Program Profile
Doctoral Program Profile: Computational Biology
This program is part of the Department of Computational Biology in the College of Liberal Arts & Sciences.
Additional information available at The Center for Computational Biology
Notes: First enrollments in the doctoral program in Computational Biology, formerly Bioinformatics, were in Summer 2009. Time-to-degree data do not include semesters enrolled prior to official formation of the degree program.
Department Faculty: Computational Biology | Fall 2018 |
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Total Faculty | 5 |
Tenured and Tenure Track Faculty | 5 |
Tenured Faculty | 2 |
Non-tenured Faculty on Tenure Track | 3 |
Other Faculty/Instructors/Lecturers | 0 |
Total Faculty FTE | 2.8 |
Doctoral Enrollment | Fall 15-17 Avg | Fall 2018 |
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Total | 16.7 | 16 |
Full Time | 100% | 100% |
Minority | 14% | 12.5% |
International | 46% | 37.5% |
Female | 42% | 31.3% |
Average Hours for Doctoral Students | 5.7 | 5.3 |
Doctoral Admissions: Summer / Fall 2016, 2017, and 2018
Enrollment | 3-Year Average | Mean GPA | Mean Verbal GRE | Mean Quantitative GRE | Mean Analytical GRE |
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Applications | 16.7 | 3.6 | 154.1 | 160.1 | 3.7 |
Admissions | 5.3 | 3.6 | 157.1 | 160.6 | 4.0 |
Matriculations | 2.3 | 3.3 | 155.0 | 158.6 | 4.1 |
Support for Fall 2018 Doctoral Students | Head Count | Avg AY Amount |
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Number Receiving Support / Average Per-Student Support (excluding loans) | 16 | $27,574 |
Number Receiving Educational Loans / Average Amount | 1 | $16,134 |
Type of Support | Head Count |
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GTAs | 5 |
GRAs | 10 |
Other Institutional Support | 16 |
Doctoral Degrees Completed \ Median Years to Degree | % of Degrees Completed | |||||
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Year of Completion (Su\Fa\Sp) | Count | Yrs to Degr from 1st Graduate Enrl | Yrs to Degr from 1st Doctoral Enrl | Within 5 Yrs | Within 7 Yrs | Within 10 Yrs |
FY 2013 - 2015 | 5 | 4.7 | 4.7 | 60% | 100% | 100% |
FY 2016 - 2018 | 6 | 6.6 | 6.6 | 16.7% | 66.7% | 100% |
Employer or Training Type
Postdoctoral Plans of Doctoral Degree Recipients FY 2013 - 2018 | Higher Education in U.S. | Education -Other | Government | Private Sector or Other | No Response or No Survey | Total |
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Firm plans for postdoc or further training | 3 | 1 | 1 | 5 | ||
Firm plans for employment | 1 | 3 | 4 | |||
Negotiating with a specific organization, or more than one | ||||||
Seeking appointment but have no specific prospects | 2 | 2 | ||||
Other student-specific response | ||||||
No response / did not take survey |