Genetics / Genomics / Bioinformatics

Ranked in 2014, part of Biological Sciences

Genetics and genomics courses examine heredity and DNA and, in bioinformatics, computer programs are used to analyze this genetic information. These are the best science schools for genetics / genomics / bioinformatics.

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Harvard University 

Boston, MA

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Stanford University 

Stanford, CA

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University of California—​Berkeley 

Berkeley, CA

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University of Washington 

Seattle, WA

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Washington University in St. Louis 

St. Louis, MO

#6
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Massachusetts Institute of Technology 

Cambridge, MA

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