2023 Most Focused Master’s Degree Colleges for Molecular Genetics in the Southeast Region
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With all of the options students have for higher education today, it can be tough to choose which direction to take. 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 Molecular Genetics Major in the Southeast Region” ranking is one tool we have developed to help in this regard.
Molecular Genetics is the 659th most popular major in the country with 284 degrees awarded in 2021-2022.
Across the Southeast region, there were 19 molecular genetics graduates with average earnings and debt of $0 and $0 respectively. At the master’s degree level specifically, there were 0 molecular genetics graduates with average earnings and debt of $55,462 and $43,311 respectively.
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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Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Molecular Genetics Major in the Southeast Region
The colleges and universities below are the best for southeast region master’s degree molecular genetics students.
Top 1 Most Focused Master’s Degree Colleges for Molecular Genetics in the Southeast Region
Out of the 1 schools in the Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Molecular Genetics Major in the Southeast Region that were part of this year’s ranking, Duke University landed the #1 spot on the list. This fairly large school is located in Durham, North Carolina, and it awarded 16 masters’s molecular genetics degrees in 2021-2022.
Students who start out at the school are likely to stick around. The freshman retention rate is 98%. The impressive undergraduate student-to-faculty ratio of 6 to 1 means that students may have more opportunities to work more closely with their professors than they would at other schools. The low undergrad student loan default rate of 0.1% 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%.
Full Duke University Molecular Genetics Report
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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).
- 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%.
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- *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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