by our College Data Analytics Team
It’s not easy to decide which college to attend when there so many options available for students. College Factual has developed its “Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Molecular Genetics Major” ranking as one item you can use to help make this decision.
In 2020-2021, 359 people earned their degree in molecular genetics, making the major the 659th most popular in the United States.
At the bachelor’s degree level specifically, there were 272 molecular genetics graduates with average earnings and debt of $39,682 and $26,217 respectively.
This year’s “Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Molecular Genetics Major” ranking looked at 8 colleges that offer degrees in a bachelor’s in molecular genetics. That schools that top this list have a program in molecular genetics in which the largest percentage of students at the school are enrolled.
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The colleges and universities below are the best for bachelor’s degree molecular genetics students.
You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend SUNY Fredonia. It ranked #1 on our 2023 Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Molecular Genetics Major list. Located in Fredonia, New York, this small public school handed out 13 diplomas to qualified bachelors’s molecular genetics students in 2020-2021.
The school has an impressive undergrad student loan default rate. It’s only 4.5%, which is much lower than the national rate of 10.1%.
You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Cedar Crest College. It ranked #2 on our 2023 Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Molecular Genetics Major list. Cedar Crest College is located in Allentown, Pennsylvania and, has a small student population. In 2020-2021, this school awarded 3 bachelors’s molecular genetics degrees to qualified students.
The school has an impressive undergrad student loan default rate. It’s only 2.3%, which is much lower than the national rate of 10.1%. The impressive undergraduate student-to-faculty ratio of 10 to 1 means that students may have more opportunities to work more closely with their professors than they would at other schools.
You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Michigan State University. It ranked #3 on our 2023 Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Molecular Genetics Major list. Michigan State University is a public institution located in East Lansing, Michigan. The school has a large population, and it awarded 77 bachelors’s degrees in 2020-2021.
With a freshman retention rate of 91%, the school does an excellent job of retaining its undergraduate students. The low undergrad student loan default rate of 2.6% 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%.
Read full report on Molecular Genetics at Michigan State University
Out of the 8 schools in the Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Molecular Genetics Major that were part of this year’s ranking, Rutgers University - New Brunswick landed the #4 spot on the list. Rutgers New Brunswick is a public institution located in New Brunswick, New Jersey. The school has a large population, and it awarded 60 bachelors’s degrees in 2020-2021.
The low undergrad student loan default rate of 2.6% 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 93%.
Read full report on Molecular Genetics at Rutgers University - New Brunswick
You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend Ohio State University - Main Campus. The school came in at #5 for the Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Molecular Genetics Major. Columbus, Ohio is the setting for this large institution of higher learning. The public school handed out bachelors’s molecular genetics degrees to 56 students in 2020-2021.
The school has an impressive undergrad student loan default rate. It’s only 3.6%, which is much lower than the national 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 Ohio State University - Main Campus Molecular Genetics Report
Texas A&M University - College Station came in at #6 in this year’s edition of the Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Molecular Genetics Major ranking. Texas A&M University - College Station is a large public school situated in College Station, Texas. It awarded 60 bachelors’s molecular genetics degrees in 2020-2021.
The school has an impressive undergrad student loan default rate. It’s only 2.2%, which is much lower than the national 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 Texas A&M University - College Station Molecular Genetics Report
Western Kentucky University did quite well in the 2023 Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Molecular Genetics Major ranking, coming in at #7. Western Kentucky University is a fairly large school located in Bowling Green, Kentucky that handed out 2 bachelors’s molecular genetics degrees in 2020-2021.
Read full report on Molecular Genetics at Western Kentucky University
University of California - Los Angeles came in at #8 in this year’s edition of the Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Molecular Genetics Major ranking. University of California - Los Angeles is a large school located in Los Angeles, California that handed out 1 bachelors’s molecular genetics degrees in 2020-2021.
Students who start out at the school are likely to stick around. The freshman retention rate is 96%. The school has an impressive undergrad student loan default rate. It’s only 1.6%, which is much lower than the national rate of 10.1%.
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