2023 Most Focused Master’s Degree Colleges for Genome Sciences/Genomics in the Middle Atlantic Region

It’s not easy to decide which college to attend when there so many options available for students. Our mission at College Factual is to arm you with as much information as we can to help you make that decision. Our “Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Genome Sciences/Genomics Major in the Middle Atlantic Region” ranking is one tool we have developed to help in this regard.

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 Middle Atlantic region, there were 84 genome sciences/genomics graduates with average earnings and debt of $0 and $0 respectively. At the master’s degree level specifically, there were 34 genome sciences/genomics graduates with average earnings and debt of $63,038 and $47,245 respectively.

This year’s “Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Genome Sciences/Genomics Major in the Middle Atlantic Region” ranking looked at 3 colleges that offer degrees in a bachelor’s in genome sciences/genomics. This a ranking of the schools where the largest percentage of students has enrolled in genome sciences/genomics.

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Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Genome Sciences/Genomics Major in the Middle Atlantic Region

The colleges and universities below are the best for middle atlantic region master’s degree genome sciences/genomics students.

Top 3 Most Focused Master’s Degree Colleges for Genome Sciences/Genomics in the Middle Atlantic Region

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Johns Hopkins University
Baltimore, Maryland

#3 overall quality in Middle Atlantic

Out of the 3 schools in the Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Genome Sciences/Genomics Major in the Middle Atlantic Region that were part of this year’s ranking, Johns Hopkins University landed the #1 spot on the list. Baltimore, Maryland is the setting for this large institution of higher learning. The private not-for-profit school handed out masters’s genome sciences/genomics degrees to 22 students in 2021-2022.

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 excellent freshman retention rate of 96%, which means students like the school well enough to return for a second year. The low undergrad student loan default rate of 0.6% 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%.

Read more about Genome Sciences/Genomics at Johns Hopkins University

2

University at Buffalo
Buffalo, New York

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend University at Buffalo. It ranked #2 on our 2023 Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Genome Sciences/Genomics Major in the Middle Atlantic Region list. University at Buffalo is a public institution located in Buffalo, New York. The school has a large population, and it awarded 3 masters’s degrees in 2021-2022.

The undergrad student loan default rate at the school is 1.3%, which is quite low when compared to the national default rate of 10.1%.

Full University at Buffalo Genome Sciences/Genomics Report

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George Washington University
Washington, District of Columbia

#14 overall quality in Middle Atlantic

You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend George Washington University. The school came in at #3 for the Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Genome Sciences/Genomics Major in the Middle Atlantic Region. GWU is a large school located in Washington, District of Columbia that handed out 0 masters’s genome sciences/genomics degrees in 2021-2022.

The school has an impressive undergrad student loan default rate. It’s only 0.4%, which is much lower than the national rate of 10.1%. The school has an excellent freshman retention rate of 91%, which means students like the school well enough to return for a second year.

Read more about Genome Sciences/Genomics at George Washington University

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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