by our College Data Analytics Team
When pursuing a degree in today’s world, students have many different options to choose from. One of our goals at College Factual is to give you as much information as we can - such as our “Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Bioinformatics Major in the Southeast Region” ranking - to help you make that decision.
Bioinformatics is the 397th most popular major in the country with 1,140 degrees awarded in 2021-2022.
Across the Southeast region, there were 177 bioinformatics graduates with average earnings and debt of $0 and $0 respectively. At the master’s degree level specifically, there were 80 bioinformatics graduates with average earnings and debt of $55,462 and $43,311 respectively.
For this year’s “Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Bioinformatics Major in the Southeast Region” ranking, we looked at 13 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 southeast region master’s degree bioinformatics students.
Out of the 13 schools in the Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Bioinformatics Major in the Southeast Region that were part of this year’s ranking, Mississippi Valley State University landed the #1 spot on the list. Located in Itta Bena, Mississippi, this small public school awarded 7 diplomas to qualified masters’s bioinformatics students in 2021-2022.
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You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Georgia Institute of Technology - Main Campus. It ranked #2 on our 2023 Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Bioinformatics Major in the Southeast Region list. Georgia Tech is a large public school situated in Atlanta, Georgia. It awarded 24 masters’s bioinformatics degrees in 2021-2022.
The school has an impressive undergrad student loan default rate. It’s only 0.4%, 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.
You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend University of North Carolina at Charlotte. The school came in at #3 for the Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Bioinformatics Major in the Southeast Region. Charlotte, North Carolina is the setting for this large institution of higher learning. The public school handed out masters’s bioinformatics degrees to 15 students in 2021-2022.
The school has an impressive undergrad student loan default rate. It’s only 1.7%, 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 85%.
Out of the 13 schools in the Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Bioinformatics Major in the Southeast Region that were part of this year’s ranking, University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences landed the #4 spot on the list. Little Rock, Arkansas is the setting for this small institution of higher learning. The public school handed out masters’s bioinformatics degrees to 2 students in 2021-2022.
The school has an impressive undergrad student loan default rate. It’s only 0.4%, which is much lower than the national rate of 10.1%.
You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend Virginia Commonwealth University. The school came in at #5 for the Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Bioinformatics Major in the Southeast Region. VCU is a large school located in Richmond, Virginia that handed out 9 masters’s bioinformatics degrees in 2021-2022.
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%.
North Carolina State University did quite well in the 2023 Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Bioinformatics Major in the Southeast Region ranking, coming in at #6. North Carolina State University is located in Raleigh, North Carolina and, has a large student population. In 2021-2022, this school awarded 2 masters’s bioinformatics degrees to qualified students.
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 1.0%, which is much lower than the national rate of 10.1%.
With a ranking of #7, Vanderbilt University did quite well on the 2023 Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Bioinformatics Major in the Southeast Region list. Vanderbilt is a private not-for-profit institution located in Nashville, Tennessee. The school has a fairly large population, and it awarded 4 masters’s degrees in 2021-2022.
The undergrad student loan default rate at the school is 0.5%, which is quite low when compared to the national default rate of 10.1%. The school has an excellent freshman retention rate of 97%, which means students like the school well enough to return for a second year. The impressive undergraduate student-to-faculty ratio of 8 to 1 means that students may have more opportunities to work more closely with their professors than they would at other schools.
With a ranking of #8, University of Arkansas at Little Rock did quite well on the 2023 Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Bioinformatics Major in the Southeast Region list. Little Rock, Arkansas is the setting for this medium-sized institution of higher learning. The public school handed out masters’s bioinformatics degrees to 1 students in 2021-2022.
The low undergrad student loan default rate of 0.8% 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%.
University of South Florida - Main Campus did quite well in the 2023 Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Bioinformatics Major in the Southeast Region ranking, coming in at #9. USF Tampa is a large public school situated in Tampa, Florida. It awarded 9 masters’s bioinformatics degrees in 2021-2022.
The school has an impressive undergrad student loan default rate. It’s only 1.2%, 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 90%.
With a ranking of #10, University of Georgia did quite well on the 2023 Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Bioinformatics Major in the Southeast Region list. UGA is a public institution located in Athens, Georgia. The school has a large population, and it awarded 2 masters’s 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%. With a freshman retention rate of 95%, the school does an excellent job of retaining its undergraduate students.
University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill ranked #11 on this year’s Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Bioinformatics Major in the Southeast Region list. University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill is a public institution located in Chapel Hill, North Carolina. The school has a large population, and it awarded 6 masters’s degrees in 2021-2022.
With a freshman retention rate of 97%, the school does an excellent job of retaining its undergraduate students. The low undergrad student loan default rate of 0.9% 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%.
George Mason University ranked #12 on this year’s Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Bioinformatics Major in the Southeast Region list. Fairfax, Virginia is the setting for this large institution of higher learning. The public school handed out masters’s bioinformatics degrees to 1 students 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%.
Christian Brothers University landed the #13 spot on the 2023 Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Bioinformatics Major in the Southeast Region ranking. Memphis, Tennessee is the setting for this small institution of higher learning. The private not-for-profit school handed out masters’s bioinformatics degrees to 0 students in 2021-2022.
The low undergrad student loan default rate of 3.1% 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%.
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