2022 Best Value Doctor’s Degree Colleges for Genetics in Iowa

Students have lots of options to chooose from today when trying to decide which college to attend. At College Factual, we’re committed to helping you make that decision by providing information such as that found in our “Best Value Genetics Schools for a Doctorate in Iowa” ranking.

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 Iowa, there were 61 genetics graduates with average earnings and debt of $30,800 and $24,250 respectively. At the doctor’s degree level specifically, there were 16 genetics graduates with average earnings and debt of $71,469 and $117,729 respectively.

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. For more information, check out our ranking methodology.

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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 Doctorate in Iowa”.

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Best Value Genetics Schools for a Doctorate in Iowa

The colleges and universities below are the best for iowa doctor’s degree genetics students.

Top 2 Best Value Doctor’s Degree Colleges for Genetics in Iowa

#1

Iowa State University

Ames, Iowa

#1 in overall quality

$25,948 Avg Grad Tuition & Fees

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Iowa State University. It ranked #1 on our 2022 Best Value Genetics Schools for a Doctorate in Iowa list. Iowa State is a large school located in Ames, Iowa that handed out 9 doctorate’s genetics degrees in 2019-2020.

Iowa State also took the #1 spot in our “Best Genetics Doctor’s Degree Schools in Iowa” ranking. Although you might pay more or less depending on your area of study, average graduate tuition and fees at Iowa State University are $25,948.

Full Iowa State Genetics Report

#2

University of Iowa

Iowa City, Iowa

#1 in overall quality

$27,613 Avg Grad Tuition & Fees

Out of the 1 schools in the Best Value Genetics Schools for a Doctorate in Iowa that were part of this year’s ranking, University of Iowa landed the #2 spot on the list. This large school is located in Iowa City, Iowa, and it awarded 7 doctorate’s genetics degrees in 2019-2020.

Iowa also made our “Best Genetics Doctor’s Degree Schools in Iowa” list, coming in at #1. Average graduate tuition and fees at Iowa are $27,613, but some majors have different tuition rates.

Read full report on Genetics at Iowa

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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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