2023 Best Value Colleges for Genome Sciences/Genomics in the Southeast Region (With Aid)

When it comes to choosing a college, students have a lot of options - but not all of them are good. College Factual was founded, in part, to help students make the decision as to what would be the best school for them. Our “Best Value Genome Sciences/Genomics Schools in the Southeast Region For Those Getting Aid” ranking is part of that endeavor.

Genome Sciences/Genomics is the 1004th most popular major in the country with 137 degrees awarded in 2020-2021.

Across the Southeast region, there were 13 genome sciences/genomics graduates with average earnings and debt of $0 and $0 respectively.

This year’s “Best Value Genome Sciences/Genomics Schools in the Southeast Region For Those Getting Aid” ranking analyzed 2 colleges that offered a degree in genome sciences/genomics. The schools that top this list are recognized because they have great genome sciences/genomics programs and cost less that schools of similar quality.

Some of the factors we look at when determining these rankings are overall quality of the genome sciences/genomics program at the school and the cost of the school after aid is awarded among other things. See our ranking methodology to learn more.

More Ways to Rank Genome Sciences/Genomics Schools

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 Value Genome Sciences/Genomics Schools in the Southeast Region For Those Getting Aid” list to help you make the college decision.

You can create your own custom comparison that focuses on the factors most important to you using our tool, College Combat. Go ahead and give it a try, or bookmark the link so you can check it out later.

Best Value Genome Sciences/Genomics Schools in the Southeast Region For Those Getting Aid

The following schools top our list of the Best Best Value Genome Sciences/Genomics Schools in the Southeast Region For Those Getting Aid.

Top 2 Best Value Colleges for Genome Sciences/Genomics in the Southeast Region (With Aid)

1

Duke University
Durham, North Carolina

#1 in overall quality

$32,459 Average Net Price

$71,290 Average Early-Career Earnings

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Duke University. It ranked #1 on our 2023 Best Value Genome Sciences/Genomics Schools in the Southeast Region For Those Getting Aid list. This fairly large school is located in Durham, North Carolina, and it awarded 6 ’s genome sciences/genomics degrees in 2020-2021.

Duke not only placed well in this ranking. It is also #1 on our “Best Genome Sciences/Genomics Schools in the Southeast Region” list. The estimated yearly cost for Duke is $32,459 for Southeast Region Genome Sciences/Genomics students with aid.

The school has an excellent freshman retention rate of 97%, which means students like the school well enough to return for a second year. With a undergrad student-to-faculty ratio of 6 to 1, it’s easy to see that the school is committed to helping their undergraduates succeed. The school has an impressive undergrad student loan default rate. It’s only 0.3%, which is much lower than the national rate of 10.1%.

Read full report on Genome Sciences/Genomics at Duke University

2

Florida Institute of Technology
Melbourne, Florida

#2 in overall quality

$31,009 Average Net Price

$59,080 Average Early-Career Earnings

You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend Florida Institute of Technology. The school came in at #2 for the Best Value Genome Sciences/Genomics Schools in the Southeast Region For Those Getting Aid. Florida Institute of Technology is a medium-sized private not-for-profit school situated in Melbourne, Florida. It awarded 6 ’s genome sciences/genomics degrees in 2020-2021.

Florida Tech also made our “Best Genome Sciences/Genomics Schools in the Southeast Region” list, coming in at #2. It costs about $31,009 for southeast region genome sciences/genomics students with aid per year to attend Florida Tech.

Read more about Genome Sciences/Genomics at Florida Tech

• Best Value Colleges for Genome Sciences/Genomics (With Aid)

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

• *Average salary, average net price, and average tuition and fees 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.

Credits

• Credit for the banner image above goes to Domaina.