2023 Most Focused Colleges for Gene/Genetic Therapy

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 Highly Focused on Gene/Genetic Therapy Major” ranking is part of that endeavor.

Gene/Genetic Therapy is the 1177th most popular major in the country with 31 degrees awarded in 2020-2021.

This year’s “Schools Highly Focused on Gene/Genetic Therapy Major” ranking looked at 2 colleges that offer degrees in a bachelor’s in gene/genetic therapy. The colleges and universities that top this list are recognized because their gene/genetic therapy program is one of the largest majors offered at the school.

Check out our ranking methodology for more information.

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Since picking the right college can be one of the most important decisions of your life, we’ve developed the “Schools Highly Focused on Gene/Genetic Therapy Major” ranking, along with many other major-related rankings, to help you make that decision.

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Schools Highly Focused on Gene/Genetic Therapy Major

The colleges and universities below are the best for gene/genetic therapy students.

Top 2 Most Focused Colleges for Gene/Genetic Therapy

1

Mayo Clinic School of Medicine
Rochester, Minnesota

$103,226 Average Early-Career Earnings

$25,684 Average Student Debt

You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend Mayo Clinic School of Medicine. The school came in at #1 for the Schools Highly Focused on Gene/Genetic Therapy Major. Mayo Clinic School of Medicine is a small private not-for-profit school situated in Rochester, Minnesota. It awarded 4 ’s gene/genetic therapy degrees in 2020-2021.

The undergraduate student-to-faculty ratio of 4 to 1 is a sign that students will have more opportunities to engage with their professors one-on-one.

Full Mayo Clinic School of Medicine Gene/Genetic Therapy Report

2

University of Connecticut
Storrs, Connecticut

$51,207 Average Early-Career Earnings

$24,269 Average Student Debt

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend University of Connecticut. It ranked #2 on our 2023 Schools Highly Focused on Gene/Genetic Therapy Major list. University of Connecticut is a large public school situated in Storrs, Connecticut. It awarded 27 ’s gene/genetic therapy degrees in 2020-2021.

The low undergrad student loan default rate of 2.0% 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%. The school has an excellent freshman retention rate of 93%, which means students like the school well enough to return for a second year.

Read full report on Gene/Genetic Therapy at University of Connecticut

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.