2024 Best Value Bachelor's Degree Colleges for Bioinformatics in Illinois
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212,160Bachelor's Degrees
$42,422Avg Cost*
Finding the Best Value Bioinformatics School for You
Bioinformatics is the #264 most popular major in Illinois with 212,160 bachelor's degrees awarded in 2021-2022. This means that colleges and universities in the state were responsible for awarding 3.9% of all the bioinformatics bachelor's degrees in the country.
When talking about the 'best value', we do not simply mean those with the lowest price. Instead, we are looking at those bioinformatics schools that offer a high quality educational experience at a price lower than expected.
When calculating average cost, we take tuition, fees, room and board, books and supplies, and other related expenses into account. We then subtract the average financial aid award. The is meant to give you an idea of how much money you'll need to pay out-of-pocket through loans, external scholarships, or other methods. Your cost may be different from the average one, depending on your income and other factors.
The bioinformatics 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 the Best Value Bioinformatics Schools.
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2024 Best Value Bioinformatics School in Illinois
The following school tops our list of the Best Bioinformatics Colleges for the Money.
Loyola University Chicago earned the #1 spot in our 2024 rankings. Located in the city of Chicago, Loyola Chicago is a private not-for-profit college with a large student population. Loyola Chicago also made our Best Bioinformatics Schools in Illinois list, coming in at #2.
It takes the average student at Loyola Chicago about 4.1 years to graduate, and the estimated yearly cost for the school is $42,422. Putting this cost and the average time to graduate together, we find that the average amount you’ll pay to get a bachelor’s degree from Loyola Chicago is $175,203. Graduating sooner can prevent you from having to pay more money out of pocket.
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 the rest 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).
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