Biomathematics & Bioinformatics at Iowa State University

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

Iowa State is located in Ames, Iowa and approximately 31,822 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.

Iowa State Biomathematics & Bioinformatics Degrees Available

• Bachelor’s Degree in Biomathematics

Iowa State Biomathematics & Bioinformatics Rankings

The biomathematics major at Iowa State 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.

There were 7 students who received their doctoral degrees in biomathematics, making the school the #19 most popular school in the United States for this category of students.

Biomathematics Student Demographics at Iowa State

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

Iowa State Biomathematics & Bioinformatics Bachelor’s Program

For the most recent academic year available, 63% of biomathematics bachelor's degrees went to men and 38% went to women. The typical biomathematics bachelor's degree program is made up of only 45% men. So male students are more repesented at Iowa State since its program graduates 18% more men than average.

About 63% of those who receive a bachelor's degree in biomathematics at Iowa State are white. This is above average for this degree on the nationwide level. Prospective students may be interested in knowing that this school graduates 8% 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 Iowa State University with a bachelor's in biomathematics.

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	2
Black or African American	1
Hispanic or Latino	0
White	5
International Students	0
Other Races/Ethnicities	0

Concentrations Within Biomathematics & Bioinformatics

If you plan to be a biomathematics major, you may want to focus your studies on one of the following concentrations. The completion numbers here include all graduates who receive any type of degree in this field from Iowa State University. Some of these focus areas may not be available for your degree level.

Concentration	Annual Degrees Awarded
Bioinformatics	11

Related Majors

• Cell Biology & Anatomical Sciences
• Pharmacology & Toxicology
• Zoology
• Botany/Plant Biology
• Microbiological Sciences & Immunology

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 IA, the home state for Iowa State University.

Occupation	Jobs in IA	Average Salary in IA
Software Applications Developers	6,990	$88,570
Health Specialties Professors	2,760	$156,320
Computer Workers	2,350	$78,810
Medical Scientists	870	$67,730
Biological Science Professors	730	$101,810

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 Jamo2008 under License

More about our data sources and methodologies.