Master's programs 53
Graduates in 2023-24 433
Typical median debt $64,209
Typical earnings 1 yr after $78,940
Typical earnings 4 yrs after $112,403
Earnings to debt 1.2x
Official field: Genetics. Admission figures such as LSAT, MCAT or GRE scores are not part of this federal data, so check each school.
Degree level Programs Typical earnings 1 yr after Typical median debt Master's 53 $78,940 $64,209 Doctoral 56 n/a n/a
Is it worth it? Debt vs first-year pay Each dot is one master's program. Dots above the dashed line have graduates earning more in their first year than the program's median debt.
Master's programs in genetics Highest first-year earnings University of Oregon $100,834
Long Island University $85,163
Johns Hopkins University $72,716
Manchester University $60,102
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College Graduates (2023-24) Earnings 1 yr after Earnings 4 yrs after Median debt Stanford University Stanford, CA 14 n/a $112,403 $135,831 University of Oregon Eugene, OR 29 $100,834 n/a $36,872 Rutgers University-New Brunswick New Brunswick, NJ 9 $89,834 n/a n/a Long Island University Brookville, NY 12 $85,163 n/a $85,000 Johns Hopkins University Baltimore, MD 37 $72,716 n/a $43,418 Manchester University North Manchester, IN 17 $60,102 n/a n/a Tulane University of Louisiana New Orleans, LA 6 $27,831 n/a n/a Augustana University Sioux Falls, SD 10 n/a n/a n/a Black Hills State University Spearfish, SD 3 n/a n/a n/a Brandeis University Waltham, MA 10 n/a n/a n/a Case Western Reserve University Cleveland, OH 1 n/a n/a n/a Clemson University Clemson, SC 10 n/a n/a n/a Columbia University in the City of New York New York, NY 6 n/a n/a n/a Duke University Durham, NC 1 n/a n/a n/a Emory University Atlanta, GA 13 n/a n/a n/a Indiana University-Indianapolis Indianapolis, IN 12 n/a n/a n/a Iowa State University Ames, IA 2 n/a n/a n/a Kansas State University Manhattan, KS 0 n/a n/a n/a Michigan State University East Lansing, MI 4 n/a n/a n/a Michigan Technological University Houghton, MI 2 n/a n/a n/a North Carolina State University at Raleigh Raleigh, NC 2 n/a n/a n/a North Dakota State University-Main Campus Fargo, ND 0 n/a n/a n/a Ohio State University-Main Campus Columbus, OH 2 n/a n/a n/a Saint Joseph's University - Philadelphia Philadelphia, PA 23 n/a n/a n/a Stony Brook University Stony Brook, NY 1 n/a n/a n/a Texas A&M University-College Station College Station, TX 1 n/a n/a n/a Thomas Jefferson University Philadelphia, PA 8 n/a n/a n/a University at Buffalo Buffalo, NY 1 n/a n/a n/a University of Arizona Tucson, AZ 5 n/a n/a n/a University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences Little Rock, AR 5 n/a n/a n/a University of California-Davis Davis, CA 4 n/a n/a n/a University of California-Los Angeles Los Angeles, CA 1 n/a n/a n/a University of Chicago Chicago, IL 13 n/a n/a n/a University of Cincinnati-Main Campus Cincinnati, OH 11 n/a n/a n/a University of Connecticut Storrs, CT 7 n/a n/a n/a University of Georgia Athens, GA 0 n/a n/a n/a University of Maryland Baltimore Baltimore, MD 0 n/a n/a n/a University of Miami Coral Gables, FL 0 n/a n/a n/a University of Michigan-Ann Arbor Ann Arbor, MI 18 n/a n/a n/a University of New Hampshire-Main Campus Durham, NH 4 n/a n/a n/a University of North Carolina at Greensboro Greensboro, NC 8 n/a n/a n/a University of Pittsburgh-Pittsburgh Campus Pittsburgh, PA 32 n/a n/a n/a University of Rochester Rochester, NY 4 n/a n/a n/a University of South Carolina-Columbia Columbia, SC 9 n/a n/a n/a University of Southern California Los Angeles, CA 0 n/a n/a n/a University of Utah Salt Lake City, UT 10 n/a n/a n/a University of Washington-Seattle Campus Seattle, WA 7 n/a n/a n/a University of Wisconsin-Madison Madison, WI 25 n/a n/a n/a Vanderbilt University Nashville, TN 0 n/a n/a n/a Virginia Commonwealth University Richmond, VA 5 n/a n/a n/a Wayne State University Detroit, MI 1 n/a n/a n/a West Virginia University Morgantown, WV 1 n/a n/a n/a Yale University New Haven, CT 27 n/a n/a n/a
Doctoral programs in genetics Filter by school, city or state
