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2022 Best Value Bachelor’s Degree Colleges for Genetics (Income $48-$75k) in the Southeast Region

5 Ranked Colleges
140 Degrees Awarded
$25,300 Avg Salary
Best Value Genetics Schools for a Bachelor's in the Southeast Region For Those Making $48-$75k

With all of the options students have for higher education today, it can be tough to choose which direction to take. Our mission at College Factual is to arm you with as much information as we can to help you make that decision. Our “Best Value Genetics Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Southeast Region For Those Making $48-$75k” ranking is one tool we have developed to help in this regard.

Genetics is the 218th most popular major in the country with 1,403 degrees awarded in 2019-2020. 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 Southeast region, there were 281 genetics graduates with average earnings and debt of $25,300 and $20,814 respectively. At the bachelor’s degree level specifically, there were 140 genetics graduates with average earnings and debt of $36,277 and $25,415 respectively.

This year’s “Best Value Genetics Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Southeast Region For Those Making $48-$75k” ranking analyzed 5 colleges that offered a degree in genetics. Not only do the schools that top this list have excellent genetics programs, but they also cost less that schools of similar quality.

When determining these rankings, we looked at things such as overall quality of the genetics program at the school and the cost to attend the school once aid has been awarded. See our ranking methodology to learn more.

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Best Value Genetics Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Southeast Region For Those Making $48-$75k

The colleges and universities below are the best for southeast region bachelor’s degree genetics students whose families make $48-$75k.

Top 5 Best Value Bachelor’s Degree Colleges for Genetics (Income $48-$75k) in the Southeast Region

#1

North Carolina State University

Raleigh, North Carolina

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend North Carolina State University. It ranked #1 on our 2022 Best Value Genetics Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Southeast Region For Those Making $48-$75k list. This large school is located in Raleigh, North Carolina, and it awarded 24 bachelors’s genetics degrees in 2019-2020.

NC State also took the #1 spot in our “Best Genetics Bachelor’s Degree Schools in the Southeast Region” ranking. The estimated yearly cost for North Carolina State University is $15,084 for Southeast Region Bachelor’s Degree Genetics students whose families make $48-$75k.

The school has an excellent freshman retention rate of 94%, which means students like the school well enough to return for a second year. The low student loan default rate of 2.9% 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 Genetics at North Carolina State University

#2

University of Georgia

Athens, Georgia

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend University of Georgia. It ranked #2 on our 2022 Best Value Genetics Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Southeast Region For Those Making $48-$75k list. University of Georgia is a large school located in Athens, Georgia that handed out 47 bachelors’s genetics degrees in 2019-2020.

As a testament to the quality of education offered at UGA, the school also landed the #2 spot in our “Best Genetics Bachelor’s Degree Schools in the Southeast Region” ranking. It costs about $14,748 for southeast region bachelor’s degree genetics students whose families make $48-$75k per year to attend UGA.

The school has an excellent freshman retention rate of 94%, which means students like the school well enough to return for a second year. The student loan default rate at the school is 2.5%, which is quite low when compared to the national default rate of 10.1%.

Read full report on Genetics at University of Georgia

#4 in overall quality

Out of the 5 schools in the Best Value Genetics Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Southeast Region For Those Making $48-$75k that were part of this year’s ranking, University of Alabama at Birmingham landed the #3 spot on the list. University of Alabama at Birmingham is located in Birmingham, Alabama and, has a large student population. In 2019-2020, this school awarded 9 bachelors’s genetics degrees to qualified students.

UAB did well in our major quality rankings, too. It placed #4 on our “Best Genetics Bachelor’s Degree Schools in the Southeast Region” list. The estimated yearly cost for University of Alabama at Birmingham is $18,197 for southeast region bachelor’s degree genetics students whose families make $48-$75k.

The school has an excellent freshman retention rate of 86%, which means students like the school well enough to return for a second year.

Full UAB Genetics Report

#4

Clemson University

Clemson, South Carolina

You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend Clemson University. The school came in at #4 for the Best Value Genetics Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Southeast Region For Those Making $48-$75k. Located in Clemson, South Carolina, this large public school awarded 55 degrees to qualified bachelors’s genetics students in 2019-2020.

Clemson also took the #3 spot in our “Best Genetics Bachelor’s Degree Schools in the Southeast Region” ranking. The estimated yearly cost for Clemson University is $18,971 for southeast region bachelor’s degree genetics students whose families make $48-$75k.

The low student loan default rate of 3.1% 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%. The school has an excellent freshman retention rate of 94%, which means students like the school well enough to return for a second year.

Read full report on Genetics at Clemson

#5

Florida Institute of Technology

Melbourne, Florida
#5 in overall quality

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Florida Institute of Technology. It ranked #5 on our 2022 Best Value Genetics Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Southeast Region For Those Making $48-$75k list. Florida Tech is located in Melbourne, Florida and, has a medium-sized student population. In 2019-2020, this school awarded 5 bachelors’s genetics degrees to qualified students.

Florida Tech also took the #5 spot in our “Best Genetics Bachelor’s Degree Schools in the Southeast Region” ranking. The yearly cost to attend Florida Tech is $30,323 for Southeast Region Bachelor’s Degree Genetics students whose families make $48-$75k.

Full Florida Institute of Technology 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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