2025 Best Bioinformatics Bachelor's Degree Schools in the Southwest 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 Southwest Region to determine which ones were the best for bioinformatics students pursuing a bachelor's degree. Combined, these schools handed out 29 bachelor's degrees in bioinformatics to qualified students.

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Other Factors We Consider

In addition to the above, you should consider some of the following factors:

• Major Focus - How many resources a school devotes to bioinformatics students as compared to other majors.
• Major Demand - How many other bioinformatics students want to attend this school to pursue a bachelor's degree.
• Educational Resources - The amount of money and other resources allocated to students while they are pursuing their degree. These resources include such things as number of students per instructor and education expenditures per student.
• Accreditation - Whether a school is regionally accredited and/or accredited by a recognized bioinformatics related body.

Our full 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.

More Ways to Rank Bioinformatics Schools

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 Southwest 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 Southwest Region

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

Top Southwest Region Schools for a Bachelor's in Bioinformatics

1

Arizona State University - Tempe
Tempe, AZ

Doctor's Degree Highest Degree Type

14 Annual Graduates

Arizona State University - Tempe is one of the best schools in the United States for getting a bachelor's degree in bioinformatics. ASU - Tempe is a very large public university located in the city of Tempe.More information about a bachelor’s in bioinformatics from Arizona State University - Tempe

2

University of Arizona
Tucson, AZ

10 Annual Graduates

University of Arizona is one of the finest schools in the country for getting a bachelor's degree in bioinformatics. Located in the city of Tucson, University of Arizona is a public university with a fairly large student population.More information about a bachelor’s in bioinformatics from University of Arizona

Best Bioinformatics Colleges by State

Explore the best bioinformatics colleges for a specific state in the Southwest Region .

State	Colleges	Degrees Awarded
Texas	572	8
Arizona	356	17
New Mexico	202	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 Majors Related to Bioinformatics

Related Major	Annual Graduates
Computational Biology	1

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.