Genetics isn't the most popular master's program in the world, but it's not the least popular either. To be more precise it ranks #170 in popularity out of 343 majors in the country. So, it might take a little more work to find colleges and universities that offer the degree program.
For its 2025 ranking, College Factual looked at 2 schools in Pennsylvania to determine which ones were the best for genetics students pursuing a master's degree. Combined, these schools handed out 51 master's degrees in genetics to qualified students.
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Early-Career Earnings
One measure we use to determine the quality of a school is to look at the average salary of master's graduates during the early years of their career. That is, everyone wants their master's degree to be worth something, and salaries are one measure of determining that.
Other Factors We Consider
The metrics below are just some of the other metrics that we use to determine our rankings.
Major Focus - How many resources a school devotes to genetics students as compared to other majors.
Major Demand - The number of genetics students who choose to seek a master's degree at the school.
Educational Resources - How many resources are allocated to students. These resources may include educational expenditures per student, number of students per instructor, and graduation rate among other things.
Student Debt - How much debt genetics students go into to obtain their master's degree and how well they are able to pay back that debt.
Accreditation - Whether a school is regionally accredited and/or accredited by a recognized genetics related body.
Our complete ranking methodology documents in more detail how we consider these factors to identify the best schools for genetics students working on their master's degree.
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 Genetics Master's Degree Schools in Pennsylvania list to help you make the college decision.
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It's difficult to beat Saint Joseph's University if you wish to pursue a master's degree in genetics. Located in the large city of Philadelphia, St. Joe's is a private not-for-profit university with a medium-sized student population.More information about a master’s in genetics from Saint Joseph’s University
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The bars on the spread charts above show the distribution of the schools on this list +/- one standard deviation from the mean.
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).
by our College Data Analytics Team
