2023 Most Popular Master’s Degree Colleges for Genetics in Ohio

When pursuing a degree in today’s world, students have many different options to choose from. College Factual was founded, in part, to help students make the decision as to what would be the best school for them. Our “Most Well Attended Genetics Major in Ohio for a Master’s” ranking is part of that endeavor.

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 Ohio, there were 83 genetics graduates with average earnings and debt of $21,648 and $20,500 respectively. At the master’s degree level specifically, there were 18 genetics graduates with average earnings and debt of $56,359 and $0 respectively.

This year’s “Most Well Attended Genetics Major in Ohio for a Master’s” ranking analyzed 3 colleges that offered a degree in genetics. This ranking identifies schools that graduate the most students in genetics.

For more information, check out our ranking methodology.

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Most Well Attended Genetics Major in Ohio for a Master’s

The following schools top our list of the Best “Most Well Attended Genetics Major in Ohio for a Master’s”.

Top 3 Most Popular Master’s Degree Colleges for Genetics in Ohio

1

University of Cincinnati - Main Campus
Cincinnati, Ohio

#8 overall quality in Ohio

Out of the 3 schools in the Most Well Attended Genetics Major in Ohio for a Master’s that were part of this year’s ranking, University of Cincinnati - Main Campus landed the #1 spot on the list. This large school is located in Cincinnati, Ohio, and it awarded 11 masters’s genetics degrees in 2020-2021.

The school has an excellent freshman retention rate of 88%, which means students like the school well enough to return for a second year. 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%.

Read full report on Genetics at UC

2

Ohio State University - Main Campus
Columbus, Ohio

#2 overall quality in Ohio

You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend Ohio State University - Main Campus. The school came in at #2 for the Most Well Attended Genetics Major in Ohio for a Master’s. Ohio State is a large public school situated in Columbus, Ohio. It awarded 6 masters’s genetics degrees in 2020-2021.

With a freshman retention rate of 94%, the school does an excellent job of retaining its undergraduate students. The undergrad student loan default rate at the school is 3.6%, which is quite low when compared to the national default rate of 10.1%.

Read more about Genetics at Ohio State

3

Case Western Reserve University
Cleveland, Ohio

#1 overall quality in Ohio

Out of the 3 schools in the Most Well Attended Genetics Major in Ohio for a Master’s that were part of this year’s ranking, Case Western Reserve University landed the #3 spot on the list. This fairly large school is located in Cleveland, Ohio, and it awarded 1 masters’s genetics degrees in 2020-2021.

The school has an excellent freshman retention rate of 93%, which means students like the school well enough to return for a second year. 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%.

Read full report on Genetics at Case Western Reserve University

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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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