2022 Best Value Doctor’s Degree Colleges for Computational Biology in California

When it comes to choosing a college, students have a lot of options - but not all of them are good. College Factual has developed its “Best Value Computational Biology Schools for a Doctorate in California” ranking as one item you can use to help make this decision.

Computational Biology is the 848th most popular major in the country with 175 degrees awarded in 2019-2020.

Across California, there were 19 computational biology graduates with average earnings and debt of $0 and $0 respectively. At the doctor’s degree level specifically, there were 12 computational biology graduates with average earnings and debt of $71,544 and $133,402 respectively.

The schools that top this list are recognized because they have great computational biology programs and cost less that schools of similar quality.

When determining these rankings, we looked at things such as overall quality of the computational biology program at the school and the cost to attend the school once aid has been awarded. See our ranking methodology to learn more.

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The computational biology 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 “Best Value Computational Biology Schools for a Doctorate in California”.

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Best Value Computational Biology Schools for a Doctorate in California

The colleges and universities below are the best for california doctor’s degree computational biology students.

Top 2 Best Value Doctor’s Degree Colleges for Computational Biology in California

#1

University of California - Berkeley

Berkeley, California

#1 in overall quality

$29,347 Avg Grad Tuition & Fees

Out of the 1 schools in the Best Value Computational Biology Schools for a Doctorate in California that were part of this year’s ranking, University of California - Berkeley landed the #1 spot on the list. University of California - Berkeley is located in Berkeley, California and, has a large student population. In 2019-2020, this school awarded 3 doctorate’s computational biology degrees to qualified students.

UC Berkeley did well in our major quality rankings, too. It placed #1 on our “Best Computational Biology Doctor’s Degree Schools in California” list. Although you might pay more or less depending on your area of study, average graduate tuition and fees at University of California - Berkeley are $29,347.

Read more about Computational Biology at UC Berkeley

#1

University of Southern California

Los Angeles, California

#1 in overall quality

$48,715 Avg Grad Tuition & Fees

Out of the 1 schools in the Best Value Computational Biology Schools for a Doctorate in California that were part of this year’s ranking, University of Southern California landed the #1 spot on the list. USC is a private not-for-profit institution located in Los Angeles, California. The school has a large population, and it awarded 9 doctorate’s degrees in 2019-2020.

USC not only placed well in this ranking. It is also #1 on our “Best Computational Biology Doctor’s Degree Schools in California” list. Average graduate tuition and fees at USC are $48,715, but you may pay more or less depending on your major.

Read full report on Computational Biology at University of Southern California

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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).
• 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

Footnotes

• *Average salary, average net price, and average tuition and fees 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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