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2022 Best Value Bachelor’s Degree Colleges for Bioinformatics (Income $75-$110k) in the Middle Atlantic Region

10 Ranked Colleges
105 Degrees Awarded
$26,300 Avg Net Price*
Best Value Bioinformatics Schools for a Bachelor's in the Middle Atlantic Region For Those Making $75-$110k

When it comes to choosing a college, students have a lot of options - but not all of them are good. One of our goals at College Factual is to give you as much information as we can - such as our “Best Value Bioinformatics Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Middle Atlantic Region For Those Making $75-$110k” ranking - to help you make that decision.

Bioinformatics is the 446th most popular major in the country with 1,100 degrees awarded in 2019-2020.

Across the Middle Atlantic region, there were 248 bioinformatics graduates with average earnings and debt of $0 and $0 respectively. At the bachelor’s degree level specifically, there were 105 bioinformatics graduates with average earnings and debt of $39,278 and $24,587 respectively.

For this year’s “Best Value Bioinformatics Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Middle Atlantic Region For Those Making $75-$110k” ranking, we looked at 10 colleges that offer a degree in bioinformatics. The schools that top this list are recognized because they have great bioinformatics programs and cost less that schools of similar quality.

Some of the factors we look at when determining these rankings are overall quality of the bioinformatics program at the school and the cost of the school after aid is awarded among other things. For more information, check out our ranking methodology.

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Best Value Bioinformatics Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Middle Atlantic Region For Those Making $75-$110k

The following schools top our list of the Best Best Value Bioinformatics Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Middle Atlantic Region For Those Making $75-$110k.

Top 10 Best Value Bachelor’s Degree Colleges for Bioinformatics (Income $75-$110k) in the Middle Atlantic Region

#1

Juniata College

Huntingdon, Pennsylvania
#5 in overall quality

You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend Juniata College. The school came in at #1 for the Best Value Bioinformatics Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Middle Atlantic Region For Those Making $75-$110k. Huntingdon, Pennsylvania is the setting for this small institution of higher learning. The private not-for-profit school handed out bachelors’s bioinformatics degrees to 1 students in 2019-2020.

Juniata also took the #5 spot in our “Best Bioinformatics Bachelor’s Degree Schools in the Middle Atlantic Region” ranking. The estimated yearly cost for Juniata College is $23,491 for Middle Atlantic Region Bachelor’s Degree Bioinformatics students whose families make $75-$110k.

The student loan default rate at the school is 3.1%, which is quite low when compared to the national default rate of 10.1%. The school has an excellent freshman retention rate of 85%, which means students like the school well enough to return for a second year.

Full Juniata College Bioinformatics Report

#2

Saint Vincent College

Latrobe, Pennsylvania
#2 in overall quality

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Saint Vincent College. It ranked #2 on our 2022 Best Value Bioinformatics Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Middle Atlantic Region For Those Making $75-$110k list. Latrobe, Pennsylvania is the setting for this small institution of higher learning. The private not-for-profit school handed out bachelors’s bioinformatics degrees to 6 students in 2019-2020.

Saint Vincent also took the #2 spot in our “Best Bioinformatics Bachelor’s Degree Schools in the Middle Atlantic Region” ranking. The estimated yearly cost for Saint Vincent College is $19,436 for Middle Atlantic Region Bachelor’s Degree Bioinformatics students whose families make $75-$110k.

The student loan default rate at the school is 3.7%, which is quite low when compared to the national default rate of 10.1%.

Read more about Bioinformatics at Saint Vincent College

#3

University at Buffalo

Buffalo, New York
#8 in overall quality

Out of the 10 schools in the Best Value Bioinformatics Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Middle Atlantic Region For Those Making $75-$110k that were part of this year’s ranking, University at Buffalo landed the #3 spot on the list. This large school is located in Buffalo, New York, and it awarded 2 bachelors’s bioinformatics degrees in 2019-2020.

University at Buffalo also took the #8 spot in our “Best Bioinformatics Bachelor’s Degree Schools in the Middle Atlantic Region” ranking. The estimated yearly cost for University at Buffalo is $21,081 for Middle Atlantic Region Bachelor’s Degree Bioinformatics students whose families make $75-$110k.

Students who start out at the school are likely to stick around. The freshman retention rate is 87%. The low student loan default rate of 3.3% is a good sign that students have an easier time paying off their loans than they might at other schools. For comparison, the national default rate is 10.1%.

Full University at Buffalo Bioinformatics Report

#4

Ramapo College of New Jersey

Mahwah, New Jersey
#3 in overall quality

You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend Ramapo College of New Jersey. The school came in at #4 for the Best Value Bioinformatics Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Middle Atlantic Region For Those Making $75-$110k. Ramapo College of New Jersey is located in Mahwah, New Jersey and, has a medium-sized student population. In 2019-2020, this school awarded 10 bachelors’s bioinformatics degrees to qualified students.

Ramapo College also took the #3 spot in our “Best Bioinformatics Bachelor’s Degree Schools in the Middle Atlantic Region” ranking. It costs about $26,052 for Middle Atlantic Region Bachelor’s Degree Bioinformatics students whose families make $75-$110k per year to attend Ramapo College.

The student loan default rate at the school is 4.1%, which is quite low when compared to the national default rate of 10.1%. With a freshman retention rate of 85%, the school does an excellent job of retaining its students.

