Bioinformatics at George Washington University

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 George Washington University stacks up to those at other schools.

GWU is located in Washington, District of Columbia and has a total student population of 27,017.

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

GWU Bioinformatics Degrees Available

• Bachelor’s Degree in Bioinformatics
• Master’s Degree in Bioinformatics

Online Classes Are Available at GWU

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.

For those who are interested in distance learning, GWU does offer online courses in bioinformatics for the following degree levels:

• Bachelor’s Degree

GWU Bioinformatics Rankings

The bioinformatics major at GWU is not ranked on College Factual’s Best Colleges and Universities for 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.

Bioinformatics Student Demographics at GWU

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

GWU Bioinformatics Bachelor’s Program

For the most recent academic year available, 60% of bioinformatics bachelor's degrees went to men and 40% went to women.

Prospective students may be interested in knowing that this school graduates 43% more racial-ethnic minorities in its bioinformatics bachelor's program than the national average.*

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

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

GWU Bioinformatics Master’s Program

For the most recent academic year available, 25% of bioinformatics master's degrees went to men and 75% went to women.

In the bioinformatics master's program at this school, racial-ethnic minorities make up 50% of degree recipients. That is 13% better than the national average.*

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

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	6
Black or African American	4
Hispanic or Latino	1
White	8
International Students	4
Other Races/Ethnicities	1

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 DC, the home state for George Washington University.

Occupation	Jobs in DC	Average Salary in DC
Computer Workers	18,040	$117,540
Software Applications Developers	2,520	$112,510
Computer and Information Research Scientists	480	$127,900

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 Michiel1972 under License

More about our data sources and methodologies.