2022 Best Value Doctor’s Degree Colleges for Bioinformatics in the Plains States Region

When it comes to choosing a college, students have a lot of options - but not all of them are good. Our mission at College Factual is to arm you with as much information as we can to help you make that decision. Our “Best Value Bioinformatics Schools for a Doctorate in the Plains States Region” ranking is one tool we have developed to help in this regard.

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

Across the Plains States region, there were 50 bioinformatics graduates with average earnings and debt of $0 and $0 respectively. At the doctor’s degree level specifically, there were 15 bioinformatics graduates with average earnings and debt of $72,701 and $106,703 respectively.

This year’s “Best Value Bioinformatics Schools for a Doctorate in the Plains States Region” ranking looked at 2 colleges that offer degrees in a bachelor’s in bioinformatics. Not only do the schools that top this list have excellent bioinformatics programs, but they also 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. For more information, check out our ranking methodology.

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Best Value Bioinformatics Schools for a Doctorate in the Plains States Region

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

Top 3 Best Value Doctor’s Degree Colleges for Bioinformatics in the Plains States Region

#1

University of Minnesota - Twin Cities

Minneapolis, Minnesota

#1 in overall quality

$28,845 Avg Grad Tuition & Fees

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend University of Minnesota - Twin Cities. It ranked #1 on our 2022 Best Value Bioinformatics Schools for a Doctorate in the Plains States Region list. UMN Twin Cities is a public institution located in Minneapolis, Minnesota. The school has a large population, and it awarded 3 doctorate’s degrees in 2019-2020.

As a testament to the quality of education offered at UMN Twin Cities, the school also landed the #1 spot in our “Best Bioinformatics Doctor’s Degree Schools in the Plains States Region” ranking. Although you might pay more or less depending on your area of study, average graduate tuition and fees at University of Minnesota - Twin Cities are $28,845.

Read more about Bioinformatics at UMN Twin Cities

#2

Iowa State University

Ames, Iowa

#2 in overall quality

$25,948 Avg Grad Tuition & Fees

Out of the 2 schools in the Best Value Bioinformatics Schools for a Doctorate in the Plains States Region that were part of this year’s ranking, Iowa State University landed the #2 spot on the list. Ames, Iowa is the setting for this large institution of higher learning. The public school handed out doctorate’s bioinformatics degrees to 10 students in 2019-2020.

Iowa State not only placed well in this ranking. It is also #2 on our “Best Bioinformatics Doctor’s Degree Schools in the Plains States Region” list. Although you might pay more or less depending on your area of study, average graduate tuition and fees at Iowa State are $25,948.

Full Iowa State University Bioinformatics Report

#3

Washington University in St Louis

Saint Louis, Missouri

#2 in overall quality

$56,562 Avg Grad Tuition & Fees

Out of the 2 schools in the Best Value Bioinformatics Schools for a Doctorate in the Plains States Region that were part of this year’s ranking, Washington University in St Louis landed the #3 spot on the list. WUSTL is a fairly large school located in Saint Louis, Missouri that handed out 2 doctorate’s bioinformatics degrees in 2019-2020.

WUSTL not only placed well in this ranking. It is also #2 on our “Best Bioinformatics Doctor’s Degree Schools in the Plains States Region” list. Average graduate tuition and fees at Washington University in St Louis are $56,562, but some majors have different tuition rates.

Read full report on Bioinformatics at WUSTL

• 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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