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It’s not easy to decide which college to attend when there so many options available for students. One of our goals at College Factual is to give you as much information as we can - such as our “Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Bioinformatics Major in the Great Lakes Region” ranking - to help you make that decision.
Bioinformatics is the 397th most popular major in the country with 1,156 degrees awarded in 2020-2021.
Across the Great Lakes region, there were 179 bioinformatics graduates with average earnings and debt of $0 and $0 respectively. At the master’s degree level specifically, there were 135 bioinformatics graduates with average earnings and debt of $58,892 and $0 respectively.
This year’s “Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Bioinformatics Major in the Great Lakes Region” ranking analyzed 14 colleges that offered a degree in bioinformatics. That schools that top this list have a program in bioinformatics in which the largest percentage of students at the school are enrolled.
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The colleges and universities below are the best for great lakes region master’s degree bioinformatics students.
You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend University of Chicago. The school came in at #1 for the Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Bioinformatics Major in the Great Lakes Region. Located in Chicago, Illinois, this fairly large private not-for-profit school awarded 45 diplomas to qualified masters’s bioinformatics students in 2020-2021.
The low undergrad student loan default rate of 1.0% 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 100%, the school does an excellent job of retaining its undergraduate students. With a undergrad student-to-faculty ratio of 5 to 1, it’s easy to see that the school is committed to helping their undergraduates succeed.
Full University of Chicago Bioinformatics Report
You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Indiana University - Purdue University - Indianapolis. It ranked #2 on our 2023 Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Bioinformatics Major in the Great Lakes Region list. Indianapolis, Indiana is the setting for this large institution of higher learning. The public school handed out masters’s bioinformatics degrees to 18 students in 2020-2021.
The undergrad student loan default rate at the school is 4.2%, which is quite low when compared to the national default rate of 10.1%.
Read more about Bioinformatics at IUPUI
Out of the 14 schools in the Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Bioinformatics Major in the Great Lakes Region that were part of this year’s ranking, University of Toledo landed the #3 spot on the list. University of Toledo is located in Toledo, Ohio and, has a fairly large student population. In 2020-2021, this school awarded 8 masters’s bioinformatics degrees to qualified students.
Full University of Toledo Bioinformatics Report
Out of the 14 schools in the Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Bioinformatics Major in the Great Lakes Region that were part of this year’s ranking, University of Michigan - Ann Arbor landed the #4 spot on the list. This large school is located in Ann Arbor, Michigan, and it awarded 24 masters’s bioinformatics degrees in 2020-2021.
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 96%, which means students like the school well enough to return for a second year.
Full University of Michigan - Ann Arbor Bioinformatics Report
You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Grand Valley State University. It ranked #5 on our 2023 Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Bioinformatics Major in the Great Lakes Region list. Allendale, Michigan is the setting for this large institution of higher learning. The public school handed out masters’s bioinformatics degrees to 9 students 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%.
Read more about Bioinformatics at GVSU
Loyola University Chicago did quite well in the 2023 Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Bioinformatics Major in the Great Lakes Region ranking, coming in at #6. Loyola University Chicago is a fairly large school located in Chicago, Illinois that handed out 6 masters’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%. 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 more about Bioinformatics at Loyola University Chicago
Marquette University ranked #7 on this year’s Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Bioinformatics Major in the Great Lakes Region list. Marquette is located in Milwaukee, Wisconsin and, has a fairly large student population. In 2020-2021, this school awarded 3 masters’s bioinformatics degrees to qualified students.
With a freshman retention rate of 88%, the school does an excellent job of retaining its undergraduate students. The school has an impressive undergrad 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 Marquette
University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign came in at #8 in this year’s edition of the Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Bioinformatics Major in the Great Lakes Region ranking. UIUC is a public institution located in Champaign, Illinois. The school has a large population, and it awarded 11 masters’s degrees in 2020-2021.
With a freshman retention rate of 94%, the school does an excellent job of retaining its undergraduate students. The school has an impressive undergrad student loan default rate. It’s only 2.3%, which is much lower than the national rate of 10.1%.
Read more about Bioinformatics at University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
With a ranking of #9, University of Wisconsin - Madison did quite well on the 2023 Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Bioinformatics Major in the Great Lakes Region list. UW - Madison is a public institution located in Madison, Wisconsin. The school has a large population, and it awarded 8 masters’s degrees in 2020-2021.
The school has an impressive undergrad student loan default rate. It’s only 0.9%, which is much lower than the national rate of 10.1%. With a freshman retention rate of 95%, the school does an excellent job of retaining its undergraduate students.
Read full report on Bioinformatics at UW - Madison
University of Illinois at Chicago did quite well in the 2023 Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Bioinformatics Major in the Great Lakes Region ranking, coming in at #10. University of Illinois at Chicago is located in Chicago, Illinois and, has a large student population. In 2020-2021, this school awarded 2 masters’s bioinformatics degrees to qualified students.
The low undergrad student loan default rate of 2.5% 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%.
Full UIC Bioinformatics Report
Indiana University - Bloomington ranked #11 on this year’s Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Bioinformatics Major in the Great Lakes Region list. IU Bloomington is a large public school situated in Bloomington, Indiana. It awarded 1 masters’s bioinformatics degrees in 2020-2021.
The school has an excellent freshman retention rate of 91%, which means students like the school well enough to return for a second year. The low undergrad student loan default rate of 3.4% 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 Indiana University - Bloomington
Medical College of Wisconsin landed the #12 spot on the 2023 Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Bioinformatics Major in the Great Lakes Region ranking. Medical College of Wisconsin is located in Milwaukee, Wisconsin and, has a small student population. In 2020-2021, this school awarded 0 masters’s bioinformatics degrees to qualified students.
With a undergrad student-to-faculty ratio of to 1, it’s easy to see that the school is committed to helping their undergraduates succeed.
Read full report on Bioinformatics at Medical College of Wisconsin
Eastern Michigan University did quite well in the 2023 Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Bioinformatics Major in the Great Lakes Region ranking, coming in at #12. Eastern Michigan University is a public institution located in Ypsilanti, Michigan. The school has a fairly large population, and it awarded 0 masters’s degrees in 2020-2021.
Read full report on Bioinformatics at Eastern Michigan
Northwestern University came in at #12 in this year’s edition of the Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Bioinformatics Major in the Great Lakes Region ranking. Northwestern University is a private not-for-profit institution located in Evanston, Illinois. The school has a large population, and it awarded 0 masters’s degrees in 2020-2021.
The school has an excellent freshman retention rate of 97%, which means students like the school well enough to return for a second year. Since the school has a undergrad student-to-faculty ratio of 6 to 1, those pursuing a degree will have more opportunities to interact with their professors. The undergrad student loan default rate at the school is 0.6%, which is quite low when compared to the national default rate of 10.1%.
Read full report on Bioinformatics at Northwestern
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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
- *Avg Salary and Avg 4-Year Grad Rate 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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