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It’s not easy to decide which college to attend when there so many options available for veterans. Our mission at College Factual is to arm you with as much information as we can to help you make that decision. Our “Most Veteran Friendly in the Middle Atlantic Region for Bioinformatics for a Master’s” ranking is one tool we have developed to help in this regard.
Bioinformatics is the 397th most popular major in the country with 1,156 degrees awarded in 2020-2021.
Across the Middle Atlantic region, there were 264 bioinformatics graduates with average earnings and debt of $0 and $0 respectively.
For this year’s “Most Veteran Friendly in the Middle Atlantic Region for Bioinformatics for a Master’s” ranking, we looked at 13 colleges that offer a degree in bioinformatics. This ranking identifies schools with high-quality bioinformatics programs as well as strong veteran support.
Some of the factors we look at when determining these rankings are overall quality of the bioinformatics program at the school, veteran affordability, and veteran population. Check out our ranking methodology for more information.
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The colleges and universities below are the best for middle atlantic region master’s degree vets studying bioinformatics.
You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend Georgetown University. The school came in at #1 for the Most Veteran Friendly in the Middle Atlantic Region for Bioinformatics for a Master’s. This large school is located in Washington, District of Columbia, and it awarded 14 masters’s bioinformatics degrees in 2020-2021.
Georgetown also made our “Best Bioinformatics Master’s Degree Schools in the Middle Atlantic Region” list, coming in at #4.Our most recent data shows that 10 of the 19,371 students enrolled at Georgetown were GI Bill® students, of which 5 were Post-9/11 GI Bill® recipients. The average Post-9/11 GI Bill® award for tuition and fees at the school was $30,300. During this same period, 1 students received scholarships through the Yellow Ribbon Program. Students may be able to receive credit for their military training, depending on their background.
With a freshman retention rate of 94%, the school does an excellent job of retaining its undergraduate students. The school has an impressive undergrad student loan default rate. It’s only [DEFAULT_RATE_STRING]%, which is much lower than the national rate of 10.1%.
[Read full report on veteran student life at Georgetown]](/colleges/georgetown-university/student-life/veterans/)
You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend George Washington University. The school came in at #2 for the Most Veteran Friendly in the Middle Atlantic Region for Bioinformatics for a Master’s. George Washington University is located in Washington, District of Columbia and, has a large student population. In 2020-2021, this school awarded 25 masters’s bioinformatics degrees to qualified students.
GWU not only placed well in this ranking. It is also #5 on our “Best Bioinformatics Master’s Degree Schools in the Middle Atlantic Region” list.Among the 27,017 students enrolled at GWU, 1 are GI Bill® students, according to our most recent data. Out of that number, 1 were Post-9/11 GI Bill® recipients. The average Post-9/11 GI Bill® award for tuition and fees at the school was $3,185. On top of their other funding sources, 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%. The school has an excellent freshman retention rate of 88%, which means students like the school well enough to return for a second year.
[Read full report on veteran student life at George Washington University]](/colleges/george-washington-university/student-life/veterans/)
Out of the 13 schools in the Most Veteran Friendly in the Middle Atlantic Region for Bioinformatics for a Master’s that were part of this year’s ranking, New York University landed the #3 spot on the list. NYU is located in New York, New York and, has a large student population. In 2020-2021, this school awarded 23 masters’s bioinformatics degrees to qualified students.
NYU also took the #3 spot in our “Best Bioinformatics Master’s Degree Schools in the Middle Atlantic Region” ranking.Our most recent data shows that 1 of the 52,775 students enrolled at NYU were GI Bill® students, of which 1 were Post-9/11 GI Bill® recipients. The average tuition and fees award for the Post-9/11 GI Bill® recipients was $6,388. To help with additional expenses, 1 students qualified for the Yellow Ribbon Program.
The school has an excellent freshman retention rate of 90%, which means students like the school well enough to return for a second year. Since the school has a undergrad student-to-faculty ratio of 8 to 1, those pursuing a degree will have more opportunities to interact with their professors. 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%.
Full New York University Veteran Student Life Report
You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend University of Pittsburgh - Pittsburgh Campus. It ranked #4 on our 2023 Most Veteran Friendly in the Middle Atlantic Region for Bioinformatics for a Master’s list. This large school is located in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, and it awarded 2 masters’s bioinformatics degrees in 2020-2021.
Pitt also made our “Best Bioinformatics Master’s Degree Schools in the Middle Atlantic Region” list, coming in at #6.Among the 32,277 students enrolled at University of Pittsburgh - Pittsburgh Campus, 509 are GI Bill® students, according to our most recent data. Out of that number, 364 were Post-9/11 GI Bill® recipients. The average Post-9/11 GI Bill® award for tuition and fees at the school was $16,281. To help with additional expenses, 0 students qualified for the Yellow Ribbon Program. Eligible students may be able to receive credit for their military training.
