by our College Data Analytics Team
With all of the options students have for higher education today, it can be tough to choose which direction to take. College Factual was founded, in part, to help students make the decision as to what would be the best school for them. Our “Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Bioinformatics Major” ranking is part of that endeavor.
In 2020-2021, 1,156 people earned their degree in bioinformatics, making the major the 397th most popular in the United States.
At the bachelor’s degree level specifically, there were 354 bioinformatics graduates with average earnings and debt of $39,682 and $26,217 respectively.
This year’s “Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Bioinformatics Major” ranking analyzed 49 colleges that offered a degree in bioinformatics. The colleges and universities that top this list are recognized because their bioinformatics program is one of the largest majors offered at the school.
For more information, check out our ranking methodology.
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 “Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Bioinformatics Major”.
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The following schools top our list of the Best “Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Bioinformatics Major”.
You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend New York City College of Technology. The school came in at #1 for the Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Bioinformatics Major. Located in Brooklyn, New York, this fairly large public school handed out 47 diplomas to qualified bachelors’s bioinformatics students in 2020-2021.
Read full report on Bioinformatics at New York City College of Technology
You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Fontbonne University. It ranked #2 on our 2023 Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Bioinformatics Major list. Fontbonne University is a small private not-for-profit school situated in Saint Louis, Missouri. It awarded 4 bachelors’s bioinformatics degrees in 2020-2021.
The low undergrad student loan default rate of 2.7% 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%. Since the school has a undergrad student-to-faculty ratio of 10 to 1, those pursuing a degree will have more opportunities to interact with their professors.
Out of the 49 schools in the Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Bioinformatics Major that were part of this year’s ranking, University of California - Santa Cruz landed the #3 spot on the list. University of California - Santa Cruz is a public institution located in Santa Cruz, California. The school has a fairly large population, and it awarded 36 bachelors’s degrees in 2020-2021.
Students who start out at the school are likely to stick around. The freshman retention rate is 85%. The low undergrad student loan default rate of 2.9% 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%.
Read full report on Bioinformatics at University of California - Santa Cruz
You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute. It ranked #4 on our 2023 Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Bioinformatics Major list. RPI is a private not-for-profit institution located in Troy, New York. The school has a medium-sized population, and it awarded 13 bachelors’s degrees in 2020-2021.
The low undergrad student loan default rate of 1.3% 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%. Students who start out at the school are likely to stick around. The freshman retention rate is 91%.
You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend University of California - San Diego. The school came in at #5 for the Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Bioinformatics Major. UCSD is a public institution located in La Jolla, California. The school has a large population, and it awarded 66 bachelors’s degrees in 2020-2021.
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 undergrad student loan default rate at the school is 1.0%, which is quite low when compared to the national default rate of 10.1%.
Brigham Young University - Provo ranked #6 on this year’s Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Bioinformatics Major list. BYU is located in Provo, Utah and, has a large student population. In 2020-2021, this school awarded 40 bachelors’s bioinformatics degrees to qualified students.
The undergrad student loan default rate at the school is 1.3%, which is quite low when compared to the national default rate of 10.1%. The school has an excellent freshman retention rate of 92%, which means students like the school well enough to return for a second year.
Virginia Commonwealth University came in at #7 in this year’s edition of the Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Bioinformatics Major ranking. This large school is located in Richmond, Virginia, and it awarded 37 bachelors’s bioinformatics degrees in 2020-2021.
The school has an impressive undergrad student loan default rate. It’s only 2.6%, which is much lower than the national rate of 10.1%.
Read full report on Bioinformatics at Virginia Commonwealth University
Wheaton College Massachusetts ranked #8 on this year’s Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Bioinformatics Major list. Wheaton College Massachusetts is a small private not-for-profit school situated in Norton, Massachusetts. It awarded 2 bachelors’s bioinformatics degrees in 2020-2021.
With a freshman retention rate of 87%, the school does an excellent job of retaining its undergraduate students. The undergrad student loan default rate at the school is 1.5%, which is quite low when compared to the national default rate of 10.1%.
With a ranking of #9, Loyola University Chicago did quite well on the 2023 Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Bioinformatics Major list. Loyola Chicago is a fairly large school located in Chicago, Illinois that handed out 21 bachelors’s bioinformatics degrees in 2020-2021.
With a freshman retention rate of 85%, the school does an excellent job of retaining its undergraduate students. The undergrad student loan default rate at the school is 2.7%, which is quite low when compared to the national default rate of 10.1%.
Read full report on Bioinformatics at Loyola University Chicago
Davidson College landed the #10 spot on the 2023 Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Bioinformatics Major ranking. Davidson, North Carolina is the setting for this small institution of higher learning. The private not-for-profit school handed out bachelors’s bioinformatics degrees to 2 students in 2020-2021.
Students who start out at the school are likely to stick around. The freshman retention rate is 93%. With a undergrad student-to-faculty ratio of 9 to 1, it’s easy to see that the school is committed to helping their undergraduates succeed. The school has an impressive undergrad student loan default rate. It’s only 0.7%, which is much lower than the national rate of 10.1%.
University of Nebraska at Omaha ranked #11 on this year’s Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Bioinformatics Major list. UNOMAHA is a fairly large school located in Omaha, Nebraska that handed out 10 bachelors’s bioinformatics degrees in 2020-2021.
The school has an impressive undergrad student loan default rate. It’s only 2.0%, which is much lower than the national rate of 10.1%.
Read full report on Bioinformatics at University of Nebraska at Omaha
Pacific University landed the #12 spot on the 2023 Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Bioinformatics Major ranking. Forest Grove, Oregon is the setting for this small institution of higher learning. The private not-for-profit school handed out bachelors’s bioinformatics degrees to 3 students in 2020-2021.
