2022 Best Value Bachelor’s Degree Colleges for Genetics (Income $30-$48k) in the Plains States Region

Students have lots of options to chooose from today when trying to decide which college to attend. College Factual was founded, in part, to help students make the decision as to what would be the best school for them. Our “Best Value Genetics Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Plains States Region For Those Making $30-$48k” ranking is part of that endeavor.

Genetics is the 218th most popular major in the country with 1,403 degrees awarded in 2019-2020. In 2017-2018, genetics graduates who were awarded their degree in 2015-2017, earned an average of $31,167 and had an average of $22,619 in loans still to pay off.

Across the Plains States region, there were 91 genetics graduates with average earnings and debt of $30,800 and $24,250 respectively. At the bachelor’s degree level specifically, there were 43 genetics graduates with average earnings and debt of $39,786 and $25,576 respectively.

This ranking identifies schools with high-quality genetics programs that also have a lower cost than schools of similar quality.

To come up with these rankings, we looked at factors such as the cost to attend the school after aid is awarded and overall quality of the genetics program at the school. See our ranking methodology to learn more.

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Best Value Genetics Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Plains States Region For Those Making $30-$48k

The following schools top our list of the Best Best Value Genetics Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Plains States Region For Those Making $30-$48k.

Top 1 Best Value Bachelor’s Degree Colleges for Genetics (Income $30-$48k) in the Plains States Region

#1

Iowa State University

Ames, Iowa

#1 in overall quality

$10,843 Average Net Price

$34,348 Average Early-Career Earnings

Out of the 1 schools in the Best Value Genetics Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Plains States Region For Those Making $30-$48k that were part of this year’s ranking, Iowa State University landed the #1 spot on the list. Iowa State University is located in Ames, Iowa and, has a large student population. In 2019-2020, this school awarded 43 bachelors’s genetics degrees to qualified students.

Iowa State did well in our major quality rankings, too. It placed #1 on our “Best Genetics Bachelor’s Degree Schools in the Plains States Region” list. The yearly cost to attend Iowa State University is $10,843 for Plains States Region Bachelor’s Degree Genetics students whose families make $30-$48k.

The low student loan default rate of 3.3% 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 89%.

Read more about Genetics at Iowa State

• Best Value Bachelor’s Degree Colleges for Genetics (Income $30-$48k)

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

Footnotes

• *Average salary, average net price, and average tuition and fees 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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