2023 Most Focused Doctor’s Degree Colleges for Genome Sciences/Genomics in the Southeast Region
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Ranked Colleges
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It’s not easy to decide which college to attend when there so many options available for students. College Factual has developed its “Schools for a Doctorate Highly Focused on Genome Sciences/Genomics Major in the Southeast Region” ranking as one item you can use to help make this decision.
In 2021-2022, 198 people earned their degree in genome sciences/genomics, making the major the 1004th most popular in the United States.
Across the Southeast region, there were 22 genome sciences/genomics graduates with average earnings and debt of $0 and $0 respectively. At the doctor’s degree level specifically, there were 9 genome sciences/genomics graduates with average earnings and debt of $74,674 and $121,130 respectively.
For this year’s “Schools for a Doctorate Highly Focused on Genome Sciences/Genomics Major in the Southeast Region” ranking, we looked at 2 colleges that offer a degree in genome sciences/genomics. That schools that top this list have a program in genome sciences/genomics in which the largest percentage of students at the school are enrolled.
For more information, check out our ranking methodology.
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Schools for a Doctorate Highly Focused on Genome Sciences/Genomics Major in the Southeast Region
The colleges and universities below are the best for southeast region doctor’s degree genome sciences/genomics students.
Top 2 Most Focused Doctor’s Degree Colleges for Genome Sciences/Genomics in the Southeast Region
You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Duke University. It ranked #1 on our 2023 Schools for a Doctorate Highly Focused on Genome Sciences/Genomics Major in the Southeast Region list. Duke University is a private not-for-profit institution located in Durham, North Carolina. The school has a fairly large population, and it awarded 7 doctorate’s degrees in 2021-2022.
The undergraduate student-to-faculty ratio of 6 to 1 is a sign that students will have more opportunities to engage with their professors one-on-one. The low undergrad student loan default rate of 0.1% is a good sign that students have an easier time paying off their loans than they might at other schools. For comparison, the national default rate is 10.1%. With a freshman retention rate of 98%, the school does an excellent job of retaining its undergraduate students.
Read full report on Genome Sciences/Genomics at Duke
Out of the 2 schools in the Schools for a Doctorate Highly Focused on Genome Sciences/Genomics Major in the Southeast Region that were part of this year’s ranking, North Carolina State University landed the #2 spot on the list. NC State is located in Raleigh, North Carolina and, has a large student population. In 2021-2022, this school awarded 2 doctorate’s genome sciences/genomics degrees to qualified students.
The school has an excellent freshman retention rate of 94%, which means students like the school well enough to return for a second year. The undergrad student loan default rate at the school is 1.0%, which is quite low when compared to the national default rate of 10.1%.
Full North Carolina State University Genome Sciences/Genomics Report
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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
- *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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