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Bioinformatics at Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute

Bioinformatics at Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute

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

RPI is located in Troy, New York and has a total student population of 7,501.

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

RPI Bioinformatics Degrees Available

  • Bachelor’s Degree in Bioinformatics

RPI Bioinformatics Rankings

The bioinformatics major at RPI 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 RPI

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

RPI Bioinformatics Bachelor’s Program

57% Women
57% Racial-Ethnic Minorities*
For the most recent academic year available, 43% of bioinformatics bachelor's degrees went to men and 57% went to women.

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Prospective students may be interested in knowing that this school graduates 21% 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 Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute with a bachelor's in bioinformatics.

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

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 NY, the home state for Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute.

Occupation Jobs in NY Average Salary in NY
Software Applications Developers 52,640 $116,830
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.

More about our data sources and methodologies.

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