2023 Best Genetics Master’s Degree Colleges for Veterans in the New England Region

Veterans 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 “Most Veteran Friendly in the New England Region for Genetics for a Master’s” ranking is part of that endeavor.

In 2020-2021, 1,543 people earned their degree in genetics, making the major the 206th most popular in the United States. In 2019-2020, genetics graduates who were awarded their degree in 2017-2019, earned an average of $36,723 and had an average of $22,299 in loans still to pay off.

Across the New England region, there were 100 genetics graduates with average earnings and debt of $37,487 and $27,000 respectively.

This year’s “Most Veteran Friendly in the New England Region for Genetics for a Master’s” ranking analyzed 2 colleges that offered a degree in genetics. Not only do the schools that top this list have excellent genetics programs, but they also offer a lot of support to veterans and active service members.

When determining these rankings, we looked at things such as overall quality of the genetics program at the school, veteran affordability, and veteran satisfaction. Check out our ranking methodology for more information.

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Most Veteran Friendly in the New England Region for Genetics for a Master’s

The colleges and universities below are the best for new england region master’s degree vets studying genetics.

Top 2 Best Genetics Master’s Degree Colleges for Veterans in the New England Region

1

Yale University
New Haven, Connecticut

1 GI Bill® Students**

#1 in overall quality

YES Student Veterans Organization

Out of the 2 schools in the Most Veteran Friendly in the New England Region for Genetics for a Master’s that were part of this year’s ranking, Yale University landed the #1 spot on the list. New Haven, Connecticut is the setting for this fairly large institution of higher learning. The private not-for-profit school handed out masters’s genetics degrees to 24 students in 2020-2021.

Yale also took the #1 spot in our “Best Genetics Master’s Degree Schools in the New England Region” ranking.According to our most recent data, Yale University supports 12,060 students, and 1 of those are GI Bill® students, of which 1 are Post-9/11 GI Bill® recipients. The average Post-9/11 GI Bill® award for tuition and fees at the school was $12,238. In addition to receiving other benefits, 0 students qualified for the Yellow Ribbon Program.

The school has an impressive undergrad student loan default rate. It’s only [DEFAULT_RATE_STRING]%, which is much lower than the national rate of 10.1%. The impressive undergraduate student-to-faculty ratio of 4 to 1 means that students may have more opportunities to work more closely with their professors than they would at other schools.

[Read full report on veteran student life at Yale]](/colleges/yale-university/student-life/veterans/)

2

Brandeis University
Waltham, Massachusetts

41 GI Bill® Students**

#2 in overall quality

$14,483 Average GI Bill® Award

Out of the 2 schools in the Most Veteran Friendly in the New England Region for Genetics for a Master’s that were part of this year’s ranking, Brandeis University landed the #2 spot on the list. Located in Waltham, Massachusetts, this medium-sized private not-for-profit school handed out 9 diplomas to qualified masters’s genetics students in 2020-2021.

Brandeis also took the #2 spot in our “Best Genetics Master’s Degree Schools in the New England Region” ranking.Of the 5,440 students enrolled at Brandeis University, 41 were GI Bill® students, according to our most recent data. Out of that number, 22 were Post-9/11 GI Bill® recipients. The average Post-9/11 GI Bill® award for tuition and fees at the school was $14,483. In addition to receiving other benefits, 15 students qualified for the Yellow Ribbon Program.

The undergraduate student-to-faculty ratio of 10 to 1 is a sign that students will have more opportunities to engage with their professors one-on-one. Students who start out at the school are likely to stick around. The freshman retention rate is 90%. The low undergrad student loan default rate of [DEFAULT_RATE_STRING]% 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%.

Full Brandeis University Veteran Student Life Report

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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).
• Veteran-specific data can be found at the U.S. Department of Veteran Affairs.
• 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

• *Avg Salary and Avg 4-Year Grad Rate are for the top schools only.
• **GI Bill® student total includes all chapters of the GI Bill® program (e.g., Post-9/11, Montgomery GI Bill, Reserve Education Assistance Program, and Veteran Readiness and Employment)
• 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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