2023 Most Focused Colleges for Animal Genetics in the Southeast Region

It’s not easy to decide which college to attend when there so many options available for students. College Factual has developed its “Schools Highly Focused on Animal Genetics Major in the Southeast Region” ranking as one item you can use to help make this decision.

Animal Genetics is the 1023rd most popular major in the country with 79 degrees awarded in 2020-2021.

Across the Southeast region, there were 61 animal genetics graduates with average earnings and debt of $0 and $0 respectively.

For this year’s “Schools Highly Focused on Animal Genetics Major in the Southeast Region” ranking, we looked at 2 colleges that offer a degree in animal genetics. The colleges and universities that top this list are recognized because their animal genetics program is one of the largest majors offered at the school.

For more information, check out our ranking methodology.

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Schools Highly Focused on Animal Genetics Major in the Southeast Region

The colleges and universities below are the best for southeast region animal genetics students.

Top 2 Most Focused Colleges for Animal Genetics in the Southeast Region

1

Clemson University
Clemson, South Carolina

#17 overall quality in Southeast

$47,889 Average Early-Career Earnings

$24,072 Average Student Debt

Out of the 2 schools in the Schools Highly Focused on Animal Genetics Major in the Southeast Region that were part of this year’s ranking, Clemson University landed the #1 spot on the list. Clemson is a large public school situated in Clemson, South Carolina. It awarded 61 ’s animal genetics degrees in 2020-2021.

The undergrad student loan default rate at the school is 1.7%, which is quite low when compared to the national default rate of 10.1%. The school has an excellent freshman retention rate of 94%, which means students like the school well enough to return for a second year.

Full Clemson University Animal Genetics Report

2

Tulane University of Louisiana
New Orleans, Louisiana

#21 overall quality in Southeast

$43,541 Average Early-Career Earnings

$25,150 Average Student Debt

You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend Tulane University of Louisiana. The school came in at #2 for the Schools Highly Focused on Animal Genetics Major in the Southeast Region. Tulane University of Louisiana is a fairly large school located in New Orleans, Louisiana that handed out 0 ’s animal genetics degrees in 2020-2021.

The impressive undergraduate student-to-faculty ratio of 8 to 1 means that students may have more opportunities to work more closely with their professors than they would at other schools. The low undergrad student loan default rate of 3.1% is a good sign that students have an easier time paying off their loans than they might at other schools. For comparison, the national default rate is 10.1%. Students who start out at the school are likely to stick around. The freshman retention rate is 92%.

Read full report on Animal Genetics at Tulane

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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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