2023 Most Popular Doctor’s Degree Colleges for General Genetics in Massachusetts

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General Genetics is the 519th most popular major in the country with 649 degrees awarded in 2020-2021.

Across Massachusetts, there were 3 general genetics graduates with average earnings and debt of $0 and $0 respectively. At the doctor’s degree level specifically, there were 3 general genetics graduates with average earnings and debt of $82,580 and $0 respectively.

For this year’s “Most Well Attended General Genetics Major in Massachusetts for a Doctorate” ranking, we looked at 3 colleges that offer a degree in general genetics. This ranking identifies schools that graduate the most students in general genetics.

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Most Well Attended General Genetics Major in Massachusetts for a Doctorate

The colleges and universities below are the best for massachusetts doctor’s degree general genetics students.

Top 3 Most Popular Doctor’s Degree Colleges for General Genetics in Massachusetts

1

Tufts University
Medford, Massachusetts

#4 overall quality in Massachusetts

Out of the 3 schools in the Most Well Attended General Genetics Major in Massachusetts for a Doctorate that were part of this year’s ranking, Tufts University landed the #1 spot on the list. Medford, Massachusetts is the setting for this fairly large institution of higher learning. The private not-for-profit school handed out doctorate’s general genetics degrees to 2 students in 2020-2021.

The school has an excellent freshman retention rate of 92%, which means students like the school well enough to return for a second year. The impressive undergraduate student-to-faculty ratio of 10 to 1 means that students may have more opportunities to work more closely with their professors than they would at other schools. The school has an impressive undergrad student loan default rate. It’s only 1.1%, which is much lower than the national rate of 10.1%.

Full Tufts General Genetics Report

2

Boston University
Boston, Massachusetts

#5 overall quality in Massachusetts

You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend Boston University. The school came in at #2 for the Most Well Attended General Genetics Major in Massachusetts for a Doctorate. Boston, Massachusetts is the setting for this large institution of higher learning. The private not-for-profit school handed out doctorate’s general genetics degrees to 1 students in 2020-2021.

Students who start out at the school are likely to stick around. The freshman retention rate is 92%. The school has an impressive undergrad student loan default rate. It’s only 1.4%, which is much lower than the national rate of 10.1%. The undergraduate student-to-faculty ratio of 10 to 1 is a sign that students will have more opportunities to engage with their professors one-on-one.

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Harvard University
Cambridge, Massachusetts

#2 overall quality in Massachusetts

Out of the 3 schools in the Most Well Attended General Genetics Major in Massachusetts for a Doctorate that were part of this year’s ranking, Harvard University landed the #3 spot on the list. Harvard is a large private not-for-profit school situated in Cambridge, Massachusetts. It awarded 0 doctorate’s general genetics degrees in 2020-2021.

The impressive undergraduate student-to-faculty ratio of 5 to 1 means that students may have more opportunities to work more closely with their professors than they would at other schools. The school has an impressive undergrad student loan default rate. It’s only 0.9%, which is much lower than the national rate of 10.1%.

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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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