by our College Data Analytics Team
It’s not easy to decide which college to attend when there so many options available for students. Our mission at College Factual is to arm you with as much information as we can to help you make that decision. Our “Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Bioinformatics Major in the Southeast Region” ranking is one tool we have developed to help in this regard.
In 2020-2021, 1,156 people earned their degree in bioinformatics, making the major the 397th most popular in the United States.
Across the Southeast region, there were 175 bioinformatics graduates with average earnings and debt of $0 and $0 respectively. At the master’s degree level specifically, there were 76 bioinformatics graduates with average earnings and debt of $55,213 and $0 respectively.
This year’s “Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Bioinformatics Major in the Southeast Region” ranking looked at 13 colleges that offer degrees in a bachelor’s 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 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 Master’s Highly Focused on Bioinformatics Major in the Southeast Region”.
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The following schools top our list of the Best “Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Bioinformatics Major in the Southeast Region”.
You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Mississippi Valley State University. It ranked #1 on our 2023 Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Bioinformatics Major in the Southeast Region list. Mississippi Valley State University is a public institution located in Itta Bena, Mississippi. The school has a small population, and it awarded 3 masters’s degrees in 2020-2021.
Read full report on Bioinformatics at Mississippi Valley State University
You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend Georgia Institute of Technology - Main Campus. The school came in at #2 for the Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Bioinformatics Major in the Southeast Region. Georgia Institute of Technology - Main Campus is a large school located in Atlanta, Georgia that handed out 31 masters’s bioinformatics 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%. The school has an excellent freshman retention rate of 97%, which means students like the school well enough to return for a second year.
Read more about Bioinformatics at Georgia Institute of Technology - Main Campus
Out of the 13 schools in the Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Bioinformatics Major in the Southeast Region that were part of this year’s ranking, University of North Carolina at Charlotte landed the #3 spot on the list. UNC Charlotte is a large school located in Charlotte, North Carolina that handed out 17 masters’s bioinformatics degrees in 2020-2021.
The undergrad student loan default rate at the school is 4.4%, which is quite low when compared to the national default rate of 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.
Full University of North Carolina at Charlotte Bioinformatics Report
Out of the 13 schools in the Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Bioinformatics Major in the Southeast Region that were part of this year’s ranking, University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences landed the #4 spot on the list. University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences is a small public school situated in Little Rock, Arkansas. It awarded 1 masters’s bioinformatics degrees in 2020-2021.
The school has an impressive undergrad student loan default rate. It’s only 1.2%, which is much lower than the national rate of 10.1%.
Read more about Bioinformatics at University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences
You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Virginia Commonwealth University. It ranked #5 on our 2023 Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Bioinformatics Major in the Southeast Region list. Located in Richmond, Virginia, this large public school handed out 6 degrees to qualified masters’s bioinformatics students in 2020-2021.
The undergrad student loan default rate at the school is 2.6%, which is quite low when compared to the national default rate of 10.1%.
North Carolina State University came in at #6 in this year’s edition of the Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Bioinformatics Major in the Southeast Region ranking. Located in Raleigh, North Carolina, this large public school handed out 5 degrees to qualified masters’s bioinformatics students 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 2.0%, which is quite low when compared to the national default rate of 10.1%.
Vanderbilt University landed the #7 spot on the 2023 Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Bioinformatics Major in the Southeast Region ranking. Vanderbilt is a fairly large private not-for-profit school situated in Nashville, Tennessee. It awarded 2 masters’s bioinformatics degrees in 2020-2021.
The impressive undergraduate student-to-faculty ratio of 8 to 1 means that students may have more opportunities to work more closely with their professors than they would at other schools. 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 96%, the school does an excellent job of retaining its undergraduate students.
University of Arkansas at Little Rock did quite well in the 2023 Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Bioinformatics Major in the Southeast Region ranking, coming in at #8. UA Little Rock is located in Little Rock, Arkansas and, has a medium-sized student population. In 2020-2021, this school awarded 1 masters’s bioinformatics degrees to qualified students.
Read more about Bioinformatics at University of Arkansas at Little Rock
University of South Florida - Main Campus did quite well in the 2023 Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Bioinformatics Major in the Southeast Region ranking, coming in at #9. University of South Florida - Main Campus is a public institution located in Tampa, Florida. The school has a large population, and it awarded 6 masters’s degrees in 2020-2021.
With a freshman retention rate of 92%, the school does an excellent job of retaining its undergraduate students. The low undergrad student loan default rate of 3.3% 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%.
With a ranking of #10, University of Georgia did quite well on the 2023 Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Bioinformatics Major in the Southeast Region list. UGA is a large school located in Athens, Georgia that handed out 2 masters’s bioinformatics degrees in 2020-2021.
Students who start out at the school are likely to stick around. The freshman retention rate is 94%. 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%.
University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill came in at #11 in this year’s edition of the Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Bioinformatics Major in the Southeast Region ranking. Chapel Hill, North Carolina is the setting for this large institution of higher learning. The public school handed out masters’s bioinformatics degrees to 1 students in 2020-2021.
The undergrad student loan default rate at the school is 1.4%, which is quite low when compared to the national default 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 University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill
George Mason University came in at #12 in this year’s edition of the Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Bioinformatics Major in the Southeast Region ranking. Located in Fairfax, Virginia, this large public school handed out 1 diplomas to qualified masters’s bioinformatics students 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 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%.
Read full report on Bioinformatics at George Mason University
Christian Brothers University ranked #13 on this year’s Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Bioinformatics Major in the Southeast Region list. This small school is located in Memphis, Tennessee, and it awarded 0 masters’s bioinformatics degrees in 2020-2021.
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