2026 Best Value Molecular Genetics Schools in Illinois
[Molecular Genetics](/majors/biological-biomedical-sciences/genetics/molecular-genetics/) is a field worth comparing on the balance of cost and outcomes. The schools below stand out for delivering a strong molecular genetics education at a price that pays off.
To produce this 2026 ranking, College Factual evaluated 1 schools on the balance of cost and outcomes for molecular genetics students.
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2026 Best Value Molecular Genetics Schools in Illinois
If you want to know which schools deliver the best value for the molecular genetics degrees they offer, see the list below.
Best Value Molecular Genetics Schools
For return on investment in molecular genetics, no school beat University Of Chicago this year. Set in the city of Chicago, University Of Chicago is a very large private not-for-profit institution. Students from in state pay about $69,324 in tuition and fees. Molecular Genetics graduates carry a median of $15,854 in student loans. Early-career molecular genetics graduates make about $81,002. That is a strong return on a $15,854 median debt. The acceptance rate is 4%.
Notes and References
The ranking above is published by College Factual (MF_RANKING_2025), 2026 edition. Schools are scored on the balance of cost (tuition and student debt) against student outcomes (post-graduation earnings) — a measure of return on investment, drawn primarily from the U.S. Department of Education (IPEDS and College Scorecard).
Ranking method: College Major Best Value · 1 school evaluated.
*Averages shown above reflect the top 1 ranked 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 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).
More about our data sources and methodologies.
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