General Genetics
Stem Major
Add ComparisonIn 2022, the locations with the highest concentration of General Genetics degree recipients are Madison, WI, University of California-Davis, CA, and Athens-Clarke County unified government (balance), GA. In 2022, the locations with a relatively high number of General Genetics degree recipients are University of California-Davis, CA, Delaware, OH, and Ames, IA. The most common degree awarded to students studying General Genetics is a bachelors degree.
Information about the types of higher education institutions that grant degrees in General Genetics and the types of students that study this field. University of Wisconsin-Madison awards the most degrees in General Genetics in the US, but Albert Einstein College of Medicine and University of California-Davis have the highest percentage of degrees awarded in General Genetics.
Tuition costs for General Genetics majors are, on average, $9,425 for in-state public colleges, and $60,687 for out of state private colleges.
The most common sector, by number of institutions, that offers General Genetics programs are Public, 4-year or above institutions (27 total). The most common sector, by number of degrees awarded, is Public, 4-year or above (644 completions).
The most common sector, by number of degrees awarded in General Genetics, is Public, 4-year or above (644 completions in 2022).
The following chart shows the share of universities that offer General Genetics programs, by the total number of completions, colored and grouped by their sector.
University of Wisconsin-Madison has the most General Genetics degree recipients, with 124 degrees awarded in 2022.
The following bar chart shows the state tuition for the top 5 institutions with the most degrees awarded in General Genetics.
Out of all institutions that offer General Genetics programs and have at least 5 graduates in those programs, Albert Einstein College of Medicine has the highest percentage of degrees awarded in General Genetics, with 3.93%.
This map shows the counties in the United States colored by the highest growth in degrees awarded for General Genetics.
Demographic information for those who earn a degree in Biology in the United States.
The most common degree types awarded to students graduating in General Genetics are Bachelors Degree, Research Doctorate, and Masters Degree.
The most common degree types held by the working population in Biology are Bachelors Degree, Professional degree, and Masters Degree.
This chart shows the granted degrees by sex at the 5 institutions that graduate the most students in General Genetics.