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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 California for a Doctorate” 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 California, there were 177 bioinformatics graduates with average earnings and debt of $0 and $0 respectively. At the doctor’s degree level specifically, there were 24 bioinformatics graduates with average earnings and debt of $75,525 and $0 respectively.
This year’s “Most Well Attended Bioinformatics Major in California for a Doctorate” 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.
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The colleges and universities below are the best for california doctor’s degree bioinformatics students.
Out of the 4 schools in the Most Well Attended Bioinformatics Major in California for a Doctorate that were part of this year’s ranking, University of California - Santa Cruz landed the #1 spot on the list. University of California - Santa Cruz is a fairly large school located in Santa Cruz, California that handed out 7 doctorate’s bioinformatics degrees in 2020-2021.
With a freshman retention rate of 85%, the school does an excellent job of retaining its undergraduate students. The undergrad student loan default rate at the school is 2.9%, which is quite low when compared to the national default rate of 10.1%.
Read full report on Bioinformatics at University of California - Santa Cruz
You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend University of California - San Diego. It ranked #2 on our 2023 Most Well Attended Bioinformatics Major in California for a Doctorate list. UCSD is a public institution located in La Jolla, California. The school has a large population, and it awarded 6 doctorate’s degrees in 2020-2021.
The undergrad student loan default rate at the school is 1.0%, 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 94%.
Read full report on Bioinformatics at UCSD
Out of the 4 schools in the Most Well Attended Bioinformatics Major in California for a Doctorate that were part of this year’s ranking, University of California - Riverside landed the #2 spot on the list. UCR is a large public school situated in Riverside, California. It awarded 6 doctorate’s bioinformatics degrees in 2020-2021.
The undergrad student loan default rate at the school is 2.3%, 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 91%.
Full University of California - Riverside Bioinformatics Report
Out of the 4 schools in the Most Well Attended Bioinformatics Major in California for a Doctorate that were part of this year’s ranking, University of California - Los Angeles landed the #4 spot on the list. Los Angeles, California is the setting for this large institution of higher learning. The public school handed out doctorate’s bioinformatics degrees to 5 students in 2020-2021.
The undergrad student loan default rate at the school is 1.6%, which is quite low when compared to the national default rate of 10.1%. With a freshman retention rate of 96%, the school does an excellent job of retaining its undergraduate students.
Read more about Bioinformatics at University of California - Los Angeles
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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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