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Students have lots of options to chooose from today when trying to decide which college to attend. 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 Southwest Region for a Bachelor’s” ranking is part of that endeavor.
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. At the bachelor’s degree level specifically, there were 26 bioinformatics graduates with average earnings and debt of $40,112 and $26,227 respectively.
This year’s “Most Well Attended Bioinformatics Major in the Southwest Region for a Bachelor’s” ranking looked at 5 colleges that offer degrees in a bachelor’s in bioinformatics. This ranking identifies schools that graduate the most students in bioinformatics.
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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 “Most Well Attended Bioinformatics Major in the Southwest Region for a Bachelor’s”.
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The colleges and universities below are the best for southwest region bachelor’s degree bioinformatics students.
Out of the 5 schools in the Most Well Attended Bioinformatics Major in the Southwest Region for a Bachelor’s that were part of this year’s ranking, Arizona State University - Tempe landed the #1 spot on the list. ASU - Tempe is located in Tempe, Arizona and, has a large student population. In 2020-2021, this school awarded 14 bachelors’s bioinformatics degrees to qualified students.
The school has an excellent freshman retention rate of 86%, which means students like the school well enough to return for a second year. 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%.
Read full report on Bioinformatics at ASU - Tempe
Out of the 5 schools in the Most Well Attended Bioinformatics Major in the Southwest Region for a Bachelor’s that were part of this year’s ranking, Baylor University landed the #2 spot on the list. Located in Waco, Texas, this large private not-for-profit school handed out 6 degrees to qualified bachelors’s bioinformatics students in 2020-2021.
Students who start out at the school are likely to stick around. The freshman retention rate is 91%. The school has an impressive undergrad student loan default rate. It’s only 2.2%, which is much lower than the national rate of 10.1%.
Read more about Bioinformatics at Baylor University
Out of the 5 schools in the Most Well Attended Bioinformatics Major in the Southwest Region for a Bachelor’s that were part of this year’s ranking, University of Arizona landed the #3 spot on the list. University of Arizona is a public institution located in Tucson, Arizona. The school has a large population, and it awarded 3 bachelors’s degrees in 2020-2021.
With a freshman retention rate of 85%, the school does an excellent job of retaining its undergraduate students.
Full University of Arizona Bioinformatics Report
You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Saint Edward’s University. It ranked #4 on our 2023 Most Well Attended Bioinformatics Major in the Southwest Region for a Bachelor’s list. Saint Edward’s University is a private not-for-profit institution located in Austin, Texas. The school has a small population, and it awarded 2 bachelors’s degrees in 2020-2021.
The low undergrad student loan default rate of 4.8% 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 Saint Edward’s University
Out of the 5 schools in the Most Well Attended Bioinformatics Major in the Southwest Region for a Bachelor’s that were part of this year’s ranking, Eastern New Mexico University - Main Campus landed the #5 spot on the list. Portales, New Mexico is the setting for this small institution of higher learning. The public school handed out bachelors’s bioinformatics degrees to 1 students in 2020-2021.
Full ENMU - Main Campus Bioinformatics Report