2024 Best Accredited Online Colleges for Genetics

GENETICS DEGREES

UNDERGRADUATE DEGREES

It is quite rare to find an American college student majoring in genetics. On average, each discipline grants around 6,200 bachelor's degrees a year; 666 students last year earned a four-year degree in genetics, making it the country's 250th most popular course of study. The University of Wisconsin-Madison​ conferred more of those degrees than any other college in the country (88), and schools in Wisconsin handed out more degrees than any American State (88).

26 institutions in the United States offer four-year degrees in genetics; therefore, singling out the best institution for you can often not be easy. Compared to the average focus, there are 86.5% fewer schools offering bachelor's degrees in genetics, making it the 357th most widely available US degree.

GRADUATE DEGREES

While last spring, 52% of degrees in genetics were four-year degrees; 48% were postgraduate degrees. Genetics is the 158th most popular postgraduate degree in the United States, with 623 degrees awarded. For context, the average subject is 4.5 times more popular among postgrad students than genetics.

In Total, 1,289 students received a bachelor's or higher in genetics last May.

ONLINE GENETICS DEGREES

3 of those 1,289 graduates (0.2%) completed online programs - 0 undergraduates and 3 postgrad students. It's the 281st most popular online grad degree, and 99.5% below the national average (616).

PARTIALLY ONLINE GENETICS DEGREES

• 141 people earned a college degree in genetics partially online last May
• Genetics is the 333rd most broadly available partially online undergraduate degree in the nation
• 21.17% of all undergrad degree in genetics are done partially online
• Genetics is the 182nd most popular partially online graduate degree in the nation
• On average, each major had around 1,368 partially online bachelor's degrees last May

IN-PERSON GENETICS DEGREES

• Genetics is the 246th most in-demand in-person undergraduate degree in the country
• 1 colleges across the nation award an undergraduate degree in genetics totally in-person
• 78.83% of all bachelor's degree in genetics are done in-person
• 2.03% of Ohio Wesleyan University's​ last undergraduate class studied genetics fully in-person, higher than any other school in the United States of America
• Genetics is the 136th most popular in-person graduate degree in the US
• On average, each subject has around 4,293 four-year degrees per year entirely in-person