2023 Most Focused Doctor’s Degree Colleges for Molecular Genetics in the Far Western US Region

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In 2020-2021, 359 people earned their degree in molecular genetics, making the major the 659th most popular in the United States.

Across the Far Western US region, there were 6 molecular genetics graduates with average earnings and debt of $0 and $0 respectively. At the doctor’s degree level specifically, there were 5 molecular genetics graduates with average earnings and debt of $75,423 and $0 respectively.

For this year’s “Schools for a Doctorate Highly Focused on Molecular Genetics Major in the Far Western US Region” ranking, we looked at 2 colleges that offer a degree in molecular genetics. This a ranking of the schools where the largest percentage of students has enrolled in molecular genetics.

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Schools for a Doctorate Highly Focused on Molecular Genetics Major in the Far Western US Region

The following schools top our list of the Best “Schools for a Doctorate Highly Focused on Molecular Genetics Major in the Far Western US Region”.

Top 2 Most Focused Doctor’s Degree Colleges for Molecular Genetics in the Far Western US Region

1

Oregon Health & Science University
Portland, Oregon

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Oregon Health & Science University. It ranked #1 on our 2023 Schools for a Doctorate Highly Focused on Molecular Genetics Major in the Far Western US Region list. This small school is located in Portland, Oregon, and it awarded 5 doctorate’s molecular genetics degrees in 2020-2021.

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. The school has an impressive undergrad student loan default rate. It’s only 0.1%, which is much lower than the national rate of 10.1%.

Read full report on Molecular Genetics at OHSU

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University of Southern California
Los Angeles, California

#4 overall quality in Far Western US

Out of the 2 schools in the Schools for a Doctorate Highly Focused on Molecular Genetics Major in the Far Western US Region that were part of this year’s ranking, University of Southern California landed the #2 spot on the list. Los Angeles, California is the setting for this large institution of higher learning. The private not-for-profit school handed out doctorate’s molecular genetics degrees to 0 students in 2020-2021.

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%. Students who start out at the school are likely to stick around. The freshman retention rate is 91%. The impressive undergraduate student-to-faculty ratio of 9 to 1 means that students may have more opportunities to work more closely with their professors than they would at other schools.

Read more about Molecular Genetics at University of Southern California

• Most Focused Doctor’s Degree Colleges for Molecular Genetics

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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