2025 Best Bioinformatics Schools in the Middle Atlantic Region
7Colleges in the Middle Atlantic Region
233Bioinformatics 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.
In 2025, College Factual analyzed 7 schools in order to identify the top ones for its Best Bioinformatics Schools in the Middle Atlantic Region ranking. When you put them all together, these colleges and universities awarded 233 degrees in bioinformatics annually.
Your choice of bioinformatics school matters, so we have put together these rankings to help you make your decision. 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.
You may want to choose one of the degree levels below to find the schools of most interest to you.
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Best Schools for Bioinformatics in the Middle Atlantic 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 Middle Atlantic Region Schools in Bioinformatics
Any student who is interested in bioinformatics needs to look into Columbia University in the City of New York. 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 about 15 bioinformatics students who graduated with this degree at Columbia in the most recent data year.
It's difficult to beat New York University if you wish to pursue a degree in bioinformatics. Located in the large city of New York, NYU is a private not-for-profit university with a very large student population. This university ranks 3rd out of 136 colleges 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.
University of Pennsylvania is a great option for students interested in a degree in bioinformatics. Located in the city of Philadelphia, UPenn is a private not-for-profit university with a fairly large student population. A Best Colleges rank of #2 out of 2,152 colleges nationwide means UPenn is a great university overall.
There were roughly 7 bioinformatics students who graduated with this degree at UPenn in the most recent data year.
Georgetown University is a wonderful decision for students interested in a degree in bioinformatics. Located in the city of Washington, Georgetown is a private not-for-profit university with a very large student population. A Best Colleges rank of #11 out of 2,152 colleges nationwide means Georgetown is a great university overall.
There were roughly 13 bioinformatics students who graduated with this degree at Georgetown in the most recent year we have data available.
GWU is a very large private not-for-profit university located in the city of Washington. This university ranks 2nd out of 7 colleges for overall quality in the state of District of Columbia.
There were about 29 bioinformatics students who graduated with this degree at GWU in the most recent data year.
Located in the suburb of Baltimore, UMBC is a public university with a large student population. This university ranks 6th out of 35 schools for overall quality in the state of Maryland.
There were about 10 bioinformatics students who graduated with this degree at UMBC in the most recent data year.
Located in the large city of Brooklyn, City Tech is a public college with a fairly large student population. This college ranks 118th out of 136 schools for overall quality in the state of New York.
There were roughly 24 bioinformatics students who graduated with this degree at City Tech 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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Your choice of bioinformatics school matters, so we have put together these rankings to help you make your decision. 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.
