2022 Best Value Master’s Degree Colleges for Genetics in the Southeast Region
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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 the Southeast region, there were 281 genetics graduates with average earnings and debt of $25,300 and $20,814 respectively. At the master’s degree level specifically, there were 71 genetics graduates with average earnings and debt of $53,950 and $43,286 respectively.
For this year’s “Best Value Genetics Schools for a Master’s in the Southeast Region” ranking, we looked at 9 colleges that offer 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.
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. Check out our ranking methodology for more information.
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Best Value Genetics Schools for a Master’s in the Southeast Region
The colleges and universities below are the best for southeast region master’s degree genetics students.
Top 9 Best Value Master’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 Master’s in the Southeast Region list. This large school is located in Raleigh, North Carolina, and it awarded 2 masters’s genetics degrees in 2019-2020.
NC State also made our “Best Genetics Master’s Degree Schools in the Southeast Region” list, coming in at #3. Average graduate tuition and fees at North Carolina State University are $28,999, but some majors have different tuition rates.
You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend University of North Carolina at Greensboro. It ranked #2 on our 2022 Best Value Genetics Schools for a Master’s in the Southeast Region list. Located in Greensboro, North Carolina, this fairly large public school awarded 7 diplomas to qualified masters’s genetics students in 2019-2020.
UNC Greensboro also took the #9 spot in our “Best Genetics Master’s Degree Schools in the Southeast Region” ranking. Average graduate tuition and fees at University of North Carolina at Greensboro are $21,918, but you may pay more or less depending on your major.
Out of the 9 schools in the Best Value Genetics Schools for a Master’s in the Southeast Region that were part of this year’s ranking, West Virginia University landed the #3 spot on the list. WVU is a large school located in Morgantown, West Virginia that handed out 2 masters’s genetics degrees in 2019-2020.
WVU also made our “Best Genetics Master’s Degree Schools in the Southeast Region” list, coming in at #7. Although you might pay more or less depending on your area of study, average graduate tuition and fees at West Virginia University are $26,154.
You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend University of South Carolina - Columbia. It ranked #4 on our 2022 Best Value Genetics Schools for a Master’s in the Southeast Region list. This large school is located in Columbia, South Carolina, and it awarded 8 masters’s genetics degrees in 2019-2020.
In addition to being on our southeast region master’s degree genetics students list, UofSC has also earned the #6 rank in our “Best Genetics Master’s Degree Schools in the Southeast Region” ranking. Average graduate tuition and fees at University of South Carolina - Columbia are $30,160, but you may pay more or less depending on your major.
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Out of the 9 schools in the Best Value Genetics Schools for a Master’s in the Southeast Region that were part of this year’s ranking, Virginia Commonwealth University landed the #5 spot on the list. Richmond, Virginia is the setting for this large institution of higher learning. The public school handed out masters’s genetics degrees to 3 students in 2019-2020.
VCU also made our “Best Genetics Master’s Degree Schools in the Southeast Region” list, coming in at #8. Average graduate tuition and fees at Virginia Commonwealth University are $29,228, but some majors have different tuition rates.
University of Miami came in at #6 in this year’s edition of the Best Value Genetics Schools for a Master’s in the Southeast Region ranking. University of Miami is a fairly large school located in Coral Gables, Florida that handed out 8 masters’s genetics degrees in 2019-2020.
U Miami not only placed well in this ranking. It is also #5 on our “Best Genetics Master’s Degree Schools in the Southeast Region” list. Average graduate tuition and fees at University of Miami are $40,220, but some majors have different tuition rates.
Emory University did quite well in the 2022 Best Value Genetics Schools for a Master’s in the Southeast Region ranking, coming in at #7. Emory is a fairly large school located in Atlanta, Georgia that handed out 14 masters’s genetics degrees in 2019-2020.
Emory not only placed well in this ranking. It is also #2 on our “Best Genetics Master’s Degree Schools in the Southeast Region” list. Average graduate tuition and fees at Emory are $44,676, but you may pay more or less depending on your major.
Duke University ranked #8 on this year’s Best Value Genetics Schools for a Master’s in the Southeast Region list. Located in Durham, North Carolina, this fairly large private not-for-profit school handed out 3 diplomas to qualified masters’s genetics students in 2019-2020.
As a testament to the quality of education offered at Duke, the school also landed the #1 spot in our “Best Genetics Master’s Degree Schools in the Southeast Region” ranking. Average graduate tuition and fees at Duke University are $59,140, but some majors have different tuition rates.
Tulane University of Louisiana landed the #9 spot on the 2022 Best Value Genetics Schools for a Master’s in the Southeast Region ranking. Tulane is a private not-for-profit institution located in New Orleans, Louisiana. The school has a fairly large population, and it awarded 16 masters’s degrees in 2019-2020.
Tulane did well in our major quality rankings, too. It placed #4 on our “Best Genetics Master’s Degree Schools in the Southeast Region” list. Although you might pay more or less depending on your area of study, average graduate tuition and fees at Tulane are $61,176.
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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%.
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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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