Bioinformatics at University of Maryland - Baltimore County

55% Racial-Ethnic Minorities* (Bachelor's)

If you plan to study bioinformatics, take a look at what University of Maryland - Baltimore County has to offer and decide if the program is a good match for you. Get started with the following essential facts.

UMBC is located in Baltimore, Maryland and approximately 13,497 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.

UMBC Bioinformatics Degrees Available

Bachelor’s Degree in Bioinformatics

UMBC Bioinformatics Rankings

The bioinformatics major at UMBC 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 UMBC

Take a look at the following statistics related to the make-up of the bioinformatics majors at University of Maryland - Baltimore County.

UMBC Bioinformatics Bachelor’s Program

55% Women

55% Racial-Ethnic Minorities*

For the most recent academic year available, 45% of bioinformatics bachelor's degrees went to men and 55% went to women.

Prospective students may be interested in knowing that this school graduates 18% 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 University of Maryland - Baltimore County with a bachelor's in bioinformatics.

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	2
Black or African American	4
Hispanic or Latino	0
White	4
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 MD, the home state for University of Maryland - Baltimore County.

Occupation	Jobs in MD	Average Salary in MD
Computer Workers	13,720	$113,330
Software Applications Developers	12,780	$108,850
Computer and Information Research Scientists	2,900	$119,180

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 Tim Menzies under License

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