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It’s not easy to decide which college to attend when there so many options available for students. College Factual was founded, in part, to help students make the decision as to what would be the best school for them. Our “Most Well Attended Bioinformatics Major in the New England Region for a Bachelor’s” 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 the New England region, there were 139 bioinformatics graduates with average earnings and debt of $0 and $0 respectively. At the bachelor’s degree level specifically, there were 2 bioinformatics graduates with average earnings and debt of $42,403 and $25,944 respectively.
This year’s “Most Well Attended Bioinformatics Major in the New England Region for a Bachelor’s” ranking looked at 4 colleges that offer degrees in a bachelor’s in bioinformatics. The schools that top this list are recognized because they have one of the most popular bioinformatics programs in the United States.
For more information, check out our ranking methodology.
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The following schools top our list of the Best “Most Well Attended Bioinformatics Major in the New England Region for a Bachelor’s”.
You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Wheaton College Massachusetts. It ranked #1 on our 2023 Most Well Attended Bioinformatics Major in the New England Region for a Bachelor’s list. This small school is located in Norton, Massachusetts, and 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%.
Full Wheaton College Massachusetts Bioinformatics Report
Out of the 4 schools in the Most Well Attended Bioinformatics Major in the New England Region for a Bachelor’s that were part of this year’s ranking, Worcester State University landed the #2 spot on the list. Worcester State is located in Worcester, Massachusetts and, has a medium-sized student population. In 2020-2021, this school awarded 0 bachelors’s bioinformatics degrees to qualified students.
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%.
Read full report on Bioinformatics at Worcester State
Out of the 4 schools in the Most Well Attended Bioinformatics Major in the New England Region for a Bachelor’s that were part of this year’s ranking, Massachusetts College of Pharmacy and Health Sciences landed the #2 spot on the list. Located in Boston, Massachusetts, this medium-sized private not-for-profit school awarded 0 degrees to qualified bachelors’s bioinformatics students in 2020-2021.
The low undergrad student loan default rate of 1.7% 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 MCPHS University
You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend University of Saint Joseph. It ranked #2 on our 2023 Most Well Attended Bioinformatics Major in the New England Region for a Bachelor’s list. University of Saint Joseph is located in West Hartford, Connecticut and, has a small student population. In 2020-2021, this school awarded 0 bachelors’s bioinformatics degrees to qualified students.
The low undergrad student loan default rate of 2.6% 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 7 to 1, those pursuing a degree will have more opportunities to interact with their professors.
Full University of Saint Joseph Bioinformatics Report
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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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