2023 Best Genome Sciences/Genomics Master’s Degree Colleges for Veterans in the Southeast Region
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When it comes to choosing a college, veterans have a lot of options - but not all of them are good. College Factual has developed its “Most Veteran Friendly in the Southeast Region for Genome Sciences/Genomics for a Master’s” ranking as one item you can use to help make this decision.
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.
For this year’s “Most Veteran Friendly in the Southeast Region for Genome Sciences/Genomics for a Master’s” ranking, we looked at 2 colleges that offer a degree in genome sciences/genomics. This ranking identifies schools with high-quality genome sciences/genomics programs as well as strong veteran support.
To come up with these rankings, we looked at factors such as veteran satisfaction, veteran affordability, and overall quality of the genome sciences/genomics program at the school. See our ranking methodology to learn more.
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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 “Most Veteran Friendly in the Southeast Region for Genome Sciences/Genomics for a Master’s” list to help you make the college decision.
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Most Veteran Friendly in the Southeast Region for Genome Sciences/Genomics for a Master’s
The colleges and universities below are the best for southeast region master’s degree vets studying genome sciences/genomics.
Top 2 Best Genome Sciences/Genomics Master’s Degree Colleges for Veterans in the Southeast Region
You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend North Carolina State University. It ranked #1 on our 2023 Most Veteran Friendly in the Southeast Region for Genome Sciences/Genomics for a Master’s list. This large school is located in Raleigh, North Carolina, and it awarded 1 masters’s genome sciences/genomics degrees in 2020-2021.
NC State not only placed well in this ranking. It is also #2 on our “Best Genome Sciences/Genomics Master’s Degree Schools in the Southeast Region” list.Our most recent data shows that 1,102 of the 36,042 students enrolled at North Carolina State University were GI Bill® students, of which 493 were Post-9/11 GI Bill® recipients. The average Post-9/11 GI Bill® award for tuition and fees at the school was $5,886. During this same period, 27 students qualified for the Yellow Ribbon Program. North Carolina State University does offer credit for military training for eligible students.
The school has an impressive undergrad student loan default rate. It’s only [DEFAULT_RATE_STRING]%, which is much lower than the national rate of 10.1%. With a freshman retention rate of 94%, the school does an excellent job of retaining its undergraduate students.
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You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend Duke University. The school came in at #2 for the Most Veteran Friendly in the Southeast Region for Genome Sciences/Genomics for a Master’s. Duke is a fairly large private not-for-profit school situated in Durham, North Carolina. It awarded 1 masters’s genome sciences/genomics degrees in 2020-2021.
Duke did well in our major quality rankings, too. It placed #1 on our “Best Genome Sciences/Genomics Master’s Degree Schools in the Southeast Region” list.According to our most recent data, Duke supports 16,172 students, and 36 of those are GI Bill® students, of which 9 are Post-9/11 GI Bill® recipients. The average Post-9/11 GI Bill® award for tuition and fees at the school was $18,387. To help with additional expenses, 8 students received funds through the Yellow Ribbon Program.
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. With a freshman retention rate of 97%, the school does an excellent job of retaining its undergraduate students. The undergrad student loan default rate at the school is [DEFAULT_RATE_STRING]%, which is quite low when compared to the national default rate of 10.1%.
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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).
- Veteran-specific data can be found at the U.S. Department of Veteran Affairs.
- 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.
- **GI Bill® student total includes all chapters of the GI Bill® program (e.g., Post-9/11, Montgomery GI Bill, Reserve Education Assistance Program, and Veteran Readiness and Employment)
- 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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