2023 Most Focused Colleges for Genetics in District of Columbia

When it comes to choosing a college, students have a lot of options - but not all of them are good. One of our goals at College Factual is to give you as much information as we can - such as our “Schools Highly Focused on Genetics Major in District of Columbia” ranking - to help you make that 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 District of Columbia, there were 5 genetics graduates with average earnings and debt of $0 and $0 respectively.

This year’s “Schools Highly Focused on Genetics Major in District of Columbia” ranking analyzed 2 colleges that offered a degree in genetics. This a ranking of the schools where the largest percentage of students has enrolled in genetics.

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Schools Highly Focused on Genetics Major in District of Columbia

The colleges and universities below are the best for district of columbia genetics students.

Top 2 Most Focused Colleges for Genetics in District of Columbia

1

Howard University
Washington, District of Columbia

#6 overall quality in District of Columbia

$50,572 Average Early-Career Earnings

$24,989 Average Student Debt

Out of the 2 schools in the Schools Highly Focused on Genetics Major in District of Columbia that were part of this year’s ranking, Howard University landed the #1 spot on the list. Located in Washington, District of Columbia, this fairly large private not-for-profit school awarded 3 diplomas to qualified ’s genetics students in 2020-2021.

The school has an excellent freshman retention rate of 90%, which means students like the school well enough to return for a second year.

Read more about Genetics at Howard

2

George Washington University
Washington, District of Columbia

#2 overall quality in District of Columbia

$65,148 Average Early-Career Earnings

$24,120 Average Student Debt

You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend George Washington University. The school came in at #2 for the Schools Highly Focused on Genetics Major in District of Columbia. George Washington University is located in Washington, District of Columbia and, has a large student population. In 2020-2021, this school awarded 2 ’s genetics degrees to qualified students.

The school has an impressive undergrad student loan default rate. It’s only 1.3%, which is much lower than the national rate of 10.1%. With a freshman retention rate of 88%, the school does an excellent job of retaining its undergraduate students.

Read full report on Genetics at GWU

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Notes and References

References

• 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 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).
• Information about the national average student loan default rate is from the U.S. Department of Education and refers to data about the 2016 borrower cohort tracking period for which the cohort default rate (CDR) was 10.1%.

Read more about our data sources and methodologies

Footnotes

• *Avg Salary and Avg 4-Year Grad Rate are for the top schools only.
• Some schools otherwise deserving of recognition may have been removed from this ranking in the event that new data identified post-publication warranted it, or at the request of the school.

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