A degree in general genetics is more popular than many other degrees. In fact, it ranks #519 out of 1506 on popularity of all such degrees in the nation. As a result, there are many college that offer the degree, making your choice of school a hard one.
For its 2024 ranking, College Factual looked at 2 schools in New York to determine which ones were the best for general genetics students pursuing a degree. Combined, these schools handed out 32 degrees in general genetics to qualified students.
The general 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 General Genetics Schools in New York.
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Although we recommend filtering by degree level first, you can view the list below to see which schools give the educational experience for the general genetics degree levels they offer.
It is difficult to beat Columbia University in the City of New York if you wish to pursue a degree in general genetics. Columbia is a fairly large private not-for-profit university located in the city of New York. A Best Colleges rank of #14 out of 2,217 colleges nationwide means Columbia is a great university overall.
There were roughly 16 general genetics students who graduated with this degree at Columbia in the most recent data year.
Any student pursuing a degree in general genetics has to look into University of Rochester. University of Rochester is a fairly large private not-for-profit university located in the city of Rochester. This university ranks 8th out of 142 colleges for overall quality in the state of New York.
There were about 3 general genetics students who graduated with this degree at University of Rochester in the most recent year we have data available.
Stony Brook University is one of the best schools in the country for getting a degree in general genetics. SUNY Stony Brook is a very large public university located in the suburb of Stony Brook. This university ranks 18th out of 142 schools for overall quality in the state of New York.
There were about 5 general genetics students who graduated with this degree at SUNY Stony Brook 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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