2025 Best Genetics Schools in the Great Lakes Region
7Colleges in the Great Lakes Region
494Genetics Degrees Awarded
$49,269Avg Early-Career Salary
Genetics is about average in terms of popularity for degree programs. That is, it ranks #206 out of the 395 majors across the country that we analyze each year. So, it might take a little more work to find colleges and universities that offer the degree program.
College Factual reviewed 7 schools in the Great Lakes Region to determine which ones were the best for degree seekers in the field of genetics. When you put them all together, these colleges and universities awarded 494 degrees in genetics annually.
Your choice of genetics school matters, so we have put together these rankings to help you make your decision. We derive our Best Overall Genetics School rankings by rolling up our degree-level rankings after weighting them by the number of degrees awarded at each school.
In order to find the schools that are the best fit for you, you may want to filter to one of the degree levels below.
The genetics school you choose to invest your time and money in matters. To help you make the decision that is right for you, we've developed a number of major-specific rankings, including this list of the Best Genetics Schools in the Great Lakes Region.
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Best Schools for Genetics in the Great Lakes Region
Although we recommend filtering by degree level first, you can view the list below to see which schools give the educational experience for the genetics degree levels they offer.
University of Chicago is a good decision for students pursuing a degree in genetics. UChicago is a large private not-for-profit university located in the city of Chicago. A Best Colleges rank of #3 out of 2,152 colleges nationwide means UChicago is a great university overall.
There were roughly 24 genetics students who graduated with this degree at UChicago in the most recent data year.
Any student who is interested in genetics needs to take a look at University of Wisconsin - Madison. UW - Madison is a fairly large public university located in the city of Madison. A Best Colleges rank of #40 out of 2,152 schools nationwide means UW - Madison is a great university overall.
There were roughly 145 genetics students who graduated with this degree at UW - Madison 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 $38,388.
Any student pursuing a degree in genetics has to take a look at Michigan State University. Michigan State is a very large public university located in the city of East Lansing. This university ranks 2nd out of 56 colleges for overall quality in the state of Michigan.
There were about 90 genetics students who graduated with this degree at Michigan State in the most recent year we have data available. Students who receive their degree from the genetics program make around $26,713 for their early career.
University of Michigan - Ann Arbor is one of the finest schools in the country for getting a degree in genetics. Located in the midsize city of Ann Arbor, U-M is a public university with a fairly large student population. A Best Colleges rank of #22 out of 2,152 colleges nationwide means U-M is a great university overall.
There were about 33 genetics students who graduated with this degree at U-M in the most recent data year.
Located in the city of Columbus, Ohio State is a public university with a fairly large student population. This university ranks 1st out of 91 colleges for overall quality in the state of Ohio.
There were about 66 genetics students who graduated with this degree at Ohio State in the most recent data year. Students who graduate with their degree from the genetics program state that they receive average early career income of $31,800.
Located in the small city of West Lafayette, Purdue is a public university with a very large student population. This university ranks 3rd out of 41 schools for overall quality in the state of Indiana.
There were approximately 48 genetics students who graduated with this degree at Purdue 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 income of $39,052.
Located in the large city of Cincinnati, UC is a public university with a fairly large student population. This university ranks 6th out of 91 colleges for overall quality in the state of Ohio.
There were roughly 11 genetics students who graduated with this degree at UC 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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Your choice of genetics school matters, so we have put together these rankings to help you make your decision. We derive our Best Overall Genetics School rankings by rolling up our degree-level rankings after weighting them by the number of degrees awarded at each school.
