8
Ranked Colleges
63
Degrees Awarded
$36,700
Avg Cost*
When it comes to choosing a college, students have a lot of options - but not all of them are good. 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 Far Western US Region for a Master’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 Far Western US region, there were 200 bioinformatics graduates with average earnings and debt of $0 and $0 respectively. At the master’s degree level specifically, there were 63 bioinformatics graduates with average earnings and debt of $61,693 and $0 respectively.
For this year’s “Most Well Attended Bioinformatics Major in the Far Western US Region for a Master’s” ranking, we looked at 8 colleges that offer a degree in bioinformatics. The schools that top this list are recognized because they have one of the most popular bioinformatics programs in the United States.
Check out our ranking methodology for more information.
One Size Does Not Fit All
Since the program you select can have a significant impact on your future, we’ve developed a number of rankings, including this “Most Well Attended Bioinformatics Major in the Far Western US Region for a Master’s” list, to help you choose the best school for you.
In addition to College Factual’s rankings, you may want to take a look at College Combat, our unique tool that lets you pit your favorite schools head-to-head and compare how they rate on factors that most interest you. Go ahead and give it a try, or bookmark the link so you can check it out later.
The colleges and universities below are the best for far western us region master’s degree bioinformatics students.
You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend University of Southern California. It ranked #1 on our 2023 Most Well Attended Bioinformatics Major in the Far Western US Region for a Master’s list. University of Southern California is a large private not-for-profit school situated in Los Angeles, California. It awarded 17 masters’s bioinformatics degrees in 2020-2021.
Students who start out at the school are likely to stick around. The freshman retention rate is 91%. The impressive undergraduate student-to-faculty ratio of 9 to 1 means that students may have more opportunities to work more closely with their professors than they would at other schools. The school has an impressive undergrad student loan default rate. It’s only 1.3%, which is much lower than the national rate of 10.1%.
Read full report on Bioinformatics at USC
Out of the 8 schools in the Most Well Attended Bioinformatics Major in the Far Western US Region for a Master’s that were part of this year’s ranking, Oregon Health & Science University landed the #2 spot on the list. Portland, Oregon is the setting for this small institution of higher learning. The public school handed out masters’s bioinformatics degrees to 14 students in 2020-2021.
The low undergrad student loan default rate of 0.1% 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%. The impressive undergraduate student-to-faculty ratio of 10 to 1 means that students may have more opportunities to work more closely with their professors than they would at other schools.
Full Oregon Health & Science University Bioinformatics Report
You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend San Diego State University. It ranked #3 on our 2023 Most Well Attended Bioinformatics Major in the Far Western US Region for a Master’s list. San Diego State University is a large school located in San Diego, California that handed out 9 masters’s bioinformatics degrees in 2020-2021.
Students who start out at the school are likely to stick around. The freshman retention rate is 89%. 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 full report on Bioinformatics at San Diego State University
You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend University of California - Santa Cruz. It ranked #3 on our 2023 Most Well Attended Bioinformatics Major in the Far Western US Region for a Master’s list. This fairly large school is located in Santa Cruz, California, and it awarded 9 masters’s bioinformatics degrees in 2020-2021.
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%. 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 California - Santa Cruz
You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend San Jose State University. It ranked #5 on our 2023 Most Well Attended Bioinformatics Major in the Far Western US Region for a Master’s list. Located in San Jose, California, this large public school handed out 7 diplomas to qualified masters’s bioinformatics students in 2020-2021.
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 low undergrad student loan default rate of 2.9% 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 San Jose State
University of California - Los Angeles came in at #6 in this year’s edition of the Most Well Attended Bioinformatics Major in the Far Western US Region for a Master’s ranking. This large school is located in Los Angeles, California, and it awarded 5 masters’s bioinformatics degrees 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
University of California - Riverside landed the #7 spot on the 2023 Most Well Attended Bioinformatics Major in the Far Western US Region for a Master’s ranking. UCR is a public institution located in Riverside, California. The school has a large population, and it awarded 2 masters’s degrees in 2020-2021.
The school has an impressive undergrad student loan default rate. It’s only 2.3%, which is much lower than the national 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.
Read full report on Bioinformatics at University of California - Riverside
With a ranking of #8, University of California - San Diego did quite well on the 2023 Most Well Attended Bioinformatics Major in the Far Western US Region for a Master’s list. University of California - San Diego is a large public school situated in La Jolla, California. It awarded 72 masters’s bioinformatics degrees in 2020-2021.
The school has an impressive undergrad student loan default rate. It’s only 1.0%, which is much lower than the national rate of 10.1%. With a freshman retention rate of 94%, the school does an excellent job of retaining its undergraduate students.
Read more about Bioinformatics at University of California - San Diego
Focus on a Specific Degree Level
Switch to a More General Major
Switch to a Similar Major
Switch to a Different Ranking Method
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.
Credits
- Credit for the banner image above goes to Pixabay.
college factual
