Computational Biology at Massachusetts Institute of Technology

Every computational biology school has its own distinct culture and strengths. We've pulled together some statistics and other details to help you see how the computational biology program at Massachusetts Institute of Technology stacks up to those at other schools.

MIT is located in Cambridge, Massachusetts and approximately 11,254 students attend the school each year.

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.

MIT Computational Biology Degrees Available

• Bachelor’s Degree in Computational Biology
• Master’s Degree in Computational Biology

MIT Computational Biology Rankings

The computational biology major at MIT 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 5 students who received their doctoral degrees in computational biology, making the school the #3 most popular school in the United States for this category of students.

Computational Biology Student Demographics at MIT

Take a look at the following statistics related to the make-up of the computational biology majors at Massachusetts Institute of Technology.

MIT Computational Biology Bachelor’s Program

For the most recent academic year available, 32% of computational biology bachelor's degrees went to men and 68% went to women.

Prospective students may be interested in knowing that this school graduates 32% 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 Massachusetts Institute of Technology with a bachelor's in computational biology.

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	10
Black or African American	2
Hispanic or Latino	2
White	6
International Students	1
Other Races/Ethnicities	1

MIT Computational Biology Master’s Program

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

In the computational biology 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 Massachusetts Institute of Technology with a master's in computational biology.

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	2
Black or African American	0
Hispanic or Latino	0
White	1
International Students	1
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 MA, the home state for Massachusetts Institute of Technology.

Occupation	Jobs in MA	Average Salary in MA
Computer Workers	11,190	$92,110
Biological Scientists	4,470	$84,790
Natural Sciences Managers	4,040	$183,490
Biological Science Professors	2,220	$112,390

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 InSapphoWeTrust under License

More about our data sources and methodologies.