If you plan on majoring in bioinformatics, you won't be alone since the degree program is ranked #397 in the country in terms of popularity. This means you won't have too much trouble finding schools that offer the degree.
For its 2024 ranking, College Factual looked at 4 schools in Illinois to determine which ones were the best for bioinformatics students pursuing a degree. Combined, these schools handed out 87 degrees in bioinformatics to qualified students.
Your choice of bioinformatics school matters, so we have put together these rankings to help you make your decision. In order to come up with a best overall ranking for bioinformatics schools, we combine our degree-level rankings, weighting them by the number of degrees awarded at each level.
You may want to choose one of the degree levels below to find the schools of most interest to you.
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 the Best Bioinformatics Schools in Illinois.
You can also filter this list by location to find schools closer to you.
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The schools below may not offer all types of bioinformatics degrees so you may want to filter by degree level first. However, they are great for the degree levels they do offer.
Every student who is interested in bioinformatics has to take a look at University of Chicago. Located in the city of Chicago, UChicago is a private not-for-profit university with a large student population. A Best Colleges rank of #2 out of 2,217 schools nationwide means UChicago is a great university overall.
There were roughly 45 bioinformatics students who graduated with this degree at UChicago in the most recent year we have data available.
Loyola University Chicago is a good option for students interested in a degree in bioinformatics. Located in the city of Chicago, Loyola Chicago is a private not-for-profit university with a large student population. This university ranks 4th out of 85 colleges for overall quality in the state of Illinois.
There were about 27 bioinformatics students who graduated with this degree at Loyola Chicago in the most recent data year.
University of Illinois at Chicago is one of the finest schools in the country for getting a degree in bioinformatics. UIC is a very large public university located in the city of Chicago. This university ranks 6th out of 85 schools for overall quality in the state of Illinois.
There were roughly 4 bioinformatics students who graduated with this degree at UIC in the most recent year we have data available.
Any student who is interested in bioinformatics has to check out University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign. Located in the city of Champaign, UIUC is a public university with a very large student population. A Best Colleges rank of #34 out of 2,217 schools nationwide means UIUC is a great university overall.
There were roughly 11 bioinformatics students who graduated with this degree at UIUC in the most recent year we have data available.
The bars on the spread charts above show the distribution of the schools on this list +/- one standard deviation from the mean.
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 the rest 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).
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Your choice of bioinformatics school matters, so we have put together these rankings to help you make your decision. In order to come up with a best overall ranking for bioinformatics schools, we combine our degree-level rankings, weighting them by the number of degrees awarded at each level.
