2025 Best Biomathematics & Bioinformatics Doctor's Degree Schools in the Middle Atlantic Region

Biomathematics & Bioinformatics is above average in terms of popularity with it being the #51 most popular doctor's degree program in the country. As a result, there are many college that offer the degree, making your choice of school a hard one.

College Factual reviewed 3 schools in the Middle Atlantic Region to determine which ones were the best for doctor's degree seekers in the field of biomathematics & bioinformatics. When you put them all together, these colleges and universities awarded 116 doctor's degrees in biomathematics & bioinformatics during the 2022-2023 academic year.

What's on this page: * Our Methodology

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Choosing a Great Biomathematics & Bioinformatics School for Your Doctor's Degree

Your choice of biomathematics & 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. To make it into this list, a school must excel in the following areas.

A Great Overall School

A school that excels in educating for a particular major and degree level must be a great school overall as well. To take this into account we include a college's overall Best Colleges for a Doctor's Degree ranking which itself looks at a collection of different factors like degree completion, educational resources, student body caliber and post-graduation earnings for the school as a whole.

Early-Career Earnings

One measure we use to determine the quality of a school is to look at the average salary of doctorate graduates during the early years of their career. This is because one of the main reasons people pursue their doctor's degree is to enable themselves to find better-paying positions.

Other Factors We Consider

The metrics below are just some of the other metrics that we use to determine our rankings.

• Major Focus - How much a school focuses on biomathematics & bioinformatics students vs. other majors.
• Major Demand - How many other biomathematics & bioinformatics students want to attend this school to pursue a doctor's degree.
• Educational Resources - How many resources are allocated to students. These resources may include educational expenditures per student, number of students per instructor, and graduation rate among other things.
• Student Debt - How easy is it for biomathematics & bioinformatics to pay back their student loans after receiving their doctor's degree.
• Accreditation - Whether a school is regionally accredited and/or accredited by a recognized biomathematics & bioinformatics related body.

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

More Ways to Rank Biomathematics & Bioinformatics Schools

When choosing the right school for you, it's important to arm yourself with all the facts you can. To that end, we've created a number of major-specific rankings, including this Best Biomathematics & Bioinformatics Doctor's Degree Schools in the Middle Atlantic Region list to help you make the college decision.

Best Schools for Doctorate Students to Study Biomathematics & Bioinformatics in the Middle Atlantic Region

The following list ranks the best colleges and universities for pursuing a doctor's degree in biomathematics & bioinformatics.

Top Middle Atlantic Region Schools for a Doctorate in Biomathematics

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Columbia University in the City of New York
New York, NY

10 Annual Graduates

Columbia University in the City of New York is one of the finest schools in the United States for getting a doctor's degree in biomathematics & bioinformatics. Columbia is a fairly large private not-for-profit university located in the city of New York.More information about a doctorate in biomathematics & bioinformatics from Columbia University in the City of New York

2

University of Pennsylvania
Philadelphia, PA

22 Annual Graduates

University of Pennsylvania is a good option for individuals pursuing a doctor's degree in biomathematics & bioinformatics. UPenn is a fairly large private not-for-profit university located in the large city of Philadelphia.More information about a doctorate in biomathematics & bioinformatics from University of Pennsylvania

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University of Pittsburgh - Pittsburgh Campus
Pittsburgh, PA

18 Annual Graduates

University of Pittsburgh - Pittsburgh Campus is one of the best schools in the country for getting a doctor's degree in biomathematics & bioinformatics. Pitt is a fairly large public university located in the city of Pittsburgh.More information about a doctorate in biomathematics & bioinformatics from University of Pittsburgh - Pittsburgh Campus

Best Biomathematics & Bioinformatics Colleges by State

Explore the best biomathematics & bioinformatics colleges for a specific state in the Middle Atlantic Region .

State	Colleges	Degrees Awarded
Pennsylvania	176	45
New York	174	22
Maryland	119	6
New Jersey	115	7
District of Columbia	81	2
Delaware	53	1

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Rankings in Majors Related to Biomathematics

Biomathematics & Bioinformatics is one of 14 different types of Biological & Biomedical Sciences programs to choose from.

Biomathematics Focus Areas

Major	Annual Graduates
Biostatistics	55
Computational Biology	39
Bioinformatics	16
Biomathematics	6

Most Popular Majors Related to Biomathematics

Related Major	Annual Graduates
General Biology	414
Biochemistry, Biophysics & Molecular Biology	229
Neurobiology & Neurosciences	191
Cell Biology & Anatomical Sciences	182
Ecology, Evolution & Systematics Biology	165
Physiology & Pathology Sciences	131
Pharmacology & Toxicology	104
Microbiological Sciences & Immunology	101
Genetics	67
Botany/Plant Biology	21

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.