Read more about Bioinformatics at Ramapo College of New Jersey

#5

Canisius College

Buffalo, New York
#10 in overall quality

Out of the 10 schools in the Best Value Bioinformatics Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Middle Atlantic Region For Those Making $75-$110k that were part of this year’s ranking, Canisius College landed the #5 spot on the list. Buffalo, New York is the setting for this small institution of higher learning. The private not-for-profit school handed out bachelors’s bioinformatics degrees to 1 students in 2019-2020.

Canisius did well in our major quality rankings, too. It placed #10 on our “Best Bioinformatics Bachelor’s Degree Schools in the Middle Atlantic Region” list. The yearly cost to attend Canisius College is $24,447 for Middle Atlantic Region Bachelor’s Degree Bioinformatics students whose families make $75-$110k.

Read full report on Bioinformatics at Canisius College

#9 in overall quality

University of Maryland - Baltimore County did quite well in the 2022 Best Value Bioinformatics Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Middle Atlantic Region For Those Making $75-$110k ranking, coming in at #6. UMBC is a fairly large school located in Baltimore, Maryland that handed out 5 bachelors’s bioinformatics degrees in 2019-2020.

UMBC also made our “Best Bioinformatics Bachelor’s Degree Schools in the Middle Atlantic Region” list, coming in at #9. The yearly cost to attend UMBC is $23,922 for Middle Atlantic Region Bachelor’s Degree Bioinformatics students whose families make $75-$110k.

The student loan default rate at the school is 4.3%, which is quite low when compared to the national default rate of 10.1%. With a freshman retention rate of 87%, the school does an excellent job of retaining its students.

Read more about Bioinformatics at University of Maryland - Baltimore County

#1 in overall quality

Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute ranked #7 on this year’s Best Value Bioinformatics Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Middle Atlantic Region For Those Making $75-$110k list. Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute is a medium-sized school located in Troy, New York that handed out 7 bachelors’s bioinformatics degrees in 2019-2020.

As a testament to the quality of education offered at RPI, the school also landed the #1 spot in our “Best Bioinformatics Bachelor’s Degree Schools in the Middle Atlantic Region” ranking. The yearly cost to attend Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute is $34,046 for middle atlantic region bachelor’s degree bioinformatics students whose families make $75-$110k.

The school has an excellent freshman retention rate of 91%, which means students like the school well enough to return for a second year. The student loan default rate at the school is 0.5%, which is quite low when compared to the national default rate of 10.1%.

Read full report on Bioinformatics at Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute

#4 in overall quality

University of Pittsburgh - Pittsburgh Campus came in at #8 in this year’s edition of the Best Value Bioinformatics Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Middle Atlantic Region For Those Making $75-$110k ranking. Pitt is located in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania and, has a large student population. In 2019-2020, this school awarded 17 bachelors’s bioinformatics degrees to qualified students.

In addition to being on our middle atlantic region bachelor’s degree bioinformatics students whose families make $75-$110k list, Pitt has also earned the #4 rank in our “Best Bioinformatics Bachelor’s Degree Schools in the Middle Atlantic Region” ranking. The estimated yearly cost for University of Pittsburgh - Pittsburgh Campus is $28,358 for Middle Atlantic Region Bachelor’s Degree Bioinformatics students whose families make $75-$110k.

Students who start out at the school are likely to stick around. The freshman retention rate is 93%. The school has an impressive student loan default rate. It’s only 3.5%, which is much lower than the national rate of 10.1%.

Read more about Bioinformatics at University of Pittsburgh - Pittsburgh Campus

#9

Rowan University

Glassboro, New Jersey
#7 in overall quality

Rowan University did quite well in the 2022 Best Value Bioinformatics Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Middle Atlantic Region For Those Making $75-$110k ranking, coming in at #9. This fairly large school is located in Glassboro, New Jersey, and it awarded 5 bachelors’s bioinformatics degrees in 2019-2020.

In addition to being on our middle atlantic region bachelor’s degree bioinformatics students whose families make $75-$110k list, Rowan has also earned the #7 rank in our “Best Bioinformatics Bachelor’s Degree Schools in the Middle Atlantic Region” ranking. It costs about $29,673 for Middle Atlantic Region Bachelor’s Degree Bioinformatics students whose families make $75-$110k per year to attend Rowan.

Read more about Bioinformatics at Rowan

#10

Rochester Institute of Technology

Rochester, New York
#6 in overall quality

Rochester Institute of Technology ranked #10 on this year’s Best Value Bioinformatics Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Middle Atlantic Region For Those Making $75-$110k list. RIT is a fairly large school located in Rochester, New York that handed out 9 bachelors’s bioinformatics degrees in 2019-2020.

RIT did well in our major quality rankings, too. It placed #6 on our “Best Bioinformatics Bachelor’s Degree Schools in the Middle Atlantic Region” list. It costs about $32,287 for middle atlantic region bachelor’s degree bioinformatics students whose families make $75-$110k per year to attend RIT.

The school has an excellent freshman retention rate of 86%, which means students like the school well enough to return for a second year. The student loan default rate at the school is 3.3%, which is quite low when compared to the national default rate of 10.1%.

Read more about Bioinformatics at Rochester Institute of Technology

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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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