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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 Highly Focused on Bioinformatics Major in District of Columbia” ranking is part of that endeavor.
Bioinformatics is the 397th most popular major in the country with 1,156 degrees awarded in 2020-2021.
Across District of Columbia, there were 39 bioinformatics graduates with average earnings and debt of $0 and $0 respectively.
This year’s “Schools Highly Focused on Bioinformatics Major in District of Columbia” ranking analyzed 2 colleges that offered a degree in bioinformatics. This a ranking of the schools where the largest percentage of students has enrolled in bioinformatics.
Check out our ranking methodology for more information.
Since picking the right college can be one of the most important decisions of your life, we’ve developed the “Schools Highly Focused on Bioinformatics Major in District of Columbia” ranking, along with many other major-related rankings, to help you make that decision.
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The colleges and universities below are the best for district of columbia bioinformatics students.
You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend George Washington University. It ranked #1 on our 2023 Schools Highly Focused on Bioinformatics Major in District of Columbia list. Located in Washington, District of Columbia, this large private not-for-profit school awarded 25 degrees to qualified ’s bioinformatics students 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%. Students who start out at the school are likely to stick around. The freshman retention rate is 88%.
Read more about Bioinformatics at GWU
Out of the 2 schools in the Schools Highly Focused on Bioinformatics Major in District of Columbia that were part of this year’s ranking, Georgetown University landed the #2 spot on the list. This large school is located in Washington, District of Columbia, and it awarded 14 ’s bioinformatics degrees in 2020-2021.
The undergrad student loan default rate at the school is 0.7%, which is quite low when compared to the national default rate of 10.1%. The school has an excellent freshman retention rate of 94%, which means students like the school well enough to return for a second year.
Read more about Bioinformatics at Georgetown
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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
- *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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