2023 Schools Highly Focused on Molecular Genetics Major in the Southeast Region
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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.
This year’s “Schools Highly Focused on Molecular Genetics Major in the Southeast Region” ranking looked at 3 colleges that offer degrees in a bachelor’s in molecular genetics. 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 Highly Focused on Molecular Genetics Major in the Southeast Region
The following schools top our list of the Best “Schools Highly Focused on Molecular Genetics Major in the Southeast Region”.
Top 3 Most Focused Colleges for Molecular Genetics in the Southeast Region
Out of the 3 schools in the Schools 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. Duke is a private not-for-profit institution located in Durham, North Carolina. The school has a fairly large population, and it awarded 16 ’s degrees in 2021-2022.
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%. Students who start out at the school are likely to stick around. The freshman retention rate is 98%.
Read more about Molecular Genetics at Duke University
Out of the 3 schools in the Schools Highly Focused on Molecular Genetics Major in the Southeast Region that were part of this year’s ranking, Western Kentucky University landed the #2 spot on the list. Located in Bowling Green, Kentucky, this fairly large public school handed out 3 diplomas to qualified ’s molecular genetics students in 2021-2022.
The school has an impressive undergrad student loan default rate. It’s only 2.1%, which is much lower than the national rate of 10.1%.
Read full report on Molecular Genetics at Western Kentucky University
Out of the 3 schools in the Schools Highly Focused on Molecular Genetics Major in the Southeast Region that were part of this year’s ranking, Wake Forest University landed the #3 spot on the list. Located in Winston-Salem, North Carolina, this medium-sized private not-for-profit school handed out 0 diplomas to qualified ’s molecular genetics students in 2021-2022.
The undergrad student loan default rate at the school is 0.3%, which is quite low when compared to the national default rate of 10.1%. The impressive undergraduate student-to-faculty ratio of 10 to 1 means that students may have more opportunities to work more closely with their professors than they would at other schools. Students who start out at the school are likely to stick around. The freshman retention rate is 94%.
Read more about Molecular Genetics at Wake Forest University
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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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