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Bioinformatics at Washington University in St Louis

Bioinformatics at Washington University in St Louis

If you plan to study bioinformatics, take a look at what Washington University in St Louis has to offer and decide if the program is a good match for you. Get started with the following essential facts.

WUSTL is located in Saint Louis, Missouri and has a total student population of 15,449.

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

WUSTL Bioinformatics Degrees Available

  • Master’s Degree in Bioinformatics

WUSTL Bioinformatics Rankings

Bioinformatics Student Demographics at WUSTL

Take a look at the following statistics related to the make-up of the bioinformatics majors at Washington University in St Louis.

WUSTL Bioinformatics Master’s Program

67% Women
67% Racial-Ethnic Minorities*
For the most recent academic year available, 33% of bioinformatics master's degrees went to men and 67% went to women.

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In the bioinformatics master's program at this school, racial-ethnic minorities make up 67% of degree recipients. That is 30% better than the national average.*

The following table and chart show the race/ethnicity for students who recently graduated from Washington University in St Louis 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 0
International Students 0
Other Races/Ethnicities 1

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 MO, the home state for Washington University in St Louis.

Occupation Jobs in MO Average Salary in MO
Software Applications Developers 15,380 $93,880
Computer Workers 7,010 $82,610
Computer and Information Research Scientists 240 $96,810

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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