2023 Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Bioinformatics Major in Georgia

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Bioinformatics is the 397th most popular major in the country with 1,140 degrees awarded in 2021-2022.

Across Georgia, there were 43 bioinformatics graduates with average earnings and debt of $0 and $0 respectively. At the master’s degree level specifically, there were 26 bioinformatics graduates with average earnings and debt of $56,682 and $44,244 respectively.

For this year’s “Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Bioinformatics Major in Georgia” ranking, we looked at 2 colleges that offer a degree in bioinformatics. That schools that top this list have a program in bioinformatics in which the largest percentage of students at the school are enrolled.

For more information, check out our ranking methodology.

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Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Bioinformatics Major in Georgia

The following schools top our list of the Best “Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Bioinformatics Major in Georgia”.

Top 2 Most Focused Master’s Degree Colleges for Bioinformatics in Georgia

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Georgia Institute of Technology - Main Campus
Atlanta, Georgia

#1 overall quality in Georgia

Out of the 2 schools in the Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Bioinformatics Major in Georgia that were part of this year’s ranking, Georgia Institute of Technology - Main Campus landed the #1 spot on the list. This large school is located in Atlanta, Georgia, and it awarded 24 masters’s bioinformatics degrees in 2021-2022.

Students who start out at the school are likely to stick around. The freshman retention rate is 97%. The low undergrad student loan default rate of 0.4% 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%.

Read full report on Bioinformatics at Georgia Tech

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University of Georgia
Athens, Georgia

#3 overall quality in Georgia

Out of the 2 schools in the Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Bioinformatics Major in Georgia that were part of this year’s ranking, University of Georgia landed the #2 spot on the list. This large school is located in Athens, Georgia, and it awarded 2 masters’s bioinformatics degrees in 2021-2022.

The school has an impressive undergrad student loan default rate. It’s only 0.8%, which is much lower than the national rate of 10.1%. The school has an excellent freshman retention rate of 95%, which means students like the school well enough to return for a second year.

Read full report on Bioinformatics at UGA

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

• *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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