2025 Best Bioinformatics Schools in the Southeast Region
7Colleges in the Southeast Region
177Bioinformatics Degrees Awarded
If you plan on majoring in bioinformatics, you won't be alone since the degree program is ranked #397 in the country in terms of popularity. This means you won't have too much trouble finding schools that offer the degree.
For its 2025 ranking, College Factual looked at 7 schools in the Southeast Region to determine which ones were the best for bioinformatics students pursuing a degree. Combined, these schools handed out 177 degrees in bioinformatics to qualified students.
The bioinformatics program you select can have a big impact on your future. That's why we developed our collection of Best Schools for Bioinformatics rankings. In order to come up with a best overall ranking for bioinformatics schools, we combine our degree-level rankings, weighting them by the number of degrees awarded at each level.
In order to find the schools that are the best fit for you, you may want to filter to one of the degree levels below.
Since the program you select can have a significant impact on your future, we've developed a number of rankings, including this Best Bioinformatics Schools in the Southeast Region list, to help you choose the best school for you.
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Best Schools for Bioinformatics in the Southeast Region
The schools below may not offer all types of bioinformatics degrees so you may want to filter by degree level first. However, they are great for the degree levels they do offer.
University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill is one of the finest schools in the country for getting a degree in bioinformatics. Located in the city of Chapel Hill, UNC Chapel Hill is a public university with a very large student population. A Best Colleges rank of #38 out of 2,152 colleges nationwide means UNC Chapel Hill is a great university overall.
There were roughly 6 bioinformatics students who graduated with this degree at UNC Chapel Hill in the most recent year we have data available.
Vanderbilt University is a good choice for students interested in a degree in bioinformatics. Located in the large city of Nashville, Vanderbilt is a private not-for-profit university with a large student population. A Best Colleges rank of #18 out of 2,152 schools nationwide means Vanderbilt is a great university overall.
There were approximately 5 bioinformatics students who graduated with this degree at Vanderbilt in the most recent year we have data available.
It's hard to beat University of Georgia if you want to pursue a degree in bioinformatics. UGA is a fairly large public university located in the medium-sized city of Athens. This university ranks 3rd out of 68 schools for overall quality in the state of Georgia.
There were approximately 9 bioinformatics students who graduated with this degree at UGA in the most recent data year.
North Carolina State University is a wonderful decision for students pursuing a degree in bioinformatics. Located in the city of Raleigh, NC State is a public university with a fairly large student population. This university ranks 4th out of 93 colleges for overall quality in the state of North Carolina.
There were about 3 bioinformatics students who graduated with this degree at NC State in the most recent data year.
Georgia Tech is a fairly large public school located in the city of Atlanta. A Best Colleges rank of #19 out of 2,152 colleges nationwide means Georgia Tech is a great school overall.
There were about 34 bioinformatics students who graduated with this degree at Georgia Tech in the most recent data year.
VCU is a very large public university located in the medium-sized city of Richmond. This university ranks 8th out of 57 colleges for overall quality in the state of Virginia.
There were roughly 51 bioinformatics students who graduated with this degree at VCU in the most recent data year.
UNC Charlotte is a fairly large public university located in the city of Charlotte. This university ranks 10th out of 93 schools for overall quality in the state of North Carolina.
There were roughly 24 bioinformatics students who graduated with this degree at UNC Charlotte in the most recent data year.
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.
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The bioinformatics program you select can have a big impact on your future. That's why we developed our collection of Best Schools for Bioinformatics rankings. In order to come up with a best overall ranking for bioinformatics schools, we combine our degree-level rankings, weighting them by the number of degrees awarded at each level.
