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Most Popular Schools for Bioinformatics Major & Degree Program

A program that focuses on the application of computer-based technologies and services to biological, biomedical, and biotechnology research. Includes instruction in algorithms, network architecture, principles of software design, human interface design, usability studies, search strategies, database management and data mining, digital image processing, computer graphics and animation, CAD, computer programming, and applications to experimental design and analysis and to specific quantitative, modeling, and analytical studies in the various biological specializations.


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Rank School Name Students % of Total Total On-Campus Cost
1 University of California-San Diego 75 1% $32,838
2 Northeastern University Lifelong Learning Network 54 2% N/A
3 CUNY New York City College of Technology 41 1% $8,484
4 Oregon Health & Science University 40 5% N/A
5 Georgia Institute of Technology-Main Campus 33 1% $28,776
6 Virginia Commonwealth University 32 0% $32,041
7 Arizona State University-Tempe 28 0% $28,048
8 University of Chicago 27 1% $78,555
9 University of Pittsburgh-Pittsburgh Campus 19 0% $33,503
10 Boston University 18 0% $72,618
11 Brigham Young University-Provo 17 0% $18,776
12 Columbia University in the City of New York 17 0% $76,856
13 University of Southern California 16 0% $74,825
14 San Diego State University 16 0% $29,318
15 Loyola University Chicago 16 0% $61,328
16 Indiana University-Purdue University-Indianapolis 15 0% $22,537
17 University of Michigan-Ann Arbor 13 0% $30,298
18 Rochester Institute of Technology 11 0% $57,401
19 University of Maryland-Baltimore County 11 0% $28,058
20 MCPHS University 10 1% $55,120
21 Mid-State Technical College 10 1% $6,392
22 Brandeis University 9 1% $73,335
23 University of California-Santa Cruz 9 0% $36,217
24 Baylor University 9 0% $62,527
25 University of Wisconsin-Madison 9 0% $26,025
26 New Jersey Institute of Technology 9 0% $37,738
27 Temple University 8 0% $33,004
28 Grand Valley State University 8 0% $24,948
29 University of Toledo 7 0% $28,423
30 University of North Carolina at Charlotte 7 0% $23,694
31 Hood College 7 1% $56,586
32 University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign 7 0% $30,102
33 University of Nebraska at Omaha 7 0% $22,300
34 University of South Florida-Main Campus 6 0% $23,320
35 Arizona State University-Skysong 6 0% $27,521
36 University at Buffalo 6 0% $27,758
37 Ohio University-Main Campus 6 0% $28,986
38 Vanderbilt University 6 0% $70,146
39 Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute 5 0% $71,998
40 The University of Texas at El Paso 5 0% $23,843
41 University of Illinois at Chicago 5 0% $30,866
42 Iowa State University 5 0% $21,186
43 University of Minnesota-Twin Cities 5 0% $27,898
44 Mississippi Valley State University 4 1% $20,714
45 Pennsylvania State University-World Campus 4 0% $15,828
46 Saint Vincent College 4 1% $50,329
47 The University of Texas at San Antonio 4 0% $23,715
48 Marquette University 4 0% $58,057
49 George Washington University 4 0% $71,930
50 Harvard University 3 0% $71,650
51 Morgan State University 3 0% $24,101
52 Saint Louis University 3 0% $61,018
53 University of Arizona 3 0% $29,217
54 University of Pennsylvania 3 0% $74,408
55 Canisius College 3 0% $42,288
56 Medical College of Wisconsin 3 5% N/A
57 Wheaton College 3 1% $68,050
58 University of St Thomas 3 0% $47,646
59 New York University 3 0% $73,566
60 University of Delaware 3 0% $29,342
61 Saint Edward's University 2 0% $61,670
62 North Carolina State University at Raleigh 2 0% $23,977
63 St Bonaventure University 2 0% $49,136
64 Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai 2 1% N/A
65 New Mexico State University-Main Campus 2 0% $21,380
66 Pacific University 2 0% $59,490
67 University of Arkansas at Little Rock 2 0% $24,073
68 Ramapo College of New Jersey 2 0% $31,572
69 University of the Sciences 2 0% $45,638
70 Gannon University 2 0% $48,464
71 University of California-Los Angeles 2 0% $34,620
72 University of Idaho 2 0% $21,350
73 Kettering University 2 0% $60,427
74 The University of Texas at Dallas 1 0% $29,286
75 Indiana University-Bloomington 1 0% $24,779
76 Michigan Technological University 1 0% $29,969
77 University of Georgia 1 0% $26,688
78 Bowling Green State University-Main Campus 1 0% $24,915
79 Walsh University 1 0% $44,236
80 California State University-San Bernardino 1 0% $23,878
81 Rowan University 1 0% $32,099
82 The University of Montana 1 0% $20,966
83 Johns Hopkins University 1 0% $71,901
84 George Mason University 1 0% $30,284

This list indicates the number of students that completed the Bioinformatics program at the schools above.
It is not necessarily an indicator of academic rigor or quality of education.
Note that some schools do not have enough data to be ranked, and these schools will not appear in our lists.