2023 Schools for a Doctorate Highly Focused on Genetics Major in District of Columbia

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 “Schools for a Doctorate Highly Focused on Genetics Major in District of Columbia” ranking is part of that endeavor.

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 District of Columbia, there were 5 genetics graduates with average earnings and debt of $0 and $0 respectively. At the doctor’s degree level specifically, there were 5 genetics graduates with average earnings and debt of $81,283 and $0 respectively.

This year’s “Schools for a Doctorate Highly Focused on Genetics Major in District of Columbia” ranking analyzed 2 colleges that offered a degree in genetics. That schools that top this list have a program in genetics in which the largest percentage of students at the school are enrolled.

See our ranking methodology to learn more.

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Schools for a Doctorate Highly Focused on Genetics Major in District of Columbia

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

Top 2 Most Focused Doctor’s Degree Colleges for Genetics in District of Columbia

1

Howard University
Washington, District of Columbia

#6 overall quality in District of Columbia

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Howard University. It ranked #1 on our 2023 Schools for a Doctorate Highly Focused on Genetics Major in District of Columbia list. Howard is a private not-for-profit institution located in Washington, District of Columbia. The school has a fairly large population, and it awarded 3 doctorate’s degrees in 2020-2021.

The school has an excellent freshman retention rate of 90%, which means students like the school well enough to return for a second year.

Read more about Genetics at Howard University

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George Washington University
Washington, District of Columbia

#2 overall quality in District of Columbia

Out of the 2 schools in the Schools for a Doctorate Highly Focused on Genetics Major in District of Columbia that were part of this year’s ranking, George Washington University landed the #2 spot on the list. Located in Washington, District of Columbia, this large private not-for-profit school awarded 2 degrees to qualified doctorate’s genetics students in 2020-2021.

The school has an impressive undergrad student loan default rate. It’s only 1.3%, which is much lower than the national rate of 10.1%. Students who start out at the school are likely to stick around. The freshman retention rate is 88%.

Full George Washington University Genetics Report

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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

• *Avg Salary and Avg 4-Year Grad Rate 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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