A general program that focuses on the scientific study of the organization, recombination, function, regulation, and transmission of heritable information in biological organisms at all levels of complexity. Includes instruction in Mendelian genetics, mechanisms of gene regulation, chromosome structure and replication, epigenetic phenomena, DNA repair and recombination, sex determination, genetic interactions between genomes, and molecular evolution.
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| Rank | School Name | Students | % of Total | Total On-Campus Cost |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | University of California-Davis | 114 | 1% | $35,177 |
| 2 | University of Wisconsin-Madison | 85 | 1% | $26,025 |
| 3 | Iowa State University | 43 | 1% | $21,186 |
| 4 | University of Georgia | 39 | 0% | $26,688 |
| 5 | 25 | 0% | $23,977 | |
| 6 | University of New Hampshire-Main Campus | 23 | 1% | $33,750 |
| 7 | 20 | 0% | $27,484 | |
| 8 | Yale University | 15 | 0% | $73,900 |
| 9 | Purdue University-Main Campus | 14 | 0% | $22,822 |
| 10 | 8 | 0% | $21,380 | |
| 11 | University of California-Irvine | 6 | 0% | $34,261 |
| 12 | University of Connecticut | 5 | 0% | $32,404 |
| 13 | Yeshiva University | 5 | 0% | $62,075 |
| 14 | University of Rochester | 3 | 0% | $72,721 |
| 15 | West Virginia University | 2 | 0% | $23,294 |
| 16 | Case Western Reserve University | 2 | 0% | $67,332 |
| 17 | Ohio Wesleyan University | 2 | 1% | $61,910 |
| 18 | Dartmouth College | 2 | 0% | $74,359 |
| 19 | The University of Texas Health Science Center at Houston | 1 | 0% | N/A |
| 20 | University of Chicago | 1 | 0% | $78,555 |
| 21 | Howard University | 1 | 0% | $44,651 |
| 22 | 1 | 0% | $24,923 |
This list indicates the number of students that completed the Genetics, General program at the schools above.
It is not necessarily an indicator of academic rigor or quality of education.
Note that some schools do not have enough data to be ranked, and these schools will not appear in our lists.