2022 Best Value Molecular Genetics Schools for a Master’s in the Great Lakes Region

When pursuing a degree in today’s world, students have many different options to choose from. College Factual has developed its “Best Value Molecular Genetics Schools for a Master’s in the Great Lakes Region” ranking as one item you can use to help make this decision.

In 2019-2020, 336 people earned their degree in molecular genetics, making the major the 675th most popular in the United States.

Across the Great Lakes region, there were 133 molecular genetics graduates with average earnings and debt of $0 and $0 respectively. At the master’s degree level specifically, there were 7 molecular genetics graduates with average earnings and debt of $57,039 and $42,488 respectively.

This year’s “Best Value Molecular Genetics Schools for a Master’s in the Great Lakes Region” ranking analyzed 2 colleges that offered a degree in molecular genetics. The schools that top this list are recognized because they have great molecular genetics programs and cost less that schools of similar quality.

Some of the factors we look at when determining these rankings are overall quality of the molecular genetics program at the school and the cost of the school after aid is awarded among other things. See our ranking methodology to learn more.

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When choosing the right school for you, it’s important to arm yourself with all the facts you can. To that end, we’ve created a number of major-specific rankings, including this “Best Value Molecular Genetics Schools for a Master’s in the Great Lakes Region” list to help you make the college decision.

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Best Value Molecular Genetics Schools for a Master’s in the Great Lakes Region

The following schools top our list of the Best Best Value Molecular Genetics Schools for a Master’s in the Great Lakes Region.

Top 2 Best Value Master’s Degree Colleges for Molecular Genetics in the Great Lakes Region

#1

Ohio State University - Main Campus

Columbus, Ohio

#2 in overall quality

$37,141 Avg Grad Tuition & Fees

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Ohio State University - Main Campus. It ranked #1 on our 2022 Best Value Molecular Genetics Schools for a Master’s in the Great Lakes Region list. Ohio State University - Main Campus is located in Columbus, Ohio and, has a large student population. In 2019-2020, this school awarded 2 masters’s molecular genetics degrees to qualified students.

Ohio State not only placed well in this ranking. It is also #2 on our “Best Molecular Genetics Master’s Degree Schools in the Great Lakes Region” list. Average graduate tuition and fees at Ohio State are $37,141, but some majors have different tuition rates.

Read more about Molecular Genetics at Ohio State University - Main Campus

#2

University of Chicago

Chicago, Illinois

#1 in overall quality

$61,548 Avg Grad Tuition & Fees

Out of the 2 schools in the Best Value Molecular Genetics Schools for a Master’s in the Great Lakes Region that were part of this year’s ranking, University of Chicago landed the #2 spot on the list. Chicago, Illinois is the setting for this fairly large institution of higher learning. The private not-for-profit school handed out masters’s molecular genetics degrees to 4 students in 2019-2020.

UChicago also took the #1 spot in our “Best Molecular Genetics Master’s Degree Schools in the Great Lakes Region” ranking. Average graduate tuition and fees at University of Chicago are $61,548, but you may pay more or less depending on your major.

Full University of Chicago Molecular Genetics Report

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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

• *Average salary, average net price, and average tuition and fees 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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