<p>Which in your opinion is a better major a biology major hoping to get into the bioinformatics field or a Software Engineering major?</p>
<p>No brainer, software engineering. You could however find a school where you could major in biology and minor in computer science.</p>
<p>Bioinformatics is usually about manipulation of large data sets. A biology background is necessary to some extent, but you need computers and especially database classes (falling under software) to be prepared.</p>
<p>Some college offer bioinformatics programs, and I would say the exception to what I noted would be a school that has an integrated biology program with professors in the biology department who do bioinformatics.</p>