Genetics isn't the most popular major in the world, but it's not the least popular either. To be more precise it ranks #206 in popularity out of 395 majors in the country. As such, the degree program isn't offered at every college in the United States, but there are schools that do have a program in the field that are top-notch when it comes to quality.
For its 2024 ranking, College Factual looked at 6 schools in New York to determine which ones were the best for genetics students pursuing a degree. When you put them all together, these colleges and universities awarded 68 degrees in genetics during the 2020-2021 academic year.
Your choice of genetics school matters, so we have put together these rankings to help you make your decision. In order to come up with a best overall ranking for genetics schools, we combine our degree-level rankings, weighting them by the number of degrees awarded at each level.
In order to find the schools that are the best fit for you, you may want to filter to one of the degree levels below.
When choosing the right school for you, it's important to arm yourself with all the facts you can. To that end, we've created a number of major-specific rankings, including this Best Genetics Schools in New York list to help you make the college decision.
You can also filter this list by location to find schools closer to you.
In addition to College Factual's rankings, you may want to take a look at College Combat, our unique tool that lets you pit your favorite schools head-to-head and compare how they rate on factors that most interest you.
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If you aren't interested in a particular degree level and want to know which schools are the overall best at delivering an education for the genetics degrees they offer, see the list below.
Columbia University in the City of New York is one of the best schools in the United States for getting a degree in genetics. Columbia is a very large private not-for-profit university located in the city of New York. A Best Colleges rank of #14 out of 2,217 colleges nationwide means Columbia is a great university overall.
There were about 16 genetics students who graduated with this degree at Columbia in the most recent data year.
Every student who is interested in genetics needs to take a look at Cornell University. Located in the small city of Ithaca, Cornell is a private not-for-profit university with a fairly large student population. A Best Colleges rank of #22 out of 2,217 schools nationwide means Cornell is a great university overall.
There were roughly 8 genetics students who graduated with this degree at Cornell in the most recent year we have data available.
Any student pursuing a degree in genetics has to take a look at University of Rochester. University of Rochester is a fairly large private not-for-profit university located in the medium-sized city of Rochester. A Best Colleges rank of #104 out of 2,217 schools nationwide means University of Rochester is a great university overall.
There were about 3 genetics students who graduated with this degree at University of Rochester in the most recent year we have data available.
University at Buffalo is a wonderful option for students pursuing a degree in genetics. University at Buffalo is a fairly large public university located in the suburb of Buffalo. This university ranks 23rd out of 142 schools for overall quality in the state of New York.
There were roughly 4 genetics students who graduated with this degree at University at Buffalo in the most recent year we have data available.
Stony Brook University is a great decision for students interested in a degree in genetics. SUNY Stony Brook is a fairly large public university located in the large suburb of Stony Brook. This university ranks 18th out of 142 colleges for overall quality in the state of New York.
There were about 5 genetics students who graduated with this degree at SUNY Stony Brook in the most recent data year.
Located in the suburb of Brookville, LIU Post is a private not-for-profit school with a large student population. This school ranks 35th out of 142 schools for overall quality in the state of New York.
There were roughly 11 genetics students who graduated with this degree at LIU Post in the most recent year we have data available.
Located in the town of Fredonia, SUNY Fredonia is a public school with a small student population. This school ranks 91st out of 142 schools for overall quality in the state of New York.
There were about 13 genetics students who graduated with this degree at SUNY Fredonia in the most recent data year.
The bars on the spread charts above show the distribution of the schools on this list +/- one standard deviation from the mean.
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 the rest 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).
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Your choice of genetics school matters, so we have put together these rankings to help you make your decision. In order to come up with a best overall ranking for genetics schools, we combine our degree-level rankings, weighting them by the number of degrees awarded at each level.