The school has an impressive undergrad student loan default rate. It’s only [DEFAULT_RATE_STRING]%, which is much lower than the national rate of 10.1%. The school has an excellent freshman retention rate of 93%, which means students like the school well enough to return for a second year.
Full University of Pittsburgh - Pittsburgh Campus Veteran Student Life Report
Out of the 13 schools in the Most Veteran Friendly in the Middle Atlantic Region for Bioinformatics for a Master’s that were part of this year’s ranking, Hood College landed the #5 spot on the list. Hood is a small private not-for-profit school situated in Frederick, Maryland. It awarded 5 masters’s bioinformatics degrees in 2020-2021.
Hood not only placed well in this ranking. It is also #9 on our “Best Bioinformatics Master’s Degree Schools in the Middle Atlantic Region” list.According to our most recent data, Hood College supports 2,042 students, and 91 of those are GI Bill® students, of which 56 are Post-9/11 GI Bill® recipients. The average tuition and fees award for the Post-9/11 GI Bill® recipients was $8,455. In addition to receiving other benefits, 16 students qualified for the Yellow Ribbon Program. Hood College does offer credit for military training for eligible students.
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%.
Full Hood Veteran Student Life Report
With a ranking of #6, Johns Hopkins University did quite well on the 2023 Most Veteran Friendly in the Middle Atlantic Region for Bioinformatics for a Master’s list. Baltimore, Maryland is the setting for this large institution of higher learning. The private not-for-profit school handed out masters’s bioinformatics degrees to 2 students in 2020-2021.
Johns Hopkins not only placed well in this ranking. It is also #2 on our “Best Bioinformatics Master’s Degree Schools in the Middle Atlantic Region” list.Of the 28,890 students enrolled at Johns Hopkins University, 4 were GI Bill® students, according to our most recent data. Out of that number, 2 were Post-9/11 GI Bill® recipients. The average Post-9/11 GI Bill® award for tuition and fees at the school was $1,793. In addition to receiving other benefits, 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%. The impressive undergraduate student-to-faculty ratio of 6 to 1 means that students may have more opportunities to work more closely with their professors than they would at other schools. With a freshman retention rate of 97%, the school does an excellent job of retaining its undergraduate students.
Full Johns Hopkins University Veteran Student Life Report
Rochester Institute of Technology did quite well in the 2023 Most Veteran Friendly in the Middle Atlantic Region for Bioinformatics for a Master’s ranking, coming in at #7. Located in Rochester, New York, this fairly large private not-for-profit school handed out 6 degrees to qualified masters’s bioinformatics students in 2020-2021.
RIT did well in our major quality rankings, too. It placed #11 on our “Best Bioinformatics Master’s Degree Schools in the Middle Atlantic Region” list.Among the 16,158 students enrolled at RIT, 1 are GI Bill® students, according to our most recent data. Out of that number, 1 were Post-9/11 GI Bill® recipients. The average tuition and fees award for the Post-9/11 GI Bill® recipients was $17,424. To help with additional expenses, 0 students received funds through the Yellow Ribbon Program. RIT offers credit for military training for eligible students.
With a freshman retention rate of 86%, the school does an excellent job of retaining its undergraduate students. 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%.
Full Rochester Institute of Technology Veteran Student Life Report
Columbia University in the City of New York ranked #8 on this year’s Most Veteran Friendly in the Middle Atlantic Region for Bioinformatics for a Master’s list. Columbia is a large school located in New York, New York that handed out 25 masters’s bioinformatics degrees in 2020-2021.
Columbia also took the #1 spot in our “Best Bioinformatics Master’s Degree Schools in the Middle Atlantic Region” ranking.Of the 30,135 students enrolled at Columbia, 739 were GI Bill® students, according to our most recent data. Out of that number, 467 were Post-9/11 GI Bill® recipients. The average tuition and fees award for the Post-9/11 GI Bill® recipients was $22,069. In addition to receiving other benefits, 328 students received funds through the Yellow Ribbon Program.
The school has an impressive undergrad student loan default rate. It’s only [DEFAULT_RATE_STRING]%, which is much lower than the national rate of 10.1%. Since the school has a undergrad student-to-faculty ratio of 6 to 1, those pursuing a degree will have more opportunities to interact with their professors. 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 veteran student life at Columbia University in the City of New York]](/colleges/columbia-university-in-the-city-of-new-york/student-life/veterans/)
University of Delaware did quite well in the 2023 Most Veteran Friendly in the Middle Atlantic Region for Bioinformatics for a Master’s ranking, coming in at #9. This large school is located in Newark, Delaware, and it awarded 7 masters’s bioinformatics degrees in 2020-2021.
