2025 Best Genetics Schools in the Southeast Region
8Colleges in the Southeast Region
336Genetics Degrees Awarded
$49,269Avg Early-Career Salary
Genetics isn't the most popular major in the world, but it's not the least popular either. To be more precise it ranks #206 in popularity out of 395 majors in the country. As such, the degree program isn't offered at every college in the United States, but there are schools that do have a program in the field that are top-notch when it comes to quality.
For its 2025 ranking, College Factual looked at 8 schools in the Southeast Region to determine which ones were the best for genetics students pursuing a degree. Combined, these schools handed out 336 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. In order to come up with a best overall ranking for genetics schools, we combine our degree-level rankings, weighting them by the number of degrees awarded at each level.
You may want to choose one of the degree levels below to find the schools of most interest to you.
Since picking the right college can be one of the most important decisions of your life, we've developed the Best Genetics Schools in the Southeast Region ranking, along with many other major-related rankings, to help you make that decision.
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If you aren't interested in a particular degree level and want to know which schools are the overall best at delivering an education for the genetics degrees they offer, see the list below.
Any student who is interested in genetics has to check out Duke University. Located in the city of Durham, Duke is a private not-for-profit university with a large student population. A Best Colleges rank of #7 out of 2,152 colleges nationwide means Duke is a great university overall.
There were approximately 23 genetics students who graduated with this degree at Duke in the most recent year we have data available. Genetics degree recipients from Duke University earn a boost of about $13,196 over the typical earnings of genetics graduates.
North Carolina State University is one of the finest schools in the United States for getting a degree in genetics. NC State is a very large public university located in the city of Raleigh. This university ranks 4th out of 93 schools for overall quality in the state of North Carolina.
There were roughly 46 genetics students who graduated with this degree at NC State in the most recent year we have data available.
It is difficult to beat University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill if you wish to pursue a degree in genetics. UNC Chapel Hill is a very large public university located in the city of Chapel Hill. A Best Colleges rank of #38 out of 2,152 colleges nationwide means UNC Chapel Hill is a great university overall.
There were roughly 14 genetics students who graduated with this degree at UNC Chapel Hill in the most recent data year. Genetics degree recipients from University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill earn a boost of about $15,876 above the typical earnings of genetics graduates.
It's difficult to beat Clemson University if you want to pursue a degree in genetics. Clemson is a very large public university located in the suburb of Clemson. This university ranks 2nd out of 45 colleges for overall quality in the state of South Carolina.
There were approximately 54 genetics students who graduated with this degree at Clemson in the most recent year we have data available. Students who graduate with their degree from the genetics program report average early career earnings of $31,346.
Located in the city of Athens, UGA is a public university with a very large student population. A Best Colleges rank of #69 out of 2,152 colleges nationwide means UGA is a great university overall.
There were approximately 73 genetics students who graduated with this degree at UGA in the most recent year we have data available. Students who graduate with their degree from the genetics program state that they receive average early career wages of $19,112.
Located in the large city of Atlanta, Emory is a private not-for-profit university with a large student population. A Best Colleges rank of #31 out of 2,152 colleges nationwide means Emory is a great university overall.
There were about 12 genetics students who graduated with this degree at Emory in the most recent data year.
Located in the midsize city of Birmingham, UAB is a public university with a very large student population. This university ranks 4th out of 42 colleges for overall quality in the state of Alabama.
There were about 27 genetics students who graduated with this degree at UAB in the most recent year we have data available.
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. In order to come up with a best overall ranking for genetics schools, we combine our degree-level rankings, weighting them by the number of degrees awarded at each level.
