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2022 Best Value Master’s Degree Colleges for Genetics (Income $0-$30k) in the Rocky Mountains Region

1 Ranked Colleges
8 Degrees Awarded
$24,700 Avg Grad Tuition & Fees*
Best Value Genetics Schools for a Master's in the Rocky Mountains Region For Those Making $0-$30k

Students have lots of options to chooose from today when trying to decide which college to attend. One of our goals at College Factual is to give you as much information as we can - such as our “Best Value Genetics Schools for a Master’s in the Rocky Mountains Region For Those Making $0-$30k” ranking - to help you make that decision.

In 2019-2020, 1,403 people earned their degree in genetics, making the major the 218th most popular in the United States. In 2017-2018, genetics graduates who were awarded their degree in 2015-2017, earned an average of $31,167 and had an average of $22,619 in loans still to pay off.

Across the Rocky Mountains region, there were 20 genetics graduates with average earnings and debt of $0 and $0 respectively. At the master’s degree level specifically, there were 8 genetics graduates with average earnings and debt of $53,560 and $37,817 respectively.

Not only do the schools that top this list have excellent genetics programs, but they also cost less that schools of similar quality.

To come up with these rankings, we looked at factors such as the cost to attend the school after aid is awarded and overall quality of the genetics program at the school. Check out our ranking methodology for more information.

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Best Value Genetics Schools for a Master’s in the Rocky Mountains Region For Those Making $0-$30k

The colleges and universities below are the best for rocky mountains region master’s degree genetics students whose families make $0-$30k.

Top 1 Best Value Master’s Degree Colleges for Genetics (Income $0-$30k) in the Rocky Mountains Region

#1

University of Utah

Salt Lake City, Utah
#1 in overall quality

You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend University of Utah. The school came in at #1 for the Best Value Genetics Schools for a Master’s in the Rocky Mountains Region For Those Making $0-$30k. University of Utah is a large public school situated in Salt Lake City, Utah. It awarded 8 masters’s genetics degrees in 2019-2020.

As a testament to the quality of education offered at U of U, the school also landed the #1 spot in our “Best Genetics Master’s Degree Schools in the Rocky Mountains Region” ranking. Average graduate tuition and fees at U of U are $24,695, but some majors have different tuition rates.

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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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