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When it comes to choosing a college, students have a lot of options - but not all of them are good. Our mission at College Factual is to arm you with as much information as we can to help you make that decision. Our “Best Value Bioinformatics Schools in Missouri For Those Making $48-$75k” ranking is one tool we have developed to help in this regard.
Bioinformatics is the 397th most popular major in the country with 1,156 degrees awarded in 2020-2021.
Across Missouri, there were 16 bioinformatics graduates with average earnings and debt of $0 and $0 respectively.
This year’s “Best Value Bioinformatics Schools in Missouri For Those Making $48-$75k” ranking looked at 2 colleges that offer degrees in a bachelor’s in bioinformatics. Not only do the schools that top this list have excellent bioinformatics programs, but they also cost less that schools of similar quality.
To come up with these rankings, we looked at factors such as the cost to attend the school after aid is awarded and overall quality of the bioinformatics program at the school. See our ranking methodology to learn more.
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Since picking the right college can be one of the most important decisions of your life, we’ve developed the “Best Value Bioinformatics Schools in Missouri For Those Making $48-$75k” ranking, along with many other major-related rankings, to help you make that decision.
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The following schools top our list of the Best Best Value Bioinformatics Schools in Missouri For Those Making $48-$75k.
You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Washington University in St Louis. It ranked #1 on our 2023 Best Value Bioinformatics Schools in Missouri For Those Making $48-$75k list. WUSTL is a fairly large school located in Saint Louis, Missouri that handed out 6 ’s bioinformatics degrees in 2020-2021.
WUSTL did well in our major quality rankings, too. It placed #1 on our “Best Bioinformatics Schools in Missouri” list. It costs about $8,149 for Missouri Bioinformatics students whose families make $48-$75k per year to attend WUSTL.
Students who start out at the school are likely to stick around. The freshman retention rate is 94%. The school has an impressive undergrad student loan default rate. It’s only 1.1%, which is much lower than the national rate of 10.1%. The undergraduate student-to-faculty ratio of 7 to 1 is a sign that students will have more opportunities to engage with their professors one-on-one.
Read more about Bioinformatics at WUSTL
You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend Saint Louis University. The school came in at #2 for the Best Value Bioinformatics Schools in Missouri For Those Making $48-$75k. Located in Saint Louis, Missouri, this fairly large private not-for-profit school awarded 6 degrees to qualified ’s bioinformatics students in 2020-2021.
SLU also made our “Best Bioinformatics Schools in Missouri” list, coming in at #2. The yearly cost to attend Saint Louis University is $19,225 for Missouri Bioinformatics students whose families make $48-$75k.
The school has an excellent freshman retention rate of 90%, which means students like the school well enough to return for a second year. The undergraduate student-to-faculty ratio of 9 to 1 is a sign that students will have more opportunities to engage with their professors one-on-one. The school has an impressive undergrad student loan default rate. It’s only 2.3%, which is much lower than the national rate of 10.1%.
Read more about Bioinformatics at Saint Louis University
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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
- *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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