2025 Best Genetics Schools in the New England Region
3Colleges in the New England Region
121Genetics Degrees Awarded
$49,269Avg Early-Career Salary
When it comes to popularity, genetics sits in the middle of the road, ranking #206 out of 395 majors in the country. So, you may have to do some digging around to find quality schools that offer the degree program. This list can help with that.
College Factual reviewed 3 schools in the New England Region to determine which ones were the best for degree seekers in the field of genetics. Combined, these schools handed out 121 degrees in genetics to qualified students.
The genetics program you select can have a big impact on your future. That's why we developed our collection of Best Schools for Genetics rankings. For our Best Overall Genetics School rankings, we roll up the results of our degree-level rankings, weighted by the number of degrees awarded at that level.
You may want to choose one of the degree levels below to find the schools of most interest to you.
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 the New England Region list to help you make the college decision.
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Best Schools for Genetics in the New England Region
The schools below may not offer all types of genetics degrees so you may want to filter by degree level first. However, they are great for the degree levels they do offer.
It is difficult to beat Yale University if you want to pursue a degree in genetics. Located in the midsize city of New Haven, Yale is a private not-for-profit university with a fairly large student population. A Best Colleges rank of #20 out of 2,152 schools nationwide means Yale is a great university overall.
There were roughly 28 genetics students who graduated with this degree at Yale in the most recent data year.
University of New Hampshire - Main Campus is one of the best schools in the United States for getting a degree in genetics. UNH is a large public university located in the fringe town of Durham. This university ranks 2nd out of 17 colleges for overall quality in the state of New Hampshire.
There were roughly 25 genetics students who graduated with this degree at UNH in the most recent year we have data available. Those genetics students who get their degree from University of New Hampshire - Main Campus receive $2,424 more than the average genetics grad.
Brandeis University is a great choice for students pursuing a degree in genetics. Located in the city of Waltham, Brandeis is a private not-for-profit university with a medium-sized student population. This university ranks 15th out of 63 schools for overall quality in the state of Massachusetts.
There were approximately 10 genetics students who graduated with this degree at Brandeis 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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The genetics program you select can have a big impact on your future. That's why we developed our collection of Best Schools for Genetics rankings. For our Best Overall Genetics School rankings, we roll up the results of our degree-level rankings, weighted by the number of degrees awarded at that level.
