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Students have lots of options to chooose from today when trying to decide which college to attend. College Factual was founded, in part, to help students make the decision as to what would be the best school for them. Our “Schools Highly Focused on Bioinformatics Major in the Far Western US Region” ranking is part of that endeavor.
Bioinformatics is the 397th most popular major in the country with 1,140 degrees awarded in 2021-2022.
Across the Far Western US region, there were 214 bioinformatics graduates with average earnings and debt of $0 and $0 respectively.
For this year’s “Schools Highly Focused on Bioinformatics Major in the Far Western US Region” ranking, we looked at 12 colleges that offer a degree in bioinformatics. The colleges and universities that top this list are recognized because their bioinformatics program is one of the largest majors offered at the school.
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The colleges and universities below are the best for far western us region bioinformatics students.
Out of the 12 schools in the Schools Highly Focused on Bioinformatics Major in the Far Western US Region that were part of this year’s ranking, Oregon Health & Science University landed the #1 spot on the list. This small school is located in Portland, Oregon, and it awarded 7 ’s bioinformatics degrees in 2021-2022.
The impressive undergraduate student-to-faculty ratio of 10 to 1 means that students may have more opportunities to work more closely with their professors than they would at other schools. The school has an impressive undergrad student loan default rate. It’s only 0.2%, which is much lower than the national rate of 10.1%.
Full Oregon Health & Science University Bioinformatics Report
You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend University of California - Santa Cruz. The school came in at #2 for the Schools Highly Focused on Bioinformatics Major in the Far Western US Region. Santa Cruz, California is the setting for this fairly large institution of higher learning. The public school handed out ’s bioinformatics degrees to 58 students in 2021-2022.
The school has an excellent freshman retention rate of 89%, which means students like the school well enough to return for a second year. The school has an impressive undergrad student loan default rate. It’s only 1.3%, which is much lower than the national rate of 10.1%.
Read full report on Bioinformatics at University of California - Santa Cruz
Out of the 12 schools in the Schools Highly Focused on Bioinformatics Major in the Far Western US Region that were part of this year’s ranking, University of California - San Diego landed the #3 spot on the list. University of California - San Diego is a large school located in La Jolla, California that handed out 81 ’s bioinformatics degrees in 2021-2022.
The school has an impressive undergrad student loan default rate. It’s only 0.6%, which is much lower than the national rate of 10.1%. Students who start out at the school are likely to stick around. The freshman retention rate is 95%.
Full UCSD Bioinformatics Report
You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Pacific University. It ranked #4 on our 2023 Schools Highly Focused on Bioinformatics Major in the Far Western US Region list. Pacific University is a small school located in Forest Grove, Oregon that handed out 1 ’s bioinformatics degrees in 2021-2022.
The school has an impressive undergrad student loan default rate. It’s only 0.5%, which is much lower than the national rate of 10.1%. The impressive undergraduate student-to-faculty ratio of 10 to 1 means that students may have more opportunities to work more closely with their professors than they would at other schools.
Read full report on Bioinformatics at Pacific University
You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend University of California - Riverside. It ranked #5 on our 2023 Schools Highly Focused on Bioinformatics Major in the Far Western US Region list. UCR is a large school located in Riverside, California that handed out 1 ’s bioinformatics degrees in 2021-2022.
The undergrad student loan default rate at the school is 0.8%, which is quite low when compared to the national default rate of 10.1%. The school has an excellent freshman retention rate of 88%, which means students like the school well enough to return for a second year.
Full UCR Bioinformatics Report
University of Southern California did quite well in the 2023 Schools Highly Focused on Bioinformatics Major in the Far Western US Region ranking, coming in at #6. Located in Los Angeles, California, this large private not-for-profit school handed out 24 degrees to qualified ’s bioinformatics students in 2021-2022.
Since the school has a undergrad student-to-faculty ratio of 9 to 1, those pursuing a degree will have more opportunities to interact with their professors. With a freshman retention rate of 96%, the school does an excellent job of retaining its undergraduate students. The school has an impressive undergrad student loan default rate. It’s only 0.5%, which is much lower than the national rate of 10.1%.
Read full report on Bioinformatics at University of Southern California
With a ranking of #7, San Diego State University did quite well on the 2023 Schools Highly Focused on Bioinformatics Major in the Far Western US Region list. Located in San Diego, California, this large public school awarded 9 degrees to qualified ’s bioinformatics students in 2021-2022.
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%. With a freshman retention rate of 90%, the school does an excellent job of retaining its undergraduate students.
Read full report on Bioinformatics at SDSU
With a ranking of #8, University of California - Los Angeles did quite well on the 2023 Schools Highly Focused on Bioinformatics Major in the Far Western US Region list. Los Angeles, California is the setting for this large institution of higher learning. The public school handed out ’s bioinformatics degrees to 19 students in 2021-2022.
The school has an impressive undergrad student loan default rate. It’s only 0.7%, which is much lower than the national rate of 10.1%. With a freshman retention rate of 97%, the school does an excellent job of retaining its undergraduate students.
Full University of California - Los Angeles Bioinformatics Report
San Jose State University landed the #9 spot on the 2023 Schools Highly Focused on Bioinformatics Major in the Far Western US Region ranking. San Jose State University is located in San Jose, California and, has a large student population. In 2021-2022, this school awarded 9 ’s bioinformatics degrees to qualified students.
With a freshman retention rate of 89%, the school does an excellent job of retaining its undergraduate students. The undergrad student loan default rate at the school is 0.9%, which is quite low when compared to the national default rate of 10.1%.
Read full report on Bioinformatics at San Jose State University
With a ranking of #10, California State University - San Bernardino did quite well on the 2023 Schools Highly Focused on Bioinformatics Major in the Far Western US Region list. California State University - San Bernardino is located in San Bernardino, California and, has a fairly large student population. In 2021-2022, this school awarded 2 ’s bioinformatics degrees to qualified students.
The undergrad student loan default rate at the school is 1.8%, which is quite low when compared to the national default rate of 10.1%.
Read full report on Bioinformatics at California State University - San Bernardino
With a ranking of #11, Whitworth University did quite well on the 2023 Schools Highly Focused on Bioinformatics Major in the Far Western US Region list. Whitworth University is a private not-for-profit institution located in Spokane, Washington. The school has a small population, and it awarded 0 ’s degrees in 2021-2022.
The undergrad student loan default rate at the school is 0.6%, which is quite low when compared to the national default rate of 10.1%.
Full Whitworth Bioinformatics Report
University of California - Irvine came in at #11 in this year’s edition of the Schools Highly Focused on Bioinformatics Major in the Far Western US Region ranking. Located in Irvine, California, this large public school awarded 0 degrees to qualified ’s bioinformatics students in 2021-2022.
The low undergrad student loan default rate of 0.6% 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%. The school has an excellent freshman retention rate of 93%, which means students like the school well enough to return for a second year.
Full UC Irvine Bioinformatics Report
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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
- *Avg Salary and Avg 4-Year Grad Rate 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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