A degree in bioinformatics is more popular than many other degrees. In fact, it ranks #397 out of 1506 on popularity of all such degrees in the nation. So, you have a fair amount of options to choose from when looking for a school.
College Factual looked at 3 colleges and universities when compiling its 2025 Best Bioinformatics Schools in New York ranking. When you put them all together, these colleges and universities awarded 101 degrees in bioinformatics annually.
Your choice of bioinformatics school matters, so we have put together these rankings to help you make your decision. For our Best Overall Bioinformatics School rankings, we roll up the results of our degree-level rankings, weighted by the number of degrees awarded at that level.
You may want to choose one of the degree levels below to find the schools of most interest to you.
The bioinformatics school you choose to invest your time and money in matters. To help you make the decision that is right for you, we've developed a number of major-specific rankings, including this list of the Best Bioinformatics Schools in New York.
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Although we recommend filtering by degree level first, you can view the list below to see which schools give the educational experience for the bioinformatics degree levels they offer.
Columbia University in the City of New York is one of the best schools in the country for getting a degree in bioinformatics. Located in the large city of New York, Columbia is a private not-for-profit university with a fairly large student population. A Best Colleges rank of #15 out of 2,152 colleges nationwide means Columbia is a great university overall.
There were approximately 15 bioinformatics students who graduated with this degree at Columbia in the most recent data year.
New York University is a good option for students pursuing a degree in bioinformatics. Located in the large city of New York, NYU is a private not-for-profit university with a fairly large student population. This university ranks 3rd out of 136 schools for overall quality in the state of New York.
There were about 27 bioinformatics students who graduated with this degree at NYU in the most recent data year.
Any student pursuing a degree in bioinformatics needs to take a look at New York City College of Technology. Located in the city of Brooklyn, City Tech is a public college with a large student population. This college ranks 118th out of 136 colleges for overall quality in the state of New York.
There were approximately 24 bioinformatics students who graduated with this degree at City Tech in the most recent year we have data available.
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).
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Your choice of bioinformatics school matters, so we have put together these rankings to help you make your decision. For our Best Overall Bioinformatics School rankings, we roll up the results of our degree-level rankings, weighted by the number of degrees awarded at that level.
