2022 Best Value Colleges for Genetics (Income $75-$110k) in Tennessee

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 in Tennessee For Those Making $75-$110k” 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 Tennessee, there were 1 genetics graduates with average earnings and debt of $0 and $0 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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When choosing the right school for you, it’s important to arm yourself with all the facts you can. To that end, we’ve created a number of major-specific rankings, including this “Best Value Genetics Schools in Tennessee For Those Making $75-$110k” list to help you make the college decision.

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Best Value Genetics Schools in Tennessee For Those Making $75-$110k

The following schools top our list of the Best Best Value Genetics Schools in Tennessee For Those Making $75-$110k.

Top 1 Best Value Colleges for Genetics (Income $75-$110k) in Tennessee

#1

Vanderbilt University

Nashville, Tennessee

#1 in overall quality

$14,890 Average Net Price

$67,244 Average Early-Career Earnings

Out of the 1 schools in the Best Value Genetics Schools in Tennessee For Those Making $75-$110k that were part of this year’s ranking, Vanderbilt University landed the #1 spot on the list. Vanderbilt is a fairly large private not-for-profit school situated in Nashville, Tennessee. It awarded 1 ’s genetics degrees in 2019-2020.

Vanderbilt did well in our major quality rankings, too. It placed #1 on our “Best Genetics Schools in Tennessee” list. The yearly cost to attend Vanderbilt University is $14,890 for Tennessee Genetics students whose families make $75-$110k.

With a student-to-faculty ratio of 8 to 1, it’s easy to see that the school is committed to helping their undergraduates succeed. Students who start out at the school are likely to stick around. The freshman retention rate is 96%. The student loan default rate at the school is 1.0%, which is quite low when compared to the national default rate of 10.1%.

Full Vanderbilt University Genetics Report

• Best Value Colleges for Genetics (Income $75-$110k) in the Southeast Region
• Best Value Colleges for Genetics (Income $75-$110k)

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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