State University - Tempe is $11,706 for southwest region bachelor’s degree bioinformatics students with aid.

With a freshman retention rate of 86%, the school does an excellent job of retaining its students.

Full Arizona State University - Tempe Bioinformatics Report

#2

University of Arizona

Tucson, Arizona
#3 in overall quality

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend University of Arizona. It ranked #2 on our 2022 Best Value Bioinformatics Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Southwest Region For Those Getting Aid list. University of Arizona is a public institution located in Tucson, Arizona. The school has a large population, and it awarded 4 bachelors’s degrees in 2019-2020.

University of Arizona also made our “Best Bioinformatics Bachelor’s Degree Schools in the Southwest Region” list, coming in at #3. It costs about $15,016 for southwest region bachelor’s degree bioinformatics students with aid per year to attend University of Arizona.

With a freshman retention rate of 85%, the school does an excellent job of retaining its students.

Read more about Bioinformatics at University of Arizona

#4 in overall quality

Out of the 4 schools in the Best Value Bioinformatics Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Southwest Region For Those Getting Aid that were part of this year’s ranking, Saint Edward’s University landed the #3 spot on the list. Saint Edward’s University is a private not-for-profit institution located in Austin, Texas. The school has a small population, and it awarded 2 bachelors’s degrees in 2019-2020.

In addition to being on our southwest region bachelor’s degree bioinformatics students with aid list, St. Edward’s University has also earned the #4 rank in our “Best Bioinformatics Bachelor’s Degree Schools in the Southwest Region” ranking. It costs about $24,833 for southwest region bachelor’s degree bioinformatics students with aid per year to attend St. Edward’s University.

Full St. Edward’s University Bioinformatics Report

#4

Baylor University

Waco, Texas
#2 in overall quality

You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend Baylor University. The school came in at #4 for the Best Value Bioinformatics Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Southwest Region For Those Getting Aid. Waco, Texas is the setting for this fairly large institution of higher learning. The private not-for-profit school handed out bachelors’s bioinformatics degrees to 7 students in 2019-2020.

In addition to being on our southwest region bachelor’s degree bioinformatics students with aid list, Baylor has also earned the #2 rank in our “Best Bioinformatics Bachelor’s Degree Schools in the Southwest Region” ranking. It costs about $36,039 for Southwest Region Bachelor’s Degree Bioinformatics students with aid per year to attend Baylor.

The school has an impressive student loan default rate. It’s only 3.7%, which is much lower than the national rate of 10.1%. The school has an excellent freshman retention rate of 91%, which means students like the school well enough to return for a second year.

Read more about Bioinformatics at Baylor

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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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