Biomathematics & Bioinformatics at Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute

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

RPI is located in Troy, New York and approximately 7,501 students attend the school each year. In the 2020-2021 academic year, 13 students received a bachelor's degree in biomathematics from RPI.

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.

RPI Biomathematics & Bioinformatics Degrees Available

• Bachelor’s Degree in Biomathematics

RPI Biomathematics & Bioinformatics Rankings

Each year, College Factual ranks biomathematics programs across the country. The following shows how RPI performed in these rankings.

Note: Although rankings can help you see some information about a school, it's not a good idea to depend on them alone. Be sure to check out other things about the school before making your decision to attend.

Bachelor’s Degree Overall Quality & Other Notable Rankings

The biomathematics major at RPI 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.

Ranking Type	Rank
Best Biomathematics & Bioinformatics Schools	7
Most Focused Biomathematics & Bioinformatics Bachelor’s Degree Schools	8
Most Popular Biomathematics & Bioinformatics Bachelor’s Degree Schools	15

Biomathematics Student Demographics at RPI

Take a look at the following statistics related to the make-up of the biomathematics majors at Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute.

RPI Biomathematics & Bioinformatics Bachelor’s Program

During the 2020-2021 academic year, 13 biomathematics majors earned their bachelor's degree from RPI. Of these graduates, 38% were men and 62% were women.

About 54% of those who receive a bachelor's degree in biomathematics at RPI are white. This is above average for this degree on the nationwide level. 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 Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute with a bachelor's in biomathematics.

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	1
Black or African American	3
Hispanic or Latino	1
White	7
International Students	1
Other Races/Ethnicities	0

RPI also has a doctoral program available in biomathematics. In 2021, 0 student graduated with a doctor's degree in this field.

Related Majors

• Neurobiology & Neurosciences
• Biochemistry, Biophysics & Molecular Biology
• General 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 Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute.

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 UpstateNYer under License

More about our data sources and methodologies.