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2023 Best Value Genetics Master's Degree Schools in North Carolina

Highlighting Quality Schools With More Affordable Pricing

4 Colleges
$22,919 Avg Tuition & Fees*
$78,684 Avg Salary

Finding the Best Genetics Master's Degree School for You

In 2020-2021, 87 degrees and certificates were awarded to genetics students who went to a North Carolina college or university. This makes it the #152 most popular major in the state.

It's not easy to decide which program to enroll in when you have so many options available. You can choose a traditional brick and mortar school, or with the growth of online education, you can attend a school half-way across the country without even leaving your house. Also there are many trade schools that offer short-term programs that open up more career options.

To help you arm yourself with the information you need to make your decision, Course Advisor has developed this Best Value Genetics Master's Degree Schools in North Carolina ranking. This report analyzed 4 schools in North Carolina to see which ones offered the best value master's degree programs for genetics students. The goal was to highlight schools with more affordable prices than others offering similar quality experiences.

Our ranking of value is based on the quality of a program as defined in our per sticker price dollar. Specifically, our score for quality is discounted by the published tuition and fees charged by the given college. This gives the cost per unit of quality for each college. The more quality your dollar buys, the better the value.

In our regional and nationwide rankings, out-of-state tution and fees are used in our calculations. For statewide rankings, we use average in-state tuition and fees.

2023 Best Value Genetics Master’s Degree Schools in North Carolina

The following schools top our list of the Best Value Genetics Master's Degree Colleges.

Best North Carolina Schools for Affordable Quality for a Master's in Genetics

Our analysis found University of North Carolina at Greensboro to be the best value school for genetics students who want to pursue a master’s degree in North Carolina. UNC Greensboro is a large public school located in the large city of Greensboro.

UNC Greensboro graduate students pay an average of $8,265 in in-state tuition and fees each year.

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A rank of #2 on this year’s list means North Carolina State University is a great value for genetics students working on their master’s degree. NC State is a very large public school located in the city of Raleigh.

NC State graduate students pay an average of $11,703 in in-state tuition and fees each year.

NC State did well in our overall quality rankings, too. It placed #4 on our Best Genetics Master’s Degree Schools in North Carolina list.

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A rank of #3 on this year’s list means University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill is a great value for genetics students working on their master’s degree. UNC Chapel Hill is a fairly large public school located in the city of Chapel Hill.

In-state tuition fees for graduate students at UNC Chapel Hill are $12,566 per year.

UNC Chapel Hill not only placed well in our value ranking, but it is also #2 on our Best Genetics Master’s Degree Schools in North Carolina list.

Read full report on Genetics at University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill

#4

Duke University

Durham, NC

The excellent master’s degree programs at Duke University helped the school earn the #4 place on this year’s ranking of the best value genetics schools in North Carolina. Duke is a fairly large private not-for-profit school located in the large city of Durham.

Duke graduate students pay an average of $59,141 in in-state tuition and fees each year.

In addition to its best value ranking, and one of the reasons why the school is on the list, Duke is ranked #1 for overall quality for genetics in North Carolina.

Full Genetics at Duke University Report

Best Value Genetics Colleges in the Southeast Region

Explore all the Best Value Genetics Schools in the Southeast Area or other specific states within that region.

State Degrees Awarded
Georgia 65
Virginia 8
Florida 22
Tennessee 1
Kentucky 2
South Carolina 79
Louisiana 14
Arkansas 8
Alabama 17
West Virginia 1

One of 14 majors within the area of study, genetics has other similar majors worth exploring.

Related Major Annual Graduates
General Biology 107,165
Biochemistry, Biophysics & Molecular Biology 14,535
Neurobiology & Neurosciences 11,615
Physiology & Pathology Sciences 8,813
Ecology, Evolution & Systematics Biology 7,247

Notes and References

*These averages are for the top 4 schools only.

  • 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 the rest 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).
  • Credit for the banner image above goes to Domaina.

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