by our College Data Analytics Team
With all of the options students have for higher education today, it can be tough to choose which direction to take. College Factual has developed its “Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Molecular Genetics Major in the Middle Atlantic Region” ranking as one item you can use to help make this decision.
Molecular Genetics is the 659th most popular major in the country with 284 degrees awarded in 2021-2022.
Across the Middle Atlantic region, there were 79 molecular genetics graduates with average earnings and debt of $0 and $0 respectively. At the bachelor’s degree level specifically, there were 56 molecular genetics graduates with average earnings and debt of $40,660 and $23,761 respectively.
This year’s “Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Molecular Genetics Major in the Middle Atlantic Region” ranking looked at 3 colleges that offer degrees in a bachelor’s in molecular genetics. The colleges and universities that top this list are recognized because their molecular genetics program is one of the largest majors offered at the school.
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The molecular 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 “Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Molecular Genetics Major in the Middle Atlantic Region”.
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The following schools top our list of the Best “Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Molecular Genetics Major in the Middle Atlantic Region”.
You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend SUNY Fredonia. The school came in at #1 for the Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Molecular Genetics Major in the Middle Atlantic Region. This small school is located in Fredonia, New York, and it awarded 9 bachelors’s molecular genetics degrees in 2021-2022.
The undergrad student loan default rate at the school is 2.3%, which is quite low when compared to the national default rate of 10.1%.
You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Cedar Crest College. It ranked #2 on our 2023 Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Molecular Genetics Major in the Middle Atlantic Region list. Cedar Crest is a small school located in Allentown, Pennsylvania that handed out 2 bachelors’s molecular genetics degrees in 2021-2022.
The school has an impressive undergrad student loan default rate. It’s only 1.5%, which is much lower than the national rate of 10.1%. The impressive undergraduate student-to-faculty ratio of 9 to 1 means that students may have more opportunities to work more closely with their professors than they would at other schools.
Out of the 3 schools in the Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Molecular Genetics Major in the Middle Atlantic Region that were part of this year’s ranking, Rutgers University - New Brunswick landed the #3 spot on the list. Rutgers New Brunswick is located in New Brunswick, New Jersey and, has a large student population. In 2021-2022, this school awarded 45 bachelors’s molecular genetics degrees to qualified students.
The school has an impressive undergrad student loan default rate. It’s only 1.1%, which is much lower than the national rate of 10.1%. Students who start out at the school are likely to stick around. The freshman retention rate is 94%.
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