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Bioinformatics at Rochester Institute of Technology

Bioinformatics at Rochester Institute of Technology

If you are interested in studying bioinformatics, you may want to check out the program at Rochester Institute of Technology. The following information will help you decide if it is a good fit for you.

RIT is located in Rochester, New York and approximately 16,158 students attend the school each year.

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

RIT Bioinformatics Degrees Available

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

RIT Bioinformatics Rankings

The bioinformatics major at RIT 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 RIT

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

RIT Bioinformatics Bachelor’s Program

57% Women
43% 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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About 57% of those who receive a bachelor's degree in bioinformatics at RIT are white. This is above average for this degree on the nationwide level. Prospective students may be interested in knowing that this school graduates 6% 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 Rochester Institute of Technology with a bachelor's in bioinformatics.

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Race/Ethnicity Number of Students
Asian 1
Black or African American 1
Hispanic or Latino 0
White 4
International Students 0
Other Races/Ethnicities 1

RIT Bioinformatics Master’s Program

25% Women
50% Racial-Ethnic Minorities*
For the most recent academic year available, 75% of bioinformatics master's degrees went to men and 25% went to women.

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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 Rochester Institute of Technology with a master's in bioinformatics.

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Race/Ethnicity Number of Students
Asian 1
Black or African American 1
Hispanic or Latino 0
White 2
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 Rochester Institute of Technology.

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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