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Bioinformatics at University of Illinois at Chicago

Bioinformatics at University of Illinois at Chicago

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

UIC is located in Chicago, Illinois and approximately 33,518 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.

UIC Bioinformatics Degrees Available

  • Master’s Degree in Bioinformatics

UIC Bioinformatics Rankings

There were 2 students who received their doctoral degrees in bioinformatics, making the school the #25 most popular school in the United States for this category of students.

Bioinformatics Student Demographics at UIC

Take a look at the following statistics related to the make-up of the bioinformatics majors at University of Illinois at Chicago.

UIC Bioinformatics Master’s Program

50% Women
50% Racial-Ethnic Minorities*
For the most recent academic year available, 50% of bioinformatics master's degrees went to men and 50% 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 University of Illinois at Chicago with a master's in bioinformatics.

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Race/Ethnicity Number of Students
Asian 1
Black or African American 0
Hispanic or Latino 0
White 0
International Students 1
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 IL, the home state for University of Illinois at Chicago.

Occupation Jobs in IL Average Salary in IL
Software Applications Developers 30,500 $96,610
Computer and Information Research Scientists 500 $113,350

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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