2023 Most Focused Doctor’s Degree Colleges for Computational Biology in the Southeast Region
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When it comes to choosing a college, students have a lot of options - but not all of them are good. College Factual was founded, in part, to help students make the decision as to what would be the best school for them. Our “Schools for a Doctorate Highly Focused on Computational Biology Major in the Southeast Region” ranking is part of that endeavor.
Computational Biology is the 797th most popular major in the country with 287 degrees awarded in 2021-2022.
Across the Southeast region, there were 23 computational biology graduates with average earnings and debt of $0 and $0 respectively. At the doctor’s degree level specifically, there were 6 computational biology graduates with average earnings and debt of $74,674 and $121,130 respectively.
For this year’s “Schools for a Doctorate Highly Focused on Computational Biology Major in the Southeast Region” ranking, we looked at 2 colleges that offer a degree in computational biology. The colleges and universities that top this list are recognized because their computational biology program is one of the largest majors offered at the school.
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Schools for a Doctorate Highly Focused on Computational Biology Major in the Southeast Region
The colleges and universities below are the best for southeast region doctor’s degree computational biology students.
Top 2 Most Focused Doctor’s Degree Colleges for Computational Biology in the Southeast Region
Out of the 2 schools in the Schools for a Doctorate Highly Focused on Computational Biology Major in the Southeast Region that were part of this year’s ranking, Georgia Institute of Technology - Main Campus landed the #1 spot on the list. Georgia Institute of Technology - Main Campus is a large public school situated in Atlanta, Georgia. It awarded 6 doctorate’s computational biology degrees in 2021-2022.
The school has an impressive undergrad student loan default rate. It’s only 0.4%, which is much lower than the national rate of 10.1%. The school has an excellent freshman retention rate of 97%, which means students like the school well enough to return for a second year.
Full Georgia Tech Computational Biology Report
You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Mississippi State University. It ranked #2 on our 2023 Schools for a Doctorate Highly Focused on Computational Biology Major in the Southeast Region list. Located in Mississippi State, Mississippi, this large public school handed out 1 diplomas to qualified doctorate’s computational biology students in 2021-2022.
The low undergrad student loan default rate of 2.0% is a good sign that students have an easier time paying off their loans than they might at other schools. For comparison, the national default rate is 10.1%.
Full Mississippi State University Computational Biology Report
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Notes and References
References
- 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 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).
- Information about the national average student loan default rate is from the U.S. Department of Education and refers to data about the 2016 borrower cohort tracking period for which the cohort default rate (CDR) was 10.1%.
Read more about our data sources and methodologies
- *Avg Salary and Avg 4-Year Grad Rate are for the top schools only.
- Some schools otherwise deserving of recognition may have been removed from this ranking in the event that new data identified post-publication warranted it, or at the request of the school.
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