2022 Best Value Master’s Degree Colleges for Genetics in New Jersey

It’s not easy to decide which college to attend when there so many options available for students. 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 Master’s in New Jersey” ranking.

In 2019-2020, 1,403 people earned their degree in genetics, making the major the 218th most popular in the United States. 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 New Jersey, there were 59 genetics graduates with average earnings and debt of $0 and $20,500 respectively. At the master’s degree level specifically, there were 11 genetics graduates with average earnings and debt of $60,690 and $39,821 respectively.

The schools that top this list are recognized because they have great genetics programs and cost less that 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. See our ranking methodology to learn more.

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When choosing the right school for you, it’s important to arm yourself with all the facts you can. To that end, we’ve created a number of major-specific rankings, including this “Best Value Genetics Schools for a Master’s in New Jersey” list to help you make the college decision.

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Best Value Genetics Schools for a Master’s in New Jersey

The following schools top our list of the Best Best Value Genetics Schools for a Master’s in New Jersey.

Top 1 Best Value Master’s Degree Colleges for Genetics in New Jersey

#1

Rutgers University - New Brunswick

New Brunswick, New Jersey

#1 in overall quality

$32,132 Avg Grad Tuition & Fees

Out of the 1 schools in the Best Value Genetics Schools for a Master’s in New Jersey that were part of this year’s ranking, Rutgers University - New Brunswick landed the #1 spot on the list. Rutgers University - New Brunswick is a large school located in New Brunswick, New Jersey that handed out 11 masters’s genetics degrees in 2019-2020.

Rutgers New Brunswick also took the #1 spot in our “Best Genetics Master’s Degree Schools in New Jersey” ranking. Average graduate tuition and fees at Rutgers University - New Brunswick are $32,132, but some majors have different tuition rates.

Read full report on Genetics at Rutgers New Brunswick

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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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