Biomathematics & Bioinformatics at Cornell University

What traits are you looking for in a biomathematics school? To help you decide if Cornell University is right for you, we've gathered the following information about the school's biomathematics program.

Cornell is located in Ithaca, New York and approximately 23,620 students attend the school each year.

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

Cornell Biomathematics & Bioinformatics Degrees Available

• Bachelor’s Degree in Biomathematics

Cornell Biomathematics & Bioinformatics Rankings

The biomathematics major at Cornell is not ranked on College Factual’s Best Colleges and Universities for Biomathematics & Bioinformatics. 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.

Biomathematics Student Demographics at Cornell

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

Cornell Biomathematics & Bioinformatics Bachelor’s Program

For the most recent academic year available, 55% of biomathematics bachelor's degrees went to men and 45% went to women. The typical biomathematics bachelor's degree program is made up of only 45% men. So male students are more repesented at Cornell since its program graduates 10% more men than average.

Prospective students may be interested in knowing that this school graduates 9% more racial-ethnic minorities in its biomathematics bachelor's program than the national average.*

The following table and chart show the race/ethnicity for students who recently graduated from Cornell University with a bachelor's in biomathematics.

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	7
Black or African American	2
Hispanic or Latino	1
White	8
International Students	6
Other Races/Ethnicities	7

Concentrations Within Biomathematics & Bioinformatics

Biomathematics & Bioinformatics majors may want to concentrate their studies in one of these areas. The completion numbers here include all graduates who receive any type of degree in this field from Cornell University. Some of these focus areas may not be available for your degree level.

Concentration	Annual Degrees Awarded
Biometry/Biometrics	34
Computational Biology	5

Related Majors

• Ecology, Evolution & Systematics Biology
• Genetics
• Neurobiology & Neurosciences
• Microbiological Sciences & Immunology
• Biochemistry, Biophysics & Molecular Biology

Careers That Biomathematics Grads May Go Into

A degree in biomathematics 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 Cornell University.

Occupation	Jobs in NY	Average Salary in NY
Software Applications Developers	52,640	$116,830
Health Specialties Professors	22,170	$127,230
Medical Scientists	9,500	$95,170
Biological Science Professors	4,590	$102,800
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 Notyourbroom under License

More about our data sources and methodologies.