Bioinformatics at Columbia University in the City of New York

Every bioinformatics school has its own distinct culture and strengths. We've pulled together some statistics and other details to help you see how the bioinformatics program at Columbia University in the City of New York stacks up to those at other schools.

Columbia is located in New York, New York and approximately 30,135 students attend the school each year.

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

Columbia Bioinformatics Degrees Available

• Master’s Degree in Bioinformatics

Columbia Bioinformatics Rankings

There were 7 students who received their doctoral degrees in bioinformatics, making the school the #5 most popular school in the United States for this category of students.

Bioinformatics Student Demographics at Columbia

Take a look at the following statistics related to the make-up of the bioinformatics majors at Columbia University in the City of New York.

Columbia Bioinformatics Master’s Program

For the most recent academic year available, 57% of bioinformatics master's degrees went to men and 43% went to women.

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

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	1
Black or African American	1
Hispanic or Latino	0
White	2
International Students	3
Other Races/Ethnicities	0

Related Majors

• Biostatistics

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 NY, the home state for Columbia University in the City of New York.

Occupation	Jobs in NY	Average Salary in NY
Software Applications Developers	52,640	$116,830
Computer and Information Research Scientists	1,430	$131,220

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 Nandaro under License

More about our data sources and methodologies.