College Graduates (2023-24) Earnings 1 yr after Earnings 4 yrs after Median debt Duke University Durham, NC 27 n/a $116,130 n/a University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill Chapel Hill, NC 7 n/a $101,128 n/a Boston University Boston, MA 4 n/a n/a n/a California Institute of Technology Pasadena, CA 1 n/a n/a n/a Case Western Reserve University Cleveland, OH 5 n/a n/a n/a Clemson University Clemson, SC 8 n/a n/a n/a Columbia University in the City of New York New York, NY 5 n/a n/a n/a Cornell University Ithaca, NY 13 n/a n/a n/a Dartmouth College Hanover, NH 3 n/a n/a n/a George Washington University Washington, DC 2 n/a n/a n/a Harvard University Cambridge, MA 2 n/a n/a n/a Howard University Washington, DC 0 n/a n/a n/a Indiana University-Indianapolis Indianapolis, IN 7 n/a n/a n/a Iowa State University Ames, IA 8 n/a n/a n/a Johns Hopkins University Baltimore, MD 4 n/a n/a n/a Kansas State University Manhattan, KS 2 n/a n/a n/a Louisiana State University Health Sciences Center-New Orleans New Orleans, LA 1 n/a n/a n/a Michigan State University East Lansing, MI 10 n/a n/a n/a Michigan Technological University Houghton, MI 0 n/a n/a n/a North Carolina State University at Raleigh Raleigh, NC 8 n/a n/a n/a North Dakota State University-Main Campus Fargo, ND 1 n/a n/a n/a Ohio State University-Main Campus Columbus, OH 7 n/a n/a n/a Oregon Health & Science University Portland, OR 2 n/a n/a n/a Rutgers University-New Brunswick New Brunswick, NJ 8 n/a n/a n/a Stanford University Stanford, CA 9 n/a n/a n/a Stony Brook University Stony Brook, NY 6 n/a n/a n/a Texas A&M University-College Station College Station, TX 5 n/a n/a n/a The University of Texas Health Science Center at Houston Houston, TX 7 n/a n/a n/a Thomas Jefferson University Philadelphia, PA 3 n/a n/a n/a Tufts University Medford, MA 8 n/a n/a n/a University at Buffalo Buffalo, NY 3 n/a n/a n/a University of Alabama at Birmingham Birmingham, AL 5 n/a n/a n/a University of Arizona Tucson, AZ 5 n/a n/a n/a University of California-Davis Davis, CA 13 n/a n/a n/a University of California-Los Angeles Los Angeles, CA 4 n/a n/a n/a University of Chicago Chicago, IL 16 n/a n/a n/a University of Colorado Denver/Anschutz Medical Campus Denver, CO 2 n/a n/a n/a University of Florida Gainesville, FL 5 n/a n/a n/a University of Georgia Athens, GA 13 n/a n/a n/a University of Iowa Iowa City, IA 10 n/a n/a n/a University of Miami Coral Gables, FL 2 n/a n/a n/a University of Michigan-Ann Arbor Ann Arbor, MI 2 n/a n/a n/a University of Missouri-Columbia Columbia, MO 1 n/a n/a n/a University of New Hampshire-Main Campus Durham, NH 4 n/a n/a n/a University of Pittsburgh-Pittsburgh Campus Pittsburgh, PA 9 n/a n/a n/a University of Rochester Rochester, NY 4 n/a n/a n/a University of Utah Salt Lake City, UT 4 n/a n/a n/a University of Washington-Seattle Campus Seattle, WA 11 n/a n/a n/a University of Wisconsin-Madison Madison, WI 13 n/a n/a n/a Vanderbilt University Nashville, TN 8 n/a n/a n/a Virginia Commonwealth University Richmond, VA 1 n/a n/a n/a Wake Forest University Winston-Salem, NC 1 n/a n/a n/a Washington University in St Louis St. Louis, MO 23 n/a n/a n/a Wayne State University Detroit, MI 3 n/a n/a n/a West Virginia University Morgantown, WV 1 n/a n/a n/a Yale University New Haven, CT 16 n/a n/a n/a
Frequently asked questions How much do genetics graduates earn? Graduates of the typical master's program earned a median of $78,940 one year after finishing, in 2024 dollars.
How much debt do genetics graduate students take on? The typical program's graduates who borrowed left with a median of $64,209 in federal loans taken at that school. Undergraduate loans are not included.
Undergraduate: Genetics major
Source: U.S. Department of Education, College Scorecard field of study file, data release of October 15, 2026. Earnings are medians for graduates who received federal aid and were working, not enrolled. One-year figures: graduates of 2020-21 and 2021-22, measured in 2022 and 2023, in 2024 dollars. Four-year figures: graduates of 2017-18 and 2018-19, measured in 2022 and 2023, in 2024 dollars. More on the data .