The school has an impressive undergrad student loan default rate. It’s only 1.7%, which is much lower than the national rate of 10.1%. The impressive undergraduate 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.
University of Maryland - Baltimore County ranked #13 on this year’s Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Bioinformatics Major list. University of Maryland - Baltimore County is a public institution located in Baltimore, Maryland. The school has a fairly large population, and it awarded 9 bachelors’s degrees in 2020-2021.
The undergrad student loan default rate at the school is 3.1%, which is quite low when compared to the national default rate of 10.1%. With a freshman retention rate of 87%, the school does an excellent job of retaining its undergraduate students.
Full University of Maryland - Baltimore County Bioinformatics Report
Michigan Technological University did quite well in the 2023 Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Bioinformatics Major ranking, coming in at #14. Michigan Technological University is a public institution located in Houghton, Michigan. The school has a medium-sized population, and it awarded 4 bachelors’s degrees in 2020-2021.
With a freshman retention rate of 86%, the school does an excellent job of retaining its undergraduate students. The low undergrad student loan default rate of 1.9% 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%.
Saint Vincent College did quite well in the 2023 Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Bioinformatics Major ranking, coming in at #15. This small school is located in Latrobe, Pennsylvania, and it awarded 1 bachelors’s bioinformatics degrees in 2020-2021.
The undergrad student loan default rate at the school is 3.9%, which is quite low when compared to the national default rate of 10.1%.
Saint Edward’s University came in at #16 in this year’s edition of the Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Bioinformatics Major ranking. St. Edward’s University is a small school located in Austin, Texas that handed out 2 bachelors’s bioinformatics degrees in 2020-2021.
The school has an impressive undergrad student loan default rate. It’s only 4.8%, which is much lower than the national rate of 10.1%.
St. Bonaventure University came in at #17 in this year’s edition of the Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Bioinformatics Major ranking. St. Bonaventure University is a small school located in Saint Bonaventure, New York that handed out 1 bachelors’s bioinformatics degrees in 2020-2021.
The school has an excellent freshman retention rate of 86%, which means students like the school well enough to return for a second year. The school has an impressive undergrad student loan default rate. It’s only 3.5%, which is much lower than the national rate of 10.1%.
Rochester Institute of Technology ranked #18 on this year’s Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Bioinformatics Major list. Rochester, New York is the setting for this fairly large institution of higher learning. The private not-for-profit school handed out bachelors’s bioinformatics degrees to 6 students in 2020-2021.
The low undergrad student loan default rate of 2.9% 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%. Students who start out at the school are likely to stick around. The freshman retention rate is 86%.
Read full report on Bioinformatics at Rochester Institute of Technology
University of Pittsburgh - Pittsburgh Campus came in at #19 in this year’s edition of the Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Bioinformatics Major ranking. This large school is located in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, and it awarded 12 bachelors’s bioinformatics degrees in 2020-2021.
The undergrad student loan default rate at the school is 2.9%, which is quite low when compared to the national default rate of 10.1%. With a freshman retention rate of 93%, the school does an excellent job of retaining its undergraduate students.
With a ranking of #20, Baylor University did quite well on the 2023 Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Bioinformatics Major list. This large school is located in Waco, Texas, and it awarded 6 bachelors’s bioinformatics degrees in 2020-2021.
With a freshman retention rate of 91%, the school does an excellent job of retaining its undergraduate students. The low undergrad student loan default rate of 2.2% 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%.
Marquette University landed the #21 spot on the 2023 Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Bioinformatics Major ranking. Marquette University is a private not-for-profit institution located in Milwaukee, Wisconsin. The school has a fairly large population, and it awarded 3 bachelors’s degrees in 2020-2021.
The low undergrad student loan default rate of 1.5% 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%. Students who start out at the school are likely to stick around. The freshman retention rate is 88%.
With a ranking of #22, Eastern New Mexico University - Main Campus did quite well on the 2023 Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Bioinformatics Major list. ENMU - Main Campus is located in Portales, New Mexico and, has a small student population. In 2020-2021, this school awarded 1 bachelors’s bioinformatics degrees to qualified students.
Read more about Bioinformatics at Eastern New Mexico University - Main Campus
New Jersey Institute of Technology landed the #23 spot on the 2023 Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Bioinformatics Major ranking. This fairly large school is located in Newark, New Jersey, and it awarded 2 bachelors’s bioinformatics degrees in 2020-2021.
The low undergrad student loan default rate of 4.0% 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%. With a freshman retention rate of 89%, the school does an excellent job of retaining its undergraduate students.
Arizona State University - Tempe came in at #24 in this year’s edition of the Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Bioinformatics Major ranking. ASU - Tempe is located in Tempe, Arizona and, has a large student population. In 2020-2021, this school awarded 14 bachelors’s bioinformatics degrees to qualified students.
The school has an excellent freshman retention rate of 86%, which means students like the school well enough to return for a second year. The school has an impressive undergrad student loan default rate. It’s only 4.5%, which is much lower than the national rate of 10.1%.
California State University - San Bernardino did quite well in the 2023 Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Bioinformatics Major ranking, coming in at #25. California State University - San Bernardino is located in San Bernardino, California and, has a fairly large student population. In 2020-2021, this school awarded 2 bachelors’s bioinformatics degrees to qualified students.
With a freshman retention rate of 85%, the school does an excellent job of retaining its undergraduate students. The undergrad student loan default rate at the school is 4.0%, which is quite low when compared to the national default rate of 10.1%.
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