2022 Best Value Master’s Degree Colleges for Genetics (Income $30-$48k) in Connecticut

When it comes to choosing a college, students have a lot of options - but not all of them are good. College Factual has developed its “Best Value Genetics Schools for a Master’s in Connecticut For Those Making $30-$48k” ranking as one item you can use to help make this decision.

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 Connecticut, there were 57 genetics graduates with average earnings and debt of $0 and $0 respectively. At the master’s degree level specifically, there were 23 genetics graduates with average earnings and debt of $61,793 and $40,407 respectively.

This year’s “Best Value Genetics Schools for a Master’s in Connecticut For Those Making $30-$48k” ranking looked at 2 colleges that offer degrees in a bachelor’s in genetics. The schools that top this list are recognized because they have great genetics programs and cost less that schools of similar quality.

Some of the factors we look at when determining these rankings are overall quality of the genetics program at the school and the cost of the school after aid is awarded among other things. For more information, check out our ranking methodology.

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Since picking the right college can be one of the most important decisions of your life, we’ve developed the “Best Value Genetics Schools for a Master’s in Connecticut For Those Making $30-$48k” ranking, along with many other major-related rankings, to help you make that decision.

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Best Value Genetics Schools for a Master’s in Connecticut For Those Making $30-$48k

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

Top 2 Best Value Master’s Degree Colleges for Genetics (Income $30-$48k) in Connecticut

#1

Yale University

New Haven, Connecticut

#1 in overall quality

$44,500 Avg Grad Tuition & Fees

You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend Yale University. The school came in at #1 for the Best Value Genetics Schools for a Master’s in Connecticut For Those Making $30-$48k. Yale is a fairly large school located in New Haven, Connecticut that handed out 17 masters’s genetics degrees in 2019-2020.

Yale did well in our major quality rankings, too. It placed #1 on our “Best Genetics Master’s Degree Schools in Connecticut” list. Average graduate tuition and fees at Yale University are $44,500, but you may pay more or less depending on your major.

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#2

University of Connecticut

Storrs, Connecticut

$41,576 Avg Grad Tuition & Fees

$59,124 Average Early-Career Earnings

You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend University of Connecticut. The school came in at #2 for the Best Value Genetics Schools for a Master’s in Connecticut For Those Making $30-$48k. UCONN is a large school located in Storrs, Connecticut that handed out 6 masters’s genetics degrees in 2019-2020.

UCONN did well in our major quality rankings, too. It placed #0 on our “Best Genetics Master’s Degree Schools in Connecticut” list. Although you might pay more or less depending on your area of study, average graduate tuition and fees at UCONN are $41,576.

Full University of Connecticut Genetics Report

• Best Value Master’s Degree Colleges for Genetics (Income $30-$48k) in the New England Region
• Best Value Master’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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