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2024 Best Value Genetics Schools in Illinois

1 Ranked Colleges
34 Degrees Awarded
$28,500 Avg Net Price*
Best Value Genetics Schools in Illinois

It’s not easy to decide which college to attend when there so many options available for students. College Factual has developed its “Best Value Genetics Schools in Illinois” ranking as one item you can use to help make this decision.

Genetics is the 206th most popular major in the country with 1,543 degrees awarded in 2020-2021. In 2019-2020, genetics graduates who were awarded their degree in 2017-2019, earned an average of $36,723 and had an average of $22,299 in loans still to pay off.

Across Illinois, there were 34 genetics graduates with average earnings and debt of $0 and $0 respectively.

The schools that top this list are recognized because they have great genetics programs and cost less that schools of similar quality.

When determining these rankings, we looked at things such as overall quality of the genetics program at the school and the cost to attend the school once aid has been awarded. See our ranking methodology to learn more.

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Since picking the right college can be one of the most important decisions of your life, we’ve developed the “Best Value Genetics Schools in Illinois” ranking, along with many other major-related rankings, to help you make that decision.

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Best Value Genetics Schools in Illinois

The colleges and universities below are the best for illinois genetics students.

Top 1 Best Value Colleges for Genetics in Illinois

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University of Chicago
Chicago, Illinois

You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend University of Chicago. The school came in at #1 for the Best Value Genetics Schools in Illinois. University of Chicago is a fairly large private not-for-profit school situated in Chicago, Illinois. It awarded 34 ’s genetics degrees in 2020-2021.

UChicago also took the #1 spot in our “Best Genetics Schools in Illinois” ranking. The estimated yearly cost for University of Chicago is $28,517 for Illinois Genetics students.

Students who start out at the school are likely to stick around. The freshman retention rate is 99%. The impressive undergraduate student-to-faculty ratio of 5 to 1 means that students may have more opportunities to work more closely with their professors than they would at other schools. The undergrad student loan default rate at the school is 1.0%, which is quite low when compared to the national default rate of 10.1%.

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