2022 Most Popular Doctor's Degree Colleges for Bioinformatics in California

Bioinformatics is above average in terms of popularity with it being the #135 most popular doctor's degree program in the country. As a result, there are many colleges that offer the degree, making your choice of school a hard one.

In 2022, College Factual analyzed 4 schools in order to identify the top ones for its Most Popular Doctor's Degree Colleges for Bioinformatics in California ranking. When you put them all together, these colleges and universities awarded 42 doctor's degrees in bioinformatics during the 2019-2020 academic year.

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Choosing a Great Bioinformatics School for Your Doctor's Degree

Your choice of school for getting your doctor's degree in bioinformatics matters. As an aid in helping you pick the right school for you, we created our Most Popular Doctor's Degree Colleges for Bioinformatics in California ranking.

A high popularity ranking isn't always a sign that a school has a great overall quality ranking for bioinformatics, but it does mean that many students are choosing the school for some reason. Sometimes this is because the school offers a great educational experience, it is a good value, or it is highly focused on the program.

More Ways to Rank Bioinformatics Schools

This is not our only ranking, nor the only degree level we have ranked. In addition to this ranking, you may want to take at the rankings for different degree levels as called out above. You can also narrow your search by location by filtering for a certain area of the country. On top of that, you can visit our other rankings for bioinformatics.

Most Popular Schools for Doctorate Students to Study Bioinformatics in California

The following list ranks the most popular colleges and universities for pursuing a doctor's degree in bioinformatics.

Most Well Attended Schools for Bioinformatics Students Working on Their Doctorate

1

University of California - San Diego
La Jolla, CA

19 Annual Doctor's Degrees

#2 Best Quality In CA

Doctor's Degree Highest Degree Type

You'll be surrounded by many like-minded peers at University of California - San Diego if you wish to pursue a doctor's degree in bioinformatics. UCSD is a very large public university located in the large city of La Jolla. This isn't the only ranking where the school placed. It's also #2 in quality for doctor's degrees in bioinformatics in California.

There were about 19 bioinformatics individuals who graduated with this degree at UCSD in the most recent year we have data available.

More information about a doctorate in bioinformatics from University of California - San Diego

2

University of California - Los Angeles
Los Angeles, CA

12 Annual Doctor's Degrees

#1 Best Quality In CA

Doctor's Degree Highest Degree Type

University of California - Los Angeles is one of the most popular schools in the United States for getting a doctor's degree in bioinformatics. Located in the city of Los Angeles, UCLA is a public university with a fairly large student population. You also may be intersted to know that the school ranks #1 in quality for doctor's degrees in bioinformatics in California.

There were approximately 12 bioinformatics students who graduated with this degree at UCLA in the most recent year we have data available.

More information about a doctorate in bioinformatics from University of California - Los Angeles

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University of California - Santa Cruz
Santa Cruz, CA

8 Annual Doctor's Degrees

#3 Best Quality In CA

Doctor's Degree Highest Degree Type

University of California - Santa Cruz is one of the most popular schools in the country for getting a doctor's degree in bioinformatics. UC Santa Cruz is a fairly large public university located in the city of Santa Cruz. Potential students might also be interested to know that the school ranks #3 in quality for doctor's degrees in bioinformatics in California.

There were roughly 8 bioinformatics students who graduated with this degree at UC Santa Cruz in the most recent data year.

More information about a doctorate in bioinformatics from University of California - Santa Cruz

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University of California - Riverside
Riverside, CA

3 Annual Doctor's Degrees

#4 Best Quality In CA

Doctor's Degree Highest Degree Type

Every student who is interested in a doctor's degree in bioinformatics needs to take a look at University of California - Riverside. Located in the large city of Riverside, UCR is a public university with a very large student population. You also may be intersted to know that the school ranks #4 in quality for doctor's degrees in bioinformatics in California.

There were roughly 3 bioinformatics individuals who graduated with this degree at UCR in the most recent data year.

More information about a doctorate in bioinformatics from University of California - Riverside

Best Bioinformatics Colleges in the Far Western US Region

Explore all the Most Popular Bioinformatics Colleges in the Far Western US Area or other specific states within that region.

State	Colleges	Degrees Awarded
Oregon	135	1

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Bioinformatics Related Rankings by Major

Bioinformatics is one of 4 different types of Biomathematics & Bioinformatics programs to choose from.

Most Popular Related Majors

Related Major	Annual Graduates
Biostatistics	12
Computational Biology	12
Biomathematics	7

Notes and References

• The bars on the spread charts above show the distribution of the schools on this list +/- one standard deviation from the mean.
• 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).
• Credit for the banner image above goes to Pixabay. More about our data sources and methodologies.