by our College Data Analytics TeamIf you are interested in genome sciences/genomics, you may also want to explore other closely related fields of study. Here you will find majors with similar career paths, related concentrations and specializations, and the most popular similar majors, ranked by annual graduates.
The majors below prepare graduates for occupations that overlap with those of genome sciences/genomics, based on the NCES CIP-to-SOC career crosswalk. They are ranked by the number of shared occupations.
| Similar Major | Shared Careers | Annual Graduates |
|---|---|---|
| Anatomy | 3 | 902 |
| Animal Physiology | 3 | 166 |
| Biochemistry and Molecular Biology | 3 | — |
| Biochemistry, Biophysics and Molecular Biology, Other | 3 | 316 |
| Biological and Biomedical Sciences, Other | 3 | 4,612 |
| Biology/Biological Sciences, General | 3 | 89,827 |
| Biomathematics, Bioinformatics, and Computational Biology, Other | 3 | 250 |
| Biometry/Biometrics | 3 | 185 |
| Biotechnology | 3 | 3,869 |
| Botany/Plant Biology, Other | 3 | 47 |
| Related Major | Annual Graduates |
|---|---|
| Genetics, General | 730 |
| Human/Medical Genetics | 424 |
| Molecular Genetics | 278 |
| Animal Genetics | 59 |
| Plant Genetics | 32 |
| Genetics, Other | 11 |
A specialization within Genetics, genome sciences/genomics connects to the wider programs in that field.
More about our data sources and methodologies.