by our College Data Analytics Team
When it comes to choosing a college, students have a lot of options - but not all of them are good. College Factual was founded, in part, to help students make the decision as to what would be the best school for them. Our “Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Human/Medical Genetics Major in the Southeast Region” ranking is part of that endeavor.
Human/Medical Genetics is the 751st most popular major in the country with 355 degrees awarded in 2021-2022.
Across the Southeast region, there were 82 human/medical genetics graduates with average earnings and debt of $0 and $0 respectively. At the master’s degree level specifically, there were 63 human/medical genetics graduates with average earnings and debt of $55,462 and $43,311 respectively.
For this year’s “Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Human/Medical Genetics Major in the Southeast Region” ranking, we looked at 7 colleges that offer a degree in human/medical genetics. That schools that top this list have a program in human/medical genetics in which the largest percentage of students at the school are enrolled.
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The colleges and universities below are the best for southeast region master’s degree human/medical genetics students.
You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences. It ranked #1 on our 2023 Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Human/Medical Genetics Major in the Southeast Region list. UAMS is a small public school situated in Little Rock, Arkansas. It awarded 8 masters’s human/medical genetics 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%.
You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend Tulane University of Louisiana. The school came in at #2 for the Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Human/Medical Genetics Major in the Southeast Region. Located in New Orleans, Louisiana, this fairly large private not-for-profit school awarded 17 degrees to qualified masters’s human/medical genetics students in 2021-2022.
With a freshman retention rate of 94%, the school does an excellent job of retaining its undergraduate students. 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%. The undergraduate student-to-faculty ratio of 8 to 1 is a sign that students will have more opportunities to engage with their professors one-on-one.
Full Tulane University of Louisiana Human/Medical Genetics Report
Out of the 7 schools in the Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Human/Medical Genetics Major in the Southeast Region that were part of this year’s ranking, Emory University landed the #3 spot on the list. Emory is a private not-for-profit institution located in Atlanta, Georgia. The school has a fairly large population, and it awarded 12 masters’s degrees in 2021-2022.
The low undergrad student loan default rate of 0.4% 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 undergrad student-to-faculty ratio of 9 to 1, it’s easy to see that the school is committed to helping their undergraduates succeed. With a freshman retention rate of 95%, the school does an excellent job of retaining its undergraduate students.
You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend University of North Carolina at Greensboro. It ranked #4 on our 2023 Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Human/Medical Genetics Major in the Southeast Region list. This fairly large school is located in Greensboro, North Carolina, and it awarded 8 masters’s human/medical genetics degrees in 2021-2022.
The school has an impressive undergrad student loan default rate. It’s only 2.7%, which is much lower than the national rate of 10.1%.
Full University of North Carolina at Greensboro Human/Medical Genetics Report
You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend University of Miami. The school came in at #5 for the Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Human/Medical Genetics Major in the Southeast Region. This fairly large school is located in Coral Gables, Florida, and it awarded 6 masters’s human/medical genetics degrees in 2021-2022.
The undergrad student loan default rate at the school is 0.6%, which is quite low when compared to the national default rate of 10.1%. The school has an excellent freshman retention rate of 93%, which means students like the school well enough to return for a second year.
University of South Carolina - Columbia did quite well in the 2023 Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Human/Medical Genetics Major in the Southeast Region ranking, coming in at #6. This large school is located in Columbia, South Carolina, and it awarded 9 masters’s human/medical genetics degrees in 2021-2022.
The school has an excellent freshman retention rate of 87%, which means students like the school well enough to return for a second year. The low undergrad student loan default rate of 1.6% 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%.
Virginia Commonwealth University came in at #7 in this year’s edition of the Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Human/Medical Genetics Major in the Southeast Region ranking. Located in Richmond, Virginia, this large public school handed out 3 degrees to qualified masters’s human/medical genetics students in 2021-2022.
The undergrad student loan default rate at the school is 0.9%, which is quite low when compared to the national default rate of 10.1%.
Read full report on Human/Medical Genetics at Virginia Commonwealth University
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