2023 Most Focused Master’s Degree Colleges for Molecular Genetics in the Plains States Region
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It’s not easy to decide which college to attend when there so many options available for students. 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 Plains States Region” ranking is one tool we have developed to help in this regard.
In 2021-2022, 284 people earned their degree in molecular genetics, making the major the 659th most popular in the United States.
Across the Plains States region, there were 11 molecular genetics graduates with average earnings and debt of $0 and $0 respectively. At the master’s degree level specifically, there were 4 molecular genetics graduates with average earnings and debt of $56,858 and $37,352 respectively.
That schools that top this list have a program in molecular genetics in which the largest percentage of students at the school are enrolled.
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Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Molecular Genetics Major in the Plains States Region
The colleges and universities below are the best for plains states region master’s degree molecular genetics students.
Top 1 Most Focused Master’s Degree Colleges for Molecular Genetics in the Plains States Region
Out of the 1 schools in the Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Molecular Genetics Major in the Plains States Region that were part of this year’s ranking, Black Hills State University landed the #1 spot on the list. Black Hills State University is located in Spearfish, South Dakota and, has a small student population. In 2021-2022, this school awarded 4 masters’s molecular genetics degrees to qualified students.
The school has an impressive undergrad student loan default rate. It’s only 2.3%, which is much lower than the national rate of 10.1%.
Read more about Molecular Genetics at BHSU
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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%.
Read more about our data sources and methodologies
- *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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