2022 Best Value Genetics Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Southwest Region For Those Getting Aid

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 Southwest Region For Those Getting Aid” 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 Southwest region, there were 107 genetics graduates with average earnings and debt of $0 and $21,990 respectively. At the bachelor’s degree level specifically, there were 73 genetics graduates with average earnings and debt of $38,896 and $23,899 respectively.

This year’s “Best Value Genetics Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Southwest Region For Those Getting Aid” ranking analyzed 2 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.

Some of the factors we look at when determining these rankings are overall quality of the 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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The genetics school you choose to invest your time and money in matters. To help you make the decision that is right for you, we’ve developed a number of major-specific rankings, including this list of “Best Value Genetics Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Southwest Region For Those Getting Aid”.

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Best Value Genetics Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Southwest Region For Those Getting Aid

The following schools top our list of the Best Best Value Genetics Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Southwest Region For Those Getting Aid.

Top 2 Best Value Bachelor’s Degree Colleges for Genetics in the Southwest Region (With Aid)

#1

Texas A&M University - College Station

College Station, Texas

#1 in overall quality

$19,057 Average Net Price

$29,685 Average Early-Career Earnings

You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend Texas A&M University - College Station. The school came in at #1 for the Best Value Genetics Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Southwest Region For Those Getting Aid. College Station, Texas is the setting for this large institution of higher learning. The public school handed out bachelors’s genetics degrees to 65 students in 2019-2020.

Texas A&M College Station did well in our major quality rankings, too. It placed #1 on our “Best Genetics Bachelor’s Degree Schools in the Southwest Region” list. The yearly cost to attend Texas A&M College Station is $19,057 for Southwest Region Bachelor’s Degree Genetics students with aid.

With a freshman retention rate of 94%, the school does an excellent job of retaining its students. 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 more about Genetics at Texas A&M University - College Station

#1

New Mexico State University - Main Campus

Las Cruces, New Mexico

#2 in overall quality

$8,659 Average Net Price

Out of the 2 schools in the Best Value Genetics Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Southwest Region For Those Getting Aid that were part of this year’s ranking, New Mexico State University - Main Campus landed the #1 spot on the list. NMSU Main Campus is a fairly large public school situated in Las Cruces, New Mexico. It awarded 8 bachelors’s genetics degrees in 2019-2020.

NMSU Main Campus also took the #2 spot in our “Best Genetics Bachelor’s Degree Schools in the Southwest Region” ranking. The yearly cost to attend NMSU Main Campus is $8,659 for Southwest Region Bachelor’s Degree Genetics students with aid.

Read full report on Genetics at NMSU Main Campus

• Best Value Bachelor’s Degree Colleges for Genetics (With Aid)

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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