by our College Data Analytics Team
When it comes to choosing a college, students have a lot of options - but not all of them are good. Our mission at College Factual is to arm you with as much information as we can to help you make that decision. Our “Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Genetics Major in the Middle Atlantic Region” ranking is one tool we have developed to help in this regard.
In 2020-2021, 1,543 people earned their degree in genetics, making the major the 206th most popular in the United States. In 2019-2020, genetics graduates who were awarded their degree in 2017-2019, earned an average of $36,723 and had an average of $22,299 in loans still to pay off.
Across the Middle Atlantic region, there were 258 genetics graduates with average earnings and debt of $30,538 and $25,500 respectively. At the bachelor’s degree level specifically, there were 76 genetics graduates with average earnings and debt of $40,457 and $25,851 respectively.
This year’s “Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Genetics Major in the Middle Atlantic Region” ranking looked at 5 colleges that offer degrees in a bachelor’s in genetics. This a ranking of the schools where the largest percentage of students has enrolled in genetics.
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The following schools top our list of the Best “Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Genetics Major in the Middle Atlantic Region”.
Out of the 5 schools in the Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Genetics Major in the Middle Atlantic Region that were part of this year’s ranking, SUNY Fredonia landed the #1 spot on the list. SUNY Fredonia is a small school located in Fredonia, New York that handed out 13 bachelors’s genetics degrees in 2020-2021.
The undergrad student loan default rate at the school is 4.5%, 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 Cedar Crest College. The school came in at #2 for the Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Genetics Major in the Middle Atlantic Region. Cedar Crest is a small private not-for-profit school situated in Allentown, Pennsylvania. It awarded 3 bachelors’s genetics degrees in 2020-2021.
With a undergrad student-to-faculty ratio of 10 to 1, it’s easy to see that the school is committed to helping their undergraduates succeed. The school has an impressive undergrad student loan default rate. It’s only 2.3%, which is much lower than the national rate of 10.1%.
You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Rutgers University - New Brunswick. It ranked #3 on our 2023 Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Genetics Major in the Middle Atlantic Region list. Rutgers University - New Brunswick is a public institution located in New Brunswick, New Jersey. The school has a large population, and it awarded 60 bachelors’s degrees in 2020-2021.
The school has an impressive undergrad student loan default rate. It’s only 2.6%, which is much lower than the national rate of 10.1%. The school has an excellent freshman retention rate of 93%, which means students like the school well enough to return for a second year.
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You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Temple University. It ranked #4 on our 2023 Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Genetics Major in the Middle Atlantic Region list. Philadelphia, Pennsylvania is the setting for this large institution of higher learning. The public school handed out bachelors’s genetics degrees to 23 students in 2020-2021.
The school has an excellent freshman retention rate of 87%, which means students like the school well enough to return for a second year. The low undergrad student loan default rate of 3.5% 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%.
Out of the 5 schools in the Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Genetics Major in the Middle Atlantic Region that were part of this year’s ranking, George Washington University landed the #4 spot on the list. GWU is a large school located in Washington, District of Columbia that handed out 2 bachelors’s genetics degrees in 2020-2021.
The undergrad student loan default rate at the school is 1.3%, which is quite low when compared to the national default rate of 10.1%. The school has an excellent freshman retention rate of 88%, which means students like the school well enough to return for a second year.
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