by our College Data Analytics TeamThe main focus area for this major is Human/Medical Genetics. For more details on this concentration, visit its profile page.
Genetics is a major offered under the biological and biomedical sciences program of study at Stanford University. We’ve gathered data and other essential information about the master’s degree program in genetics, such as diversity of students, how many students graduated in recent times, and more.
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Part-time graduates at Stanford paid an average of $1,207 per credit hour in 2019-2020. This tuition was the same for both in-state and out-of-state students. Information about average full-time graduate student tuition and fees is shown in the table below.
| In State | Out of State | |
|---|---|---|
| Tuition | $54,315 | $54,315 |
| Fees | $696 | $696 |
The median early career salary of genetics students who receive their master’s degree from Stanford is $78,343 per year. That is about the same as the national average of $0.
Online degrees for the Stanford genetics master’s degree program are not available at this time. To see if the school offers distance learning options in other areas, visit the Stanford Online Learning page.
About 91.7% of the students who received their MS in genetics in 2019-2020 were women. This is higher than the nationwide number of 76.4%.
Of those graduates who received a master’s degree in genetics at Stanford in 2019-2020, 50.0% were racial-ethnic minorities*. This is higher than the nationwide number of 24%.
| Race/Ethnicity | Number of Students |
|---|---|
| Asian | 2 |
| Black or African American | 1 |
| Hispanic or Latino | 2 |
| Native American or Alaska Native | 0 |
| Native Hawaiian or Pacific Islander | 0 |
| White | 5 |
| International Students | 1 |
| Other Races/Ethnicities | 1 |
Genetics students may decide to major in one of the following focus areas.
| Focus Area | Annual Graduates |
|---|---|
| Human/Medical Genetics | 12 |
You may also be interested in one of these majors related to genetics.
| Related Major | Annual Graduates |
|---|---|
| General Biology | 22 |
| Ecology, Evolution & Systematics Biology | 21 |
*The racial-ethnic minorities count is calculated by taking the total number of students and subtracting white students, international students, and students whose race/ethnicity was unknown. This number is then divided by the total number of students at the school to obtain the racial-ethnic minorities percentage.
More about our data sources and methodologies.