2022 Best Value Bioinformatics Schools for a Doctorate in the Great Lakes Region

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In 2019-2020, 1,100 people earned their degree in bioinformatics, making the major the 446th most popular in the United States.

Across the Great Lakes region, there were 165 bioinformatics graduates with average earnings and debt of $0 and $0 respectively. At the doctor’s degree level specifically, there were 10 bioinformatics graduates with average earnings and debt of $74,428 and $121,375 respectively.

Not only do the schools that top this list have excellent bioinformatics programs, but they also cost less that schools of similar quality.

Some of the factors we look at when determining these rankings are overall quality of the bioinformatics program at the school and the cost of the school after aid is awarded among other things. Check out our ranking methodology for more information.

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Best Value Bioinformatics Schools for a Doctorate in the Great Lakes Region

The colleges and universities below are the best for great lakes region doctor’s degree bioinformatics students.

Top 2 Best Value Doctor’s Degree Colleges for Bioinformatics in the Great Lakes Region

#1

University of Michigan - Ann Arbor

Ann Arbor, Michigan

#1 in overall quality

$49,548 Avg Grad Tuition & Fees

Out of the 1 schools in the Best Value Bioinformatics Schools for a Doctorate in the Great Lakes Region that were part of this year’s ranking, University of Michigan - Ann Arbor landed the #1 spot on the list. U-M is a large public school situated in Ann Arbor, Michigan. It awarded 7 doctorate’s bioinformatics degrees in 2019-2020.

U-M did well in our major quality rankings, too. It placed #1 on our “Best Bioinformatics Doctor’s Degree Schools in the Great Lakes Region” list. Average graduate tuition and fees at University of Michigan - Ann Arbor are $49,548, but some majors have different tuition rates.

Read more about Bioinformatics at University of Michigan - Ann Arbor

#1

University of Illinois at Chicago

Chicago, Illinois

#2 in overall quality

$27,036 Avg Grad Tuition & Fees

Out of the 1 schools in the Best Value Bioinformatics Schools for a Doctorate in the Great Lakes Region that were part of this year’s ranking, University of Illinois at Chicago landed the #1 spot on the list. UIC is a public institution located in Chicago, Illinois. The school has a large population, and it awarded 3 doctorate’s degrees in 2019-2020.

UIC also made our “Best Bioinformatics Doctor’s Degree Schools in the Great Lakes Region” list, coming in at #2. Although you might pay more or less depending on your area of study, average graduate tuition and fees at University of Illinois at Chicago are $27,036.

Full University of Illinois at Chicago Bioinformatics Report

• Best Value Doctor’s Degree Colleges for Bioinformatics

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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