3
Ranked Colleges
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Degrees Awarded
$39,200
Avg Cost*
When it comes to choosing a college, veterans have a lot of options - but not all of them are good. College Factual has developed its “Most Veteran Friendly in the Far Western US Region for Bioinformatics for a Bachelor’s” ranking as one item you can use to help make this decision.
In 2020-2021, 1,156 people earned their degree in bioinformatics, making the major the 397th most popular in the United States.
Across the Far Western US region, there were 200 bioinformatics graduates with average earnings and debt of $0 and $0 respectively. At the bachelor’s degree level specifically, there were 107 bioinformatics graduates with average earnings and debt of $39,720 and $23,024 respectively.
For this year’s “Most Veteran Friendly in the Far Western US Region for Bioinformatics for a Bachelor’s” ranking, we looked at 3 colleges that offer a degree in bioinformatics. Not only do the schools that top this list have excellent bioinformatics programs, but they also offer a lot of support to veterans and active service members.
To come up with these rankings, we looked at factors such as veteran satisfaction, veteran affordability, and overall quality of the bioinformatics program at the school. See our ranking methodology to learn more.
When choosing the right school for you, it’s important to arm yourself with all the facts you can. To that end, we’ve created a number of major-specific rankings, including this “Most Veteran Friendly in the Far Western US Region for Bioinformatics for a Bachelor’s” list to help you make the college decision.
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The colleges and universities below are the best for far western us region bachelor’s degree vets studying bioinformatics.
Out of the 3 schools in the Most Veteran Friendly in the Far Western US Region for Bioinformatics for a Bachelor’s that were part of this year’s ranking, University of California - San Diego landed the #1 spot on the list. University of California - San Diego is a large public school situated in La Jolla, California. It awarded 66 bachelors’s bioinformatics degrees in 2020-2021.
UCSD not only placed well in this ranking. It is also #1 on our “Best Bioinformatics Bachelor’s Degree Schools in the Far Western US Region” list.Our most recent data shows that 112 of the 39,576 students enrolled at UCSD were GI Bill® students, of which 54 were Post-9/11 GI Bill® recipients. The average tuition and fees award for the Post-9/11 GI Bill® recipients was $1,596. To help with additional expenses, 0 students qualified for the Yellow Ribbon Program.
The undergrad student loan default rate at the school is [DEFAULT_RATE_STRING]%, which is quite low when compared to the national default rate of 10.1%. Students who start out at the school are likely to stick around. The freshman retention rate is 94%.
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Out of the 3 schools in the Most Veteran Friendly in the Far Western US Region for Bioinformatics for a Bachelor’s that were part of this year’s ranking, University of California - Santa Cruz landed the #2 spot on the list. Santa Cruz, California is the setting for this fairly large institution of higher learning. The public school handed out bachelors’s bioinformatics degrees to 36 students in 2020-2021.
UC Santa Cruz also took the #2 spot in our “Best Bioinformatics Bachelor’s Degree Schools in the Far Western US Region” ranking.Among the 19,161 students enrolled at UC Santa Cruz, 273 are GI Bill® students, according to our most recent data. Out of that number, 114 were Post-9/11 GI Bill® recipients. The average Post-9/11 GI Bill® award for tuition and fees at the school was $8,631. During this same period, 0 students qualified for the Yellow Ribbon Program.
The low undergrad student loan default rate of [DEFAULT_RATE_STRING]% 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%. With a freshman retention rate of 85%, the school does an excellent job of retaining its undergraduate students.
[Read full report on veteran student life at UC Santa Cruz]](/colleges/university-of-california-santa-cruz/student-life/veterans/)
You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Pacific University. It ranked #3 on our 2023 Most Veteran Friendly in the Far Western US Region for Bioinformatics for a Bachelor’s list. Pacific University is a small school located in Forest Grove, Oregon that handed out 3 bachelors’s bioinformatics degrees in 2020-2021.
As a testament to the quality of education offered at Pacific, the school also landed the #3 spot in our “Best Bioinformatics Bachelor’s Degree Schools in the Far Western US Region” ranking.According to our most recent data, Pacific University supports 3,808 students, and 155 of those are GI Bill® students, of which 82 are Post-9/11 GI Bill® recipients. The average tuition and fees award for the Post-9/11 GI Bill® recipients was $17,055. To help with additional expenses, 45 students received funds through the Yellow Ribbon Program. Eligible students may be able to receive credit for their military training.
The low undergrad student loan default rate of [DEFAULT_RATE_STRING]% 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%. Since the school has a undergrad student-to-faculty ratio of 10 to 1, those pursuing a degree will have more opportunities to interact with their professors.
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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).
- Veteran-specific data can be found at the U.S. Department of Veteran Affairs.
- 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.
- **GI Bill® student total includes all chapters of the GI Bill® program (e.g., Post-9/11, Montgomery GI Bill, Reserve Education Assistance Program, and Veteran Readiness and Employment)
- 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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