Vocational Programs for Bioinformatics Scientists Career

The role of Bioinformatics Scientists is to conduct research using bioinformatics theory and methods in areas such as pharmaceuticals, medical technology, biotechnology, computational biology, proteomics, computer information science, biology and medical informatics.

25 vocational programs could be taken for the Bioinformatics Scientists career.

Vocational Programs to Prepare Bioinformatics Scientists Career

The following 25 vocational programs are required or helpful to prepare Bioinformatics Scientists.

The tuition, program length, and completion time program information is average amounts over all schools that offer each program. This information is only for vocational programs (i.e. certificate programs) and not for bachelor's or graduate degrees.

2025 Average Tuition and Time for Preparing Bioinformatics Scientists
Program Name	Number of Schools	Tuition & Fees	Books & Supplies	Program Lengths	Avg. Completion Time
Biology/Biological Sciences	37	$31,918	-	541 Hours	22.00 Months
Molecular Biology	2	$41,706	-	-	-
Biochemistry and Molecular Biology	2	$40,214	-	-	-
Botany/Plant Biology	2	$31,566	-	-	-
Cell/Cellular and Molecular Biology	3	$34,849	-	-	-
Entomology	4	$35,895	-	-	-
Genome Sciences/Genomics	3	$44,630	-	-	-
Genetics (other)	1	-	-	-	-
Pharmacology	1	$29,049	-	-	-
Biometry/Biometrics	2	$49,819	-	-	-
Biostatistics	1	$39,922	-	-	-
Biomathematics, Bioinformatics, and Computational Biology (other)	2	$45,384	-	-	-
Biotechnology	49	$26,736	-	-	-
Ecology	3	$33,000	-	-	-
Marine Biology and Biological Oceanography	2	$31,992	-	-	-
Evolutionary Biology	3	$54,621	-	-	-
Environmental Biology	1	$36,675	-	-	-
Conservation Biology	2	$37,460	-	-	-
Epidemiology and Biostatistics	1	-	-	-	-
Neuroscience	9	$45,156	-	-	-
Neurobiology and Anatomy	1	$42,730	-	-	-
Biological and Biomedical Sciences (other)	16	$34,566	-	-	-
Nutrition Sciences	6	$33,808	-	40 Hours	14.00 Months
Marine Sciences	7	$31,859	-	-	-
Physiological Psychology/Psychobiology	1	$39,480	-	-	-

Related Occupations to Bioinformatics Scientists Career

The following 30 occupations are related to Bioinformatics Scientists.

Related Occupations toBioinformatics Scientists
Occupation	Total Employees	Annual Wages	Hourly Rate
	-	-	-
Natural Sciences Managers	96,520	$169,120	$81
Software Developers	1,657K	$138,110	$66
Mathematicians	2,220	$119,770	$58
Statisticians	29,950	$109,190	$53
Data Scientists	193K	$119,040	$57
Mathematical Science Occupations, All Other	4,320	$83,330	$40
Bioengineers and Biomedical Engineers	19,320	$106,700	$51
Engineers, All Other	151K	$118,350	$57
Industrial Engineering Technologists and Technicians	73,020	$66,640	$32
Animal Scientists	2,460	$89,450	$43
Soil and Plant Scientists	15,800	$77,080	$37
Biochemists and Biophysicists	33,180	$120,310	$58
Microbiologists	21,540	$93,380	$45
Zoologists and Wildlife Biologists	17,100	$75,740	$36
Biological Scientists, All Other	61,220	$99,060	$48
Conservation Scientists	22,790	$73,160	$35
Epidemiologists	10,230	$90,430	$43
Medical Scientists, Except Epidemiologists	137K	$112,380	$54
Chemists	83,530	$95,560	$46
Environmental Scientists and Specialists, Including Health	80,730	$86,710	$42
Geoscientists, Except Hydrologists and Geographers	24,620	$104,000	$50
Hydrologists	6,150	$96,410	$46
Psychologists, All Other	14,480	$110,300	$53
Agricultural Technicians	13,150	$46,810	$23
Biological Technicians	76,990	$56,540	$27
Biological Science Teachers, Postsecondary	52,050	$102,270	$0
Chemistry Teachers, Postsecondary	20,210	$102,630	$0
Environmental Science Teachers, Postsecondary	7,120	$100,910	$0
Physicians, Pathologists	11,020	$270,560	$130

Schools offering vocational programs for Bioinformatics Scientists

The following 129 schools offer the vocational programs and certificate courses for preparing Bioinformatics Scientists. The list includes some 4-year colleges that have certificate or associate programs for the career.