UD not only placed well in this ranking. It is also #7 on our “Best Bioinformatics Master’s Degree Schools in the Middle Atlantic Region” list.Among the 23,613 students enrolled at UD, 364 are GI Bill® students, according to our most recent data. Out of that number, 188 were Post-9/11 GI Bill® recipients. The average tuition and fees award for the Post-9/11 GI Bill® recipients was $8,229. On top of their other funding sources, 0 students received scholarships through the Yellow Ribbon Program.
The school has an excellent freshman retention rate of 90%, which means students like the school well enough to return for a second year. 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%.
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Rowan University came in at #10 in this year’s edition of the Most Veteran Friendly in the Middle Atlantic Region for Bioinformatics for a Master’s ranking. Rowan is a fairly large public school situated in Glassboro, New Jersey. It awarded 2 masters’s bioinformatics degrees in 2020-2021.
As a testament to the quality of education offered at Rowan, the school also landed the #12 spot in our “Best Bioinformatics Master’s Degree Schools in the Middle Atlantic Region” ranking.Of the 19,678 students enrolled at Rowan University, 423 were GI Bill® students, according to our most recent data. Out of that number, 221 were Post-9/11 GI Bill® recipients. The average tuition and fees award for the Post-9/11 GI Bill® recipients was $10,069. To help with additional expenses, 0 students qualified for the Yellow Ribbon Program. Students may be able to receive credit for their military training, depending on their background.
The school has an impressive undergrad student loan default rate. It’s only [DEFAULT_RATE_STRING]%, which is much lower than the national rate of 10.1%.
[Read full report on veteran student life at Rowan]](/colleges/rowan-university/student-life/veterans/)
With a ranking of #11, Temple University did quite well on the 2023 Most Veteran Friendly in the Middle Atlantic Region for Bioinformatics for a Master’s list. Temple is a large public school situated in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. It awarded 4 masters’s bioinformatics degrees in 2020-2021.
Temple also took the #8 spot in our “Best Bioinformatics Master’s Degree Schools in the Middle Atlantic Region” ranking.Our most recent data shows that 830 of the 37,236 students enrolled at Temple University were GI Bill® students, of which 510 were Post-9/11 GI Bill® recipients. The average Post-9/11 GI Bill® award for tuition and fees at the school was $13,479. To help with additional expenses, 9 students qualified for the Yellow Ribbon Program. Eligible students may be able to receive credit for their military training.
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%. The school has an excellent freshman retention rate of 87%, which means students like the school well enough to return for a second year.
Full Temple University Veteran Student Life Report
University at Buffalo did quite well in the 2023 Most Veteran Friendly in the Middle Atlantic Region for Bioinformatics for a Master’s ranking, coming in at #12. Located in Buffalo, New York, this large public school awarded 7 degrees to qualified masters’s bioinformatics students in 2020-2021.
University at Buffalo also took the #10 spot in our “Best Bioinformatics Master’s Degree Schools in the Middle Atlantic Region” ranking.Among the 32,347 students enrolled at University at Buffalo, 382 are GI Bill® students, according to our most recent data. Out of that number, 195 were Post-9/11 GI Bill® recipients. The average tuition and fees award for the Post-9/11 GI Bill® recipients was $7,050. During this same period, 0 students qualified for the Yellow Ribbon Program. Students may be able to receive credit for their military training, depending on their background.
Students who start out at the school are likely to stick around. The freshman retention rate is 87%. 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%.
Full University at Buffalo Veteran Student Life Report
Morgan State University did quite well in the 2023 Most Veteran Friendly in the Middle Atlantic Region for Bioinformatics for a Master’s ranking, coming in at #13. Morgan State University is located in Baltimore, Maryland and, has a medium-sized student population. In 2020-2021, this school awarded 5 masters’s bioinformatics degrees to qualified students.
In addition to being on our middle atlantic region master’s degree vets studying bioinformatics list, Morgan State has also earned the #13 rank in our “Best Bioinformatics Master’s Degree Schools in the Middle Atlantic Region” ranking.Our most recent data shows that 227 of the 7,634 students enrolled at Morgan State were GI Bill® students, of which 66 were Post-9/11 GI Bill® recipients. The average tuition and fees award for the Post-9/11 GI Bill® recipients was $4,620. During this same period, 2 students qualified for the Yellow Ribbon Program. Morgan State does offer credit for military training for eligible students.
[Read full report on veteran student life at Morgan State]](/colleges/morgan-state-university/student-life/veterans/)
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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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