2022 Best Value Genetics Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Southeast Region
When it comes to choosing a college, students have a lot of options - but not all of them are good. College Factual was founded, in part, to help students make the decision as to what would be the best school for them. Our “Best Value Genetics Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Southeast Region” ranking is part of that endeavor.
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” ranking analyzed 5 colleges that offered a degree in genetics. This ranking identifies schools with high-quality genetics programs that also have a lower cost than 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. For more information, check out our ranking methodology.
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Best Value Genetics Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Southeast Region
The following schools top our list of the Best Best Value Genetics Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Southeast Region.
Top 5 Best Value Bachelor’s Degree Colleges for Genetics in the Southeast Region
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 list. Raleigh, North Carolina is the setting for this large institution of higher learning. The public school handed out bachelors’s genetics degrees to 24 students in 2019-2020.
NC State not only placed well in this ranking. It is also #1 on our “Best Genetics Bachelor’s Degree Schools in the Southeast Region” list. The yearly cost to attend North Carolina State University is $16,458 for southeast region bachelor’s degree genetics 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%. Students who start out at the school are likely to stick around. The freshman retention rate is 94%.
Out of the 5 schools in the Best Value Genetics Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Southeast Region that were part of this year’s ranking, University of Alabama at Birmingham landed the #2 spot on the list. UAB 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.
In addition to being on our southeast region bachelor’s degree genetics students list, UAB has also earned the #4 rank in our “Best Genetics Bachelor’s Degree Schools in the Southeast Region” ranking. The estimated yearly cost for UAB is $16,953 for southeast region bachelor’s degree genetics students.
Students who start out at the school are likely to stick around. The freshman retention rate is 86%.
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You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend University of Georgia. The school came in at #3 for the Best Value Genetics Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Southeast Region. Located in Athens, Georgia, this large public school handed out 47 diplomas to qualified bachelors’s genetics students in 2019-2020.
UGA also made our “Best Genetics Bachelor’s Degree Schools in the Southeast Region” list, coming in at #2. The estimated yearly cost for UGA is $13,649 for Southeast Region Bachelor’s Degree Genetics students.
Students who start out at the school are likely to stick around. The freshman retention rate is 94%. 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%.
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. Clemson is a large school located in Clemson, South Carolina that handed out 55 bachelors’s genetics degrees in 2019-2020.
As a testament to the quality of education offered at Clemson, the school also landed the #3 spot in our “Best Genetics Bachelor’s Degree Schools in the Southeast Region” ranking. The estimated yearly cost for Clemson is $20,008 for Southeast Region Bachelor’s Degree Genetics students.
The school has an impressive student loan default rate. It’s only 3.1%, 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.
You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend Florida Institute of Technology. The school came in at #5 for the Best Value Genetics Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Southeast Region. Florida Tech is a private not-for-profit institution located in Melbourne, Florida. The school has a medium-sized population, and it awarded 5 bachelors’s degrees in 2019-2020.
In addition to being on our southeast region bachelor’s degree genetics students list, Florida Tech has also earned the #5 rank in our “Best Genetics Bachelor’s Degree Schools in the Southeast Region” ranking. It costs about $31,097 for Southeast Region Bachelor’s Degree Genetics students per year to attend Florida Tech.
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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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