2025 Best Bioinformatics Bachelor's Degree Schools in the Far Western US Region

a bachelor's degree in bioinformatics is more popular than many other degrees. In fact, it ranks #432 out of 1232 on popularity of all such degrees in the nation. As a result, there are many college that offer the degree, making your choice of school a hard one.

For its 2025 ranking, College Factual looked at 2 schools in the Far Western US Region to determine which ones were the best for bioinformatics students pursuing a bachelor's degree. Combined, these schools handed out 133 bachelor's degrees in bioinformatics to qualified students.

What's on this page: * Our Methodology

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Other Factors We Consider

The metrics below are just some of the other metrics that we use to determine our rankings.

• Major Focus - How much a school focuses on bioinformatics students vs. other majors.
• Major Demand - The number of bioinformatics students who choose to seek a bachelor's degree at the school.
• Educational Resources - How many resources are allocated to students. These resources may include educational expenditures per student, number of students per instructor, and graduation rate among other things.
• Accreditation - Whether a school is regionally accredited and/or accredited by a recognized bioinformatics related body.

Our complete ranking methodology documents in more detail how we consider these factors to identify the best colleges for bioinformatics students working on their bachelor's degree.

One Size Does Not Fit All

Since picking the right college can be one of the most important decisions of your life, we've developed the Best Bioinformatics Bachelor's Degree Schools in the Far Western US Region ranking, along with many other major-related rankings, to help you make that decision.

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Best Schools for Bachelor’s Students to Study Bioinformatics in the Far Western US Region

Below you'll see a list of the best colleges and universities for pursuing a bachelor's degree in bioinformatics.

Top Far Western US Region Schools for a Bachelor's in Bioinformatics

1

University of California - San Diego
La Jolla, CA

Doctor's Degree Highest Degree Type

71 Annual Graduates

University of California - San Diego is a wonderful option for students pursuing a bachelor's degree in bioinformatics. Located in the large city of La Jolla, UCSD is a public university with a very large student population.More information about a bachelor’s in bioinformatics from University of California - San Diego

2

University of California - Santa Cruz
Santa Cruz, CA

Doctor's Degree Highest Degree Type

58 Annual Graduates

Every student pursuing a degree in a bachelor's degree in bioinformatics has to look into University of California - Santa Cruz. Located in the city of Santa Cruz, UC Santa Cruz is a public university with a fairly large student population.More information about a bachelor’s in bioinformatics from University of California - Santa Cruz

Best Bioinformatics Colleges by State

Explore the best bioinformatics schools for a specific state in the Far Western US Region .

State	Colleges	Degrees Awarded
California	643	104
Washington	521	0
Oregon	343	3

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Rankings in Majors Related to Bioinformatics

One of 4 majors within the Biomathematics & Bioinformatics area of study, Bioinformatics has other similar majors worth exploring.

Most Popular Majors Related to Bioinformatics

Related Major	Annual Graduates
Biomathematics	76
Computational Biology	19
Biostatistics	4

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.