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With all of the options veterans have for higher education today, it can be tough to choose which direction to take. One of our goals at College Factual is to give you as much information as we can - such as our “Most Veteran Friendly in Maryland for Bioinformatics for a Master’s” ranking - to help you make that decision.
In 2020-2021, 1,156 people earned their degree in bioinformatics, making the major the 397th most popular in the United States.
Across Maryland, there were 21 bioinformatics graduates with average earnings and debt of $0 and $0 respectively.
This year’s “Most Veteran Friendly in Maryland for Bioinformatics for a Master’s” ranking analyzed 2 colleges that offered a degree in bioinformatics. Not only do the schools that top this list have excellent bioinformatics programs, but they also offer a lot of support to veterans and active service members.
To come up with these rankings, we looked at factors such as veteran satisfaction, veteran affordability, and overall quality of the bioinformatics program at the school. Check out our ranking methodology for more information.
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When choosing the right school for you, it’s important to arm yourself with all the facts you can. To that end, we’ve created a number of major-specific rankings, including this “Most Veteran Friendly in Maryland for Bioinformatics for a Master’s” list to help you make the college decision.
We’ve created a tool called College Combat that lets you create your own customized comparisons based on the factors that matter the most to you. If you’re torn between two schools, you can use it to help you see how they stack up against one another. Bookmark it so you can compare any new schools that might interest you.
The colleges and universities below are the best for maryland master’s degree vets studying bioinformatics.
You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend Hood College. The school came in at #1 for the Most Veteran Friendly in Maryland for Bioinformatics for a Master’s. Hood College is a small school located in Frederick, Maryland that handed out 5 masters’s bioinformatics degrees in 2020-2021.
Hood also took the #1 spot in our “Best Bioinformatics Master’s Degree Schools in Maryland” ranking.According to our most recent data, Hood College supports 2,042 students, and 91 of those are GI Bill® students, of which 56 are Post-9/11 GI Bill® recipients. The average Post-9/11 GI Bill® award for tuition and fees at the school was $8,455. During this same period, 16 students received scholarships through the Yellow Ribbon Program. Eligible students may be able to receive credit for their military training.
The school has an impressive undergrad student loan default rate. It’s only [DEFAULT_RATE_STRING]%, which is much lower than the national rate of 10.1%.
[Read full report on veteran student life at Hood]](/colleges/hood-college/student-life/veterans/)
You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend Morgan State University. The school came in at #2 for the Most Veteran Friendly in Maryland for Bioinformatics for a Master’s. Morgan State is a medium-sized school located in Baltimore, Maryland that handed out 5 masters’s bioinformatics degrees in 2020-2021.
Morgan State did well in our major quality rankings, too. It placed #2 on our “Best Bioinformatics Master’s Degree Schools in Maryland” list.According to our most recent data, Morgan State University supports 7,634 students, and 227 of those are GI Bill® students, of which 66 are Post-9/11 GI Bill® recipients. The average Post-9/11 GI Bill® award for tuition and fees at the school was $4,620. On top of their other funding sources, 2 students received scholarships through the Yellow Ribbon Program. Eligible students may be able to receive credit for their military training.
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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).
- Veteran-specific data can be found at the U.S. Department of Veteran Affairs.
- 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.
- **GI Bill® student total includes all chapters of the GI Bill® program (e.g., Post-9/11, Montgomery GI Bill, Reserve Education Assistance Program, and Veteran Readiness and Employment)
- 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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