Computational Biology at Carnegie Mellon University
Carnegie Mellon is located in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania and has a total student population of 13,519.
Want to know more about the career opportunities in this field? Check out the Careers in Computational Biology section at the bottom of this page.
Carnegie Mellon Computational Biology Degrees Available
- Bachelor’s Degree in Computational Biology
Carnegie Mellon Computational Biology Rankings
The computational biology major at Carnegie Mellon is not ranked on College Factual’s Best Colleges and Universities for Computational Biology. This could be for a number of reasons, such as not having enough data on the major or school to make an accurate assessment of its quality.
There were 7 students who received their doctoral degrees in computational biology, making the school the #2 most popular school in the United States for this category of students.
Computational Biology Student Demographics at Carnegie Mellon
Take a look at the following statistics related to the make-up of the computational biology majors at Carnegie Mellon University.
Carnegie Mellon Computational Biology Bachelor’s Program
Prospective students may be interested in knowing that this school graduates 38% more racial-ethnic minorities in its computational biology bachelor's program than the national average.*
The following table and chart show the race/ethnicity for students who recently graduated from Carnegie Mellon University with a bachelor's in computational biology.
Race/Ethnicity | Number of Students |
---|---|
Asian | 6 |
Black or African American | 0 |
Hispanic or Latino | 0 |
White | 2 |
International Students | 0 |
Other Races/Ethnicities | 0 |
Related Majors
Careers That Computational Biology Grads May Go Into
A degree in computational biology can lead to the following careers. Since job numbers and average salaries can vary by geographic location, we have only included the numbers for PA, the home state for Carnegie Mellon University.
Occupation | Jobs in PA | Average Salary in PA |
---|---|---|
Computer Workers | 19,010 | $87,040 |
Natural Sciences Managers | 4,480 | $147,810 |
Biological Science Professors | 3,250 | $94,510 |
Biological Scientists | 660 | $73,550 |
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 Daderot under License
More about our data sources and methodologies.