Bioinformatics at University of Michigan - Ann Arbor

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

U-M is located in Ann Arbor, Michigan and approximately 47,907 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.

U-M Bioinformatics Degrees Available

• Master’s Degree in Bioinformatics

U-M Bioinformatics Rankings

There were 9 students who received their doctoral degrees in bioinformatics, making the school the #4 most popular school in the United States for this category of students.

Bioinformatics Student Demographics at U-M

Take a look at the following statistics related to the make-up of the bioinformatics majors at University of Michigan - Ann Arbor.

U-M Bioinformatics Master’s Program

For the most recent academic year available, 33% of bioinformatics master's degrees went to men and 67% went to women.

The following table and chart show the race/ethnicity for students who recently graduated from University of Michigan - Ann Arbor with a master's in bioinformatics.

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	7
Black or African American	1
Hispanic or Latino	1
White	12
International Students	19
Other Races/Ethnicities	3

Related Majors

• Biostatistics

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 MI, the home state for University of Michigan - Ann Arbor.

Occupation	Jobs in MI	Average Salary in MI
Software Applications Developers	29,540	$92,260
Computer Workers	10,900	$76,400
Computer and Information Research Scientists	140	$103,350

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.

• College Factual
• National Center for Education Statistics
• O*NET Online
• Image Credit: By Dwight Burdette under License

More about our data sources and methodologies.