2025 Best Bioinformatics Doctor's Degree Schools in California

a doctor's degree in bioinformatics is more popular than many other degrees. In fact, it ranks #116 out of 862 on popularity of all such degrees in the nation. This means you won't have too much trouble finding schools that offer the degree.

For its 2025 ranking, College Factual looked at 3 schools in California to determine which ones were the best for bioinformatics students pursuing a doctor's degree. Combined, these schools handed out 49 doctor's degrees in bioinformatics to qualified students.

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Choosing a Great Bioinformatics School for Your Doctor's Degree

Your choice of bioinformatics for getting your doctor's degree school matters. This section explores some of the factors we include in our ranking and how much they vary depending on the school you select. When choosing a school we recommend considering some of the following factors:

Quality Overall Is Important

The overall quality of a doctor's degree school is important to ensure a quality education, not just how well they do in a particular major. To make it into this list a school must rank well in our overall Best Colleges for a Doctor's Degree ranking. This ranking considered factors such as graduation rates, overall graduate earnings and other educational resources to identify great colleges and universities.

Other Factors We Consider

In addition to the above, you should consider some of the following factors:

• Major Focus - How many resources a school devotes to bioinformatics students as compared to other majors.
• Major Demand - The number of bioinformatics students who choose to seek a doctor's degree at the school.
• Educational Resources - The amount of money and other resources allocated to students while they are pursuing their degree. These resources include such things as number of students per instructor and education expenditures per student.
• Accreditation - Whether a school is regionally accredited and/or accredited by a recognized bioinformatics related body.

Our full ranking methodology documents in more detail how we consider these factors to identify the best schools for bioinformatics students working on their doctor's degree.

More Ways to Rank Bioinformatics Schools

Since picking the right college can be one of the most important decisions of your life, we've developed the Best Bioinformatics Doctor's Degree Schools in California ranking, along with many other major-related rankings, to help you make that decision.

Best Schools for Doctorate Students to Study Bioinformatics in California

Below you'll see a list of the best colleges and universities for pursuing a doctor's degree in bioinformatics.

Top California Schools for a Doctorate in Bioinformatics

1

University of California - Los Angeles
Los Angeles, CA

Doctor's Degree Highest Degree Type

10 Annual Graduates

University of California - Los Angeles is one of the best schools in the country for getting a doctor's degree in bioinformatics. Located in the large city of Los Angeles, UCLA is a public university with a fairly large student population.More information about a doctorate in bioinformatics from University of California - Los Angeles

2

University of California - San Diego
La Jolla, CA

Doctor's Degree Highest Degree Type

17 Annual Graduates

It is hard to beat University of California - San Diego if you wish to pursue a doctor's degree in bioinformatics. UCSD is a fairly large public university located in the large city of La Jolla.More information about a doctorate in bioinformatics from University of California - San Diego

3

University of California - Riverside
Riverside, CA

Doctor's Degree Highest Degree Type

13 Annual Graduates

University of California - Riverside is one of the finest schools in the United States for getting a doctor's degree in bioinformatics. Located in the city of Riverside, UCR is a public university with a very large student population.More information about a doctorate in bioinformatics from University of California - Riverside

Best Bioinformatics Colleges in the Far Western US Region

Explore all the Best Bioinformatics Schools in the Far Western US Area or other specific states within that region.

State	Colleges	Degrees Awarded
Oregon	145	3

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Bioinformatics Related Rankings by Major

Bioinformatics is one of 4 different types of Biomathematics & Bioinformatics programs to choose from.

Most Popular Related Majors

Related Major	Annual Graduates
Biostatistics	26
Biomathematics	13
Computational Biology	12

Notes and References

• The bars on the spread charts above show the distribution of the schools on this list +/- one standard deviation from the mean.
• The Integrated Postsecondary Education Data System (IPEDS) from the National Center for Education Statistics (NCES), a branch of the U.S. Department of Education (DOE) serves as the core of the rest of our data about colleges.
• Some other college data, including much of the graduate earnings data, comes from the U.S. Department of Education’s (College Scorecard).
• Credit for the banner image above goes to Pixabay. More about our data sources and methodologies.