Bioinformatics at Brandeis University

If you are interested in studying bioinformatics, you may want to check out the program at Brandeis University. The following information will help you decide if it is a good fit for you.

Brandeis is located in Waltham, Massachusetts and has a total student population of 5,440.

Want to know more about the career opportunities in this field? Check out the Careers in Bioinformatics section at the bottom of this page.

Brandeis Bioinformatics Degrees Available

• Master’s Degree in Bioinformatics

Online Classes Are Available at Brandeis

If you are a working student or have a busy schedule, you may want to consider taking online classes. While these classes used to be mostly populated by returning adults, more and more traditional students are turning to this option.

Brandeis does offer online education options in bioinformatics for the following degree levels for those interested in distance learning:

• Master’s Degree

Brandeis Bioinformatics Rankings

Bioinformatics Student Demographics at Brandeis

Take a look at the following statistics related to the make-up of the bioinformatics majors at Brandeis University.

Brandeis Bioinformatics Master’s Program

For the most recent academic year available, 71% of bioinformatics master's degrees went to men and 29% went to women.

Of the students who received a bioinformatics master's degree from Brandeis, 57% were white. This is above average for this degree on the natiowide level.

The following table and chart show the race/ethnicity for students who recently graduated from Brandeis University with a master's in bioinformatics.

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	2
Black or African American	0
Hispanic or Latino	0
White	4
International Students	0
Other Races/Ethnicities	1

Related Majors

Careers That Bioinformatics Grads May Go Into

A degree in bioinformatics can lead to the following careers. Since job numbers and average salaries can vary by geographic location, we have only included the numbers for MA, the home state for Brandeis University.

Occupation	Jobs in MA	Average Salary in MA
Software Applications Developers	29,110	$109,130
Computer Workers	11,190	$92,110
Computer and Information Research Scientists	720	$116,920

References

*The racial-ethnic minorities count is calculated by taking the total number of students and subtracting white students, international students, and students whose race/ethnicity was unknown. This number is then divided by the total number of students at the school to obtain the racial-ethnic minorities percentage.

• College Factual
• National Center for Education Statistics
• O*NET Online
• Image Credit: By Mike Lovett under License

More about our data sources and methodologies.