Animal Genetics degree programs are on the lower end of the spectrum in terms of popularity. In fact, the major ranks #1023 out of the 1506 majors we look at each year. This may make is a little harder to find a school that is a good fit for you.
In 2024, College Factual analyzed 2 schools in order to identify the top ones for its Best Animal Genetics Schools ranking. When you put them all together, these colleges and universities awarded 79 degrees in animal genetics during the 2020-2021 academic year.
The animal genetics school you choose to invest your time and money in matters. To help you make the decision that is right for you, we've developed a number of major-specific rankings, including this list of the Best Animal Genetics Schools.
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Best Schools for Animal Genetics in the United States
Although we recommend filtering by degree level first, you can view the list below to see which schools give the educational experience for the animal genetics degree levels they offer.
It is difficult to beat Johns Hopkins University if you wish to pursue a degree in animal genetics. Johns Hopkins is a fairly large private not-for-profit university located in the city of Baltimore. This university ranks 1st out of 36 colleges for overall quality in the state of Maryland.
There were roughly 10 animal genetics students who graduated with this degree at Johns Hopkins in the most recent data year.
It is hard to beat Cornell University if you wish to pursue a degree in animal genetics. Cornell is a very large private not-for-profit university located in the city of Ithaca. A Best Colleges rank of #22 out of 2,217 schools nationwide means Cornell is a great university overall.
There were roughly 8 animal genetics students who graduated with this degree at Cornell in the most recent year we have data available.
It is hard to beat Clemson University if you want to pursue a degree in animal genetics. Located in the large suburb of Clemson, Clemson is a public university with a very large student population. This university ranks 1st out of 44 colleges for overall quality in the state of South Carolina.
There were roughly 61 animal genetics students who graduated with this degree at Clemson in the most recent data year.
The bars on the spread charts above show the distribution of the schools on this list +/- one standard deviation from the mean.
The Integrated Postsecondary Education Data System (IPEDS) from the National Center for Education Statistics (NCES), a branch of the U.S. Department of Education (DOE) serves as the core of the rest of our data about colleges.
Some other college data, including much of the graduate earnings data, comes from the U.S. Department of Education’s (College Scorecard).
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