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When it comes to choosing a college, students have a lot of options - but not all of them are good. College Factual was founded, in part, to help students make the decision as to what would be the best school for them. Our “Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Bioinformatics Major in the Plains States Region” ranking is part of that endeavor.
In 2021-2022, 1,140 people earned their degree in bioinformatics, making the major the 397th most popular in the United States.
Across the Plains States region, there were 74 bioinformatics graduates with average earnings and debt of $0 and $0 respectively. At the master’s degree level specifically, there were 31 bioinformatics graduates with average earnings and debt of $56,858 and $37,352 respectively.
This year’s “Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Bioinformatics Major in the Plains States Region” ranking analyzed 6 colleges that offered 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 plains states region master’s degree bioinformatics students.
Out of the 6 schools in the Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Bioinformatics Major in the Plains States Region that were part of this year’s ranking, Saint Louis University landed the #1 spot on the list. Saint Louis University is a private not-for-profit institution located in Saint Louis, Missouri. The school has a fairly large population, and it awarded 13 masters’s degrees in 2021-2022.
Students who start out at the school are likely to stick around. The freshman retention rate is 89%. The undergraduate student-to-faculty ratio of 9 to 1 is a sign that students will have more opportunities to engage with their professors one-on-one. 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%.
Read more about Bioinformatics at Saint Louis University
You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend University of Minnesota - Twin Cities. The school came in at #2 for the Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Bioinformatics Major in the Plains States Region. This large school is located in Minneapolis, Minnesota, and it awarded 12 masters’s bioinformatics degrees in 2021-2022.
With a freshman retention rate of 92%, the school does an excellent job of retaining its undergraduate students. 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 University of Minnesota - Twin Cities Bioinformatics Report
Out of the 6 schools in the Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Bioinformatics Major in the Plains States Region that were part of this year’s ranking, Iowa State University landed the #3 spot on the list. Located in Ames, Iowa, this large public school handed out 1 degrees to qualified masters’s bioinformatics students in 2021-2022.
With a freshman retention rate of 88%, the school does an excellent job of retaining its undergraduate students. The undergrad student loan default rate at the school is 0.7%, which is quite low when compared to the national default rate of 10.1%.
Full Iowa State Bioinformatics Report
Out of the 6 schools in the Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Bioinformatics Major in the Plains States Region that were part of this year’s ranking, University of Iowa landed the #4 spot on the list. University of Iowa is a large school located in Iowa City, Iowa that handed out 2 masters’s bioinformatics degrees in 2021-2022.
The school has an excellent freshman retention rate of 88%, which means students like the school well enough to return for a second year. The undergrad student loan default rate at the school is 1.2%, which is quite low when compared to the national default rate of 10.1%.
Read more about Bioinformatics at University of Iowa
Out of the 6 schools in the Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Bioinformatics Major in the Plains States Region that were part of this year’s ranking, University of Missouri - Kansas City landed the #5 spot on the list. This fairly large school is located in Kansas City, Missouri, and it awarded 0 masters’s bioinformatics degrees in 2021-2022.
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%.
Read full report on Bioinformatics at UMKC
