by our College Data Analytics TeamThose considering computational biology, you may also want to explore other closely related fields of study. Here you will find majors with similar career paths, related concentrations and specializations, and the most popular similar majors, ranked by annual graduates.
The majors below prepare graduates for occupations that overlap with those of computational biology, based on the NCES CIP-to-SOC career crosswalk. Ordered by the number of shared occupations.
| Similar Major | Shared Careers | Annual Graduates |
|---|---|---|
| Biology/Biological Sciences, General | 4 | 89,827 |
| Cell/Cellular and Molecular Biology | 4 | 4,488 |
| Computational Science | 4 | 2,395 |
| Marine Biology and Biological Oceanography | 4 | 2,375 |
| Mathematical Biology | 4 | 16 |
| Mathematics and Computer Science | 4 | 1,604 |
| Medical Microbiology and Bacteriology | 4 | 961 |
| Microbiology and Immunology | 4 | 443 |
| Molecular Biology | 4 | 1,255 |
| Neuroscience | 4 | 11,557 |
| Related Major | Annual Graduates |
|---|---|
| Biostatistics | 1,546 |
| Bioinformatics | 1,336 |
| Biomathematics, Bioinformatics, and Computational Biology, Other | 250 |
| Biometry/Biometrics | 185 |
Part of the broader field of Biomathematics, Bioinformatics, and Computational Biology, computational biology connects to the wider programs in that field.
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