2023 Schools for a Doctorate Highly Focused on Animal Genetics Major in the Middle Atlantic Region

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 for a Doctorate Highly Focused on Animal Genetics Major in the Middle Atlantic Region” ranking is part of that endeavor.

Animal Genetics is the 1023rd most popular major in the country with 69 degrees awarded in 2021-2022.

Across the Middle Atlantic region, there were 13 animal genetics graduates with average earnings and debt of $0 and $0 respectively. At the doctor’s degree level specifically, there were 11 animal genetics graduates with average earnings and debt of $76,902 and $128,547 respectively.

For this year’s “Schools for a Doctorate Highly Focused on Animal Genetics Major in the Middle Atlantic Region” ranking, we looked at 2 colleges that offer a degree in animal genetics. The colleges and universities that top this list are recognized because their animal genetics program is one of the largest majors offered at the school.

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Schools for a Doctorate Highly Focused on Animal Genetics Major in the Middle Atlantic Region

The following schools top our list of the Best “Schools for a Doctorate Highly Focused on Animal Genetics Major in the Middle Atlantic Region”.

Top 2 Most Focused Doctor’s Degree Colleges for Animal Genetics in the Middle Atlantic Region

1

Johns Hopkins University
Baltimore, Maryland

#3 overall quality in Middle Atlantic

You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend Johns Hopkins University. The school came in at #1 for the Schools for a Doctorate Highly Focused on Animal Genetics Major in the Middle Atlantic Region. Baltimore, Maryland is the setting for this large institution of higher learning. The private not-for-profit school handed out doctorate’s animal genetics degrees to 0 students in 2021-2022.

The undergraduate student-to-faculty ratio of 6 to 1 is a sign that students will have more opportunities to engage with their professors one-on-one. The school has an excellent freshman retention rate of 96%, which means students like the school well enough to return for a second year. The low undergrad student loan default rate of 0.6% 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%.

Read full report on Animal Genetics at Johns Hopkins University

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Cornell University
Ithaca, New York

#5 overall quality in Middle Atlantic

You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend Cornell University. The school came in at #2 for the Schools for a Doctorate Highly Focused on Animal Genetics Major in the Middle Atlantic Region. Located in Ithaca, New York, this large private not-for-profit school awarded 11 degrees to qualified doctorate’s animal genetics students in 2021-2022.

With a undergrad student-to-faculty ratio of 9 to 1, it’s easy to see that the school is committed to helping their undergraduates succeed. The undergrad student loan default rate at the school is 0.4%, which is quite low when compared to the national default rate of 10.1%. With a freshman retention rate of 97%, the school does an excellent job of retaining its undergraduate students.

Read full report on Animal Genetics at Cornell

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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