Biological and Medical Informatics PhD Program Statistics

Enrollment Headcounts (Fall 2022)

Citizenship

Citizenship Headcount Percent
TOTAL 55  
U.S. citizens and permanent residents 53 96.4%
URG 15 28.3%
International 2 3.6%

Gender

Gender Headcount Percent
TOTAL 55  
Male 28 50.9%
Female 27 49.1%


Admissions

NOTE: Biological and Medical Informatics and Biophysics are combined into iPQB (Integrated Program in Quantitative Biology) during the application process and share the same admissions statistics.

Type 2018 2019 2020 2021 2022
Applicants  236 241 282 273 278
Admits 53 57 77 64 66
Matriculants (enrolled) 17 14 23 23 22
Admit rate (selectivity) 22.5% 23.7% 27.3% 23.4% 23.7%
Yield 32.1% 24.6% 29.9% 35.9% 33.3%


Median Time to Degree for Recipients

by academic year of conferral

Citizenship

Citizenship 2008-22
TOTAL 5.75
U.S. citizens and permanent residents 5.75
URG 5.50
International 0.00

Gender

Gender 2008-22
TOTAL 5.75
Male 6.88
Female 5.50


Cohort Completions

by academic year of entry

Degree 2004-06 2007-09 2010-12
TOTAL entering 9 22 24
Earned PhD 8 17 15
Earned master's 0 3 6
Still enrolled fall 2021 0 0 0
No degree earned 1 2 3
Total completed (PhD or master's) 8 20 21


PhD Completion Rates

by academic year of entry

Citizenship

Citizenship 2004-12
All Recipients 74.5%
U.S. citizens and permanent residents 74.5%
URG 75.6%
International 75.0%

Gender

Gender 2004-12
Male 81.0%
Female 53.8%

You can also see these statistics in an interactive dashboard.


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