Bioinformatics at Virginia Commonwealth University

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

VCU is located in Richmond, Virginia and approximately 29,070 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.

VCU Bioinformatics Degrees Available

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

VCU Bioinformatics Rankings

The bioinformatics major at VCU 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 VCU

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

VCU Bioinformatics Bachelor’s Program

For the most recent academic year available, 42% of bioinformatics bachelor's degrees went to men and 58% went to women.

Prospective students may be interested in knowing that this school graduates 37% 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 Virginia Commonwealth University with a bachelor's in bioinformatics.

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	25
Black or African American	1
Hispanic or Latino	1
White	8
International Students	0
Other Races/Ethnicities	3

VCU Bioinformatics Master’s Program

For the most recent academic year available, 78% of bioinformatics master's degrees went to men and 22% went to women.

In the bioinformatics master's program at this school, racial-ethnic minorities make up 44% of degree recipients. That is 8% better than the national average.*

The following table and chart show the race/ethnicity for students who recently graduated from Virginia Commonwealth University with a master's in bioinformatics.

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

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 VA, the home state for Virginia Commonwealth University.

Occupation	Jobs in VA	Average Salary in VA
Software Applications Developers	38,110	$113,690
Computer Workers	14,580	$105,270
Computer and Information Research Scientists	2,740	$129,840

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 user:mentes under License

More about our data sources and methodologies.