When it comes to popularity, a bachelor's degree in genetics sits in the middle of the road, ranking #176 out of 363 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 looked at 2 colleges and universities when compiling its 2025 Best Genetics Bachelor's Degree Schools in the Middle Atlantic Region ranking. When you put them all together, these colleges and universities awarded 58 bachelor's degrees in genetics during the 2022-2023 academic year.
Average early-career salary of those graduating with their bachelor's degree is one indicator we use in our analysis to find the schools that offer the highest-quality education. After all, your bachelor's degree won't mean much if it doesn't help you find a job that will help you earn a living.
Other Factors We Consider
The metrics below are just some of the other metrics that we use to determine our rankings.
Major Focus - How many resources a school devotes to genetics students as compared to other majors.
Major Demand - The number of genetics students who choose to seek a bachelor's degree at the school.
Educational Resources - How many resources are allocated to students. These resources may include educational expenditures per student, number of students per instructor, and graduation rate among other things.
Student Debt - How easy is it for genetics to pay back their student loans after receiving their bachelor's degree.
Accreditation - Whether a school is regionally accredited and/or accredited by a recognized genetics related body.
Our full ranking methodology documents in more detail how we consider these factors to identify the best colleges for genetics students working on their bachelor's degree.
Since picking the right college can be one of the most important decisions of your life, we've developed the Best Genetics Bachelor's Degree Schools in the Middle Atlantic Region ranking, along with many other major-related rankings, to help you make that decision.
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Best Schools for Bachelor’s Students to Study Genetics in the Middle Atlantic Region
The following list ranks the best colleges and universities for pursuing a bachelor's degree in genetics.
Top Middle Atlantic Region Schools for a Bachelor's in Genetics
It's difficult to beat Rutgers University - New Brunswick if you want to pursue a bachelor's degree in genetics. Located in the small city of New Brunswick, Rutgers New Brunswick is a public university with a very large student population.
Students who graduate with their bachelor's from the genetics program state that they receive average early career wages of $20,373.
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).
