The main focus area for this major is Human/Medical Genetics. For more details on this concentration, visit its profile page.
Genetics is a major offered under the biological and biomedical sciences program of study at University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences. We’ve pulled together some essential information you should know about the master’s degree program in genetics, including how many students graduate each year, the ethnic diversity of these students, whether or not the degree is offered online, and more.
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Out-of-state part-time graduates at UAMS paid an average of $896 per credit hour in 2019-2020. The average for in-state students was $441 per credit hour. Information about average full-time graduate student tuition and fees is shown in the table below.
In State | Out of State | |
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Tuition | $7,934 | $16,124 |
Fees | $1,528 | $1,528 |
Online degrees for the UAMS genetics master’s degree program are not available at this time. To see if the school offers distance learning options in other areas, visit the UAMS Online Learning page.
About 85.7% of the students who received their MS in genetics in 2019-2020 were women. This is higher than the nationwide number of 76.4%.
Of those graduates who received a master’s degree in genetics at UAMS in 2019-2020, 14.3% were racial-ethnic minorities*. This is lower than the nationwide number of 24%.
Race/Ethnicity | Number of Students |
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Asian | 0 |
Black or African American | 0 |
Hispanic or Latino | 1 |
Native American or Alaska Native | 0 |
Native Hawaiian or Pacific Islander | 0 |
White | 6 |
International Students | 0 |
Other Races/Ethnicities | 0 |
Genetics students may decide to major in one of the following focus areas.
Focus Area | Annual Graduates |
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Human/Medical Genetics | 7 |
*The racial-ethnic minorities count is calculated by taking the total number of students and subtracting white students, international students, and students whose race/ethnicity was unknown. This number is then divided by the total number of students at the school to obtain the racial-ethnic minorities percentage.
More about our data sources and methodologies.