by our College Data Analytics Team
It’s not easy to decide which college to attend when there so many options available for students. 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 Master’s Highly Focused on Genetics Major in the Great Lakes Region” ranking is one tool we have developed to help in this regard.
Genetics is the 206th most popular major in the country with 1,543 degrees awarded in 2020-2021. 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 Great Lakes region, there were 478 genetics graduates with average earnings and debt of $32,211 and $21,995 respectively. At the master’s degree level specifically, there were 110 genetics graduates with average earnings and debt of $58,892 and $0 respectively.
This year’s “Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Genetics Major in the Great Lakes Region” ranking looked at 12 colleges that offer degrees in a bachelor’s 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.
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The following schools top our list of the Best “Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Genetics Major in the Great Lakes Region”.
You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Manchester University. It ranked #1 on our 2023 Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Genetics Major in the Great Lakes Region list. North Manchester, Indiana is the setting for this small institution of higher learning. The private not-for-profit school handed out masters’s genetics degrees to 26 students in 2020-2021.
You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend University of Chicago. The school came in at #2 for the Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Genetics Major in the Great Lakes Region. University of Chicago is a fairly large private not-for-profit school situated in Chicago, Illinois. It awarded 16 masters’s genetics degrees in 2020-2021.
Students who start out at the school are likely to stick around. The freshman retention rate is 100%. The undergraduate student-to-faculty ratio of 5 to 1 is a sign that students will have more opportunities to engage with their professors one-on-one. The low undergrad student loan default rate of 1.0% 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%.
You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Indiana University - Purdue University - Indianapolis. It ranked #3 on our 2023 Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Genetics Major in the Great Lakes Region list. IUPUI is located in Indianapolis, Indiana and, has a large student population. In 2020-2021, this school awarded 10 masters’s genetics degrees to qualified students.
The undergrad student loan default rate at the school is 4.2%, which is quite low when compared to the national default rate of 10.1%.
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You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend University of Wisconsin - Madison. It ranked #4 on our 2023 Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Genetics Major in the Great Lakes Region list. University of Wisconsin - Madison is a public institution located in Madison, Wisconsin. The school has a large population, and it awarded 20 masters’s degrees in 2020-2021.
With a freshman retention rate of 95%, the school does an excellent job of retaining its undergraduate students. The low undergrad student loan default rate of 0.9% 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%.
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Out of the 12 schools in the Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Genetics Major in the Great Lakes Region that were part of this year’s ranking, University of Michigan - Ann Arbor landed the #5 spot on the list. U-M is a large school located in Ann Arbor, Michigan that handed out 16 masters’s genetics degrees 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 96%.
University of Cincinnati - Main Campus ranked #6 on this year’s Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Genetics Major in the Great Lakes Region list. UC is a public institution located in Cincinnati, Ohio. The school has a large population, and it awarded 11 masters’s degrees in 2020-2021.
The school has an impressive undergrad student loan default rate. It’s only 4.7%, which is much lower than the national rate of 10.1%. With a freshman retention rate of 88%, the school does an excellent job of retaining its undergraduate students.
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Michigan Technological University did quite well in the 2023 Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Genetics Major in the Great Lakes Region ranking, coming in at #7. This medium-sized school is located in Houghton, Michigan, and it awarded 1 masters’s genetics degrees in 2020-2021.
Students who start out at the school are likely to stick around. The freshman retention rate is 86%. The undergrad student loan default rate at the school is 1.9%, which is quite low when compared to the national default rate of 10.1%.
Ohio State University - Main Campus did quite well in the 2023 Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Genetics Major in the Great Lakes Region ranking, coming in at #8. Located in Columbus, Ohio, this large public school handed out 6 diplomas to qualified masters’s genetics students in 2020-2021.
With a freshman retention rate of 94%, the school does an excellent job of retaining its undergraduate students. The low undergrad student loan default rate of 3.6% 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%.
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Case Western Reserve University ranked #9 on this year’s Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Genetics Major in the Great Lakes Region list. Case Western is located in Cleveland, Ohio and, has a fairly large student population. In 2020-2021, this school awarded 1 masters’s genetics degrees to qualified students.
Students who start out at the school are likely to stick around. The freshman retention rate is 93%. The undergrad student loan default rate at the school is 1.5%, which is quite low when compared to the national default rate of 10.1%.
Michigan State University came in at #10 in this year’s edition of the Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Genetics Major in the Great Lakes Region ranking. Michigan State University is a large school located in East Lansing, Michigan that handed out 2 masters’s genetics degrees in 2020-2021.
With a freshman retention rate of 91%, the school does an excellent job of retaining its undergraduate students. The undergrad student loan default rate at the school is 2.6%, which is quite low when compared to the national default rate of 10.1%.
With a ranking of #11, Wayne State University did quite well on the 2023 Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Genetics Major in the Great Lakes Region list. This large school is located in Detroit, Michigan, and it awarded 1 masters’s genetics degrees in 2020-2021.
Medical College of Wisconsin ranked #12 on this year’s Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Genetics Major in the Great Lakes Region list. Medical College of Wisconsin is located in Milwaukee, Wisconsin and, has a small student population. In 2020-2021, this school awarded 0 masters’s genetics degrees to qualified students.
The undergraduate student-to-faculty ratio of to 1 is a sign that students will have more opportunities to engage with their professors one-on-one.
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