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When pursuing a degree in today’s world, students have many different options to choose from. College Factual has developed its “Schools Highly Focused on Bioinformatics Major in the Southwest Region” ranking as one item you can use to help make this decision.
In 2020-2021, 1,156 people earned their degree in bioinformatics, making the major the 397th most popular in the United States.
Across the Southwest region, there were 97 bioinformatics graduates with average earnings and debt of $0 and $0 respectively.
For this year’s “Schools Highly Focused on Bioinformatics Major in the Southwest Region” ranking, we looked at 9 colleges that offer 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.
See our ranking methodology to learn more.
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The colleges and universities below are the best for southwest region bioinformatics students.
You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Arizona State University - Skysong. It ranked #1 on our 2023 Schools Highly Focused on Bioinformatics Major in the Southwest Region list. Arizona State University - Skysong is a large school located in Scottsdale, Arizona that handed out 41 ’s bioinformatics degrees in 2020-2021.
The low undergrad student loan default rate of 4.5% 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 Arizona State University - Skysong Bioinformatics Report
Out of the 9 schools in the Schools Highly Focused on Bioinformatics Major in the Southwest Region that were part of this year’s ranking, Saint Edward’s University landed the #2 spot on the list. Saint Edward’s University is a small private not-for-profit school situated in Austin, Texas. It awarded 2 ’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%.
Full Saint Edward’s University Bioinformatics Report
You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Arizona State University - Tempe. It ranked #3 on our 2023 Schools Highly Focused on Bioinformatics Major in the Southwest Region list. ASU - Tempe is a large school located in Tempe, Arizona that handed out 32 ’s bioinformatics degrees in 2020-2021.
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%. Students who start out at the school are likely to stick around. The freshman retention rate is 86%.
Read more about Bioinformatics at ASU - Tempe
You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend The University of Texas at Dallas. It ranked #4 on our 2023 Schools Highly Focused on Bioinformatics Major in the Southwest Region list. This large school is located in Richardson, Texas, and it awarded 10 ’s bioinformatics degrees in 2020-2021.
The school has an impressive undergrad student loan default rate. It’s only 3.8%, which is much lower than the national rate of 10.1%. Students who start out at the school are likely to stick around. The freshman retention rate is 90%.
Full UT Dallas Bioinformatics Report
You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Baylor University. It ranked #5 on our 2023 Schools Highly Focused on Bioinformatics Major in the Southwest Region list. Baylor is a large private not-for-profit school situated in Waco, Texas. It awarded 6 ’s bioinformatics degrees in 2020-2021.
The undergrad student loan default rate at the school is 2.2%, which is quite low when compared to the national default rate of 10.1%. The school has an excellent freshman retention rate of 91%, which means students like the school well enough to return for a second year.
Full Baylor Bioinformatics Report
Eastern New Mexico University - Main Campus did quite well in the 2023 Schools Highly Focused on Bioinformatics Major in the Southwest Region ranking, coming in at #6. Eastern New Mexico University - Main Campus is a small school located in Portales, New Mexico that handed out 1 ’s bioinformatics degrees in 2020-2021.
Read more about Bioinformatics at ENMU - Main Campus
With a ranking of #7, New Mexico State University - Main Campus did quite well on the 2023 Schools Highly Focused on Bioinformatics Major in the Southwest Region list. NMSU Main Campus is located in Las Cruces, New Mexico and, has a fairly large student population. In 2020-2021, this school awarded 1 ’s bioinformatics degrees to qualified students.
Read full report on Bioinformatics at New Mexico State University - Main Campus
University of Arizona landed the #8 spot on the 2023 Schools Highly Focused on Bioinformatics Major in the Southwest Region ranking. Located in Tucson, Arizona, this large public school awarded 3 diplomas to qualified ’s bioinformatics students in 2020-2021.
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 full report on Bioinformatics at University of Arizona
The University of Texas at El Paso ranked #9 on this year’s Schools Highly Focused on Bioinformatics Major in the Southwest Region list. This large school is located in El Paso, Texas, and it awarded 0 ’s bioinformatics degrees in 2020-2021.
Read full report on Bioinformatics at The University of Texas at El Paso
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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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