2026 Best Computational Biology Schools in California
Computational Biology programs are offered at a focused set of schools across the country. While the number of schools offering the program varies, there are still top-quality ones to be found.
For its 2026 ranking, College Factual looked at 2 schools in the United States to determine which ones were the best for computational biology students pursuing a degree.
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Best Schools for Computational Biology in California
If you are not interested in a particular degree level and want to know which schools are the overall best at delivering an education for the computational biology degrees they offer, see the list below.
Top Schools in Computational Biology
No school ranked higher than University Of Southern California this year for computational biology. Set in the city of Los Angeles, University Of Southern California is a very large private not-for-profit institution. Roughly 92% of students complete a degree within six years here. There were roughly 25 computational biology students who graduated with this degree at University Of Southern California in the most recent data year. Students who receive their computational biology degree from University Of Southern California earn around $58,044 in the first couple years of their career. Students borrow a median of $15,625 to complete this degree.
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Notes and References
The ranking above is published by College Factual (MF_RANKING_2025), 2026 edition. Schools are scored on a blend of student outcomes (graduation rate, post-graduation earnings), affordability, and program focus, drawn primarily from the U.S. Department of Education (IPEDS and College Scorecard).
Ranking method: College Major Top Ranked · 2 schools evaluated.
- 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).
More about our data sources and methodologies.
