2025 Best Bioinformatics Schools in the Plains States Region
3Colleges in the Plains States Region
74Bioinformatics 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.
College Factual looked at 3 colleges and universities when compiling its 2025 Best Bioinformatics Schools in the Plains States Region ranking. When you put them all together, these colleges and universities awarded 74 degrees in bioinformatics annually.
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.
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Best Schools for Bioinformatics in the Plains States 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.
Top Plains States Region Schools in Bioinformatics
Every student who is interested in bioinformatics has to look into University of Minnesota - Twin Cities. UMN Twin Cities is a fairly large public university located in the large city of Minneapolis. A Best Colleges rank of #45 out of 2,152 schools nationwide means UMN Twin Cities is a great university overall.
There were roughly 12 bioinformatics students who graduated with this degree at UMN Twin Cities in the most recent data year.
Saint Louis University is a good decision for students pursuing a degree in bioinformatics. Located in the city of Saint Louis, SLU is a private not-for-profit university with a large student population. This university ranks 4th out of 48 colleges for overall quality in the state of Missouri.
There were approximately 13 bioinformatics students who graduated with this degree at SLU in the most recent data year.
It's hard to beat University of Missouri - Kansas City if you want to pursue a degree in bioinformatics. Located in the city of Kansas City, UMKC is a public university with a large student population. This university ranks 14th out of 48 schools for overall quality in the state of Missouri.More information about a degree in bioinformatics from University of Missouri - Kansas City
Best Bioinformatics Colleges by State
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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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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.
