2022 Best Value Doctor’s Degree Colleges for Genetics in the Rocky Mountains Region
With all of the options students have for higher education today, it can be tough to choose which direction to take. 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 Doctorate in the Rocky Mountains 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 Rocky Mountains region, there were 20 genetics graduates with average earnings and debt of $0 and $0 respectively. At the doctor’s degree level specifically, there were 8 genetics graduates with average earnings and debt of $75,140 and $97,138 respectively.
This ranking identifies schools with high-quality genetics programs that also have a lower cost than 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 Doctorate in the Rocky Mountains Region
The colleges and universities below are the best for rocky mountains region doctor’s degree genetics students.
Top 2 Best Value Doctor’s Degree Colleges for Genetics in the Rocky Mountains Region
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 Doctorate in the Rocky Mountains Region. This large school is located in Salt Lake City, Utah, and it awarded 7 doctorate’s genetics degrees in 2019-2020.
U of U did well in our major quality rankings, too. It placed #1 on our “Best Genetics Doctor’s Degree Schools in the Rocky Mountains Region” list. Average graduate tuition and fees at University of Utah are $24,695, but some majors have different tuition rates.
You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend University of Colorado Denver/Anschutz Medical Campus. The school came in at #2 for the Best Value Genetics Schools for a Doctorate in the Rocky Mountains Region. This large school is located in Denver, Colorado, and it awarded 1 doctorate’s genetics degrees in 2019-2020.
CU Anschutz also took the #2 spot in our “Best Genetics Doctor’s Degree Schools in the Rocky Mountains Region” ranking. Average graduate tuition and fees at CU Anschutz are $23,915, but some majors have different tuition rates.
Read more about Genetics at University of Colorado Denver/Anschutz Medical Campus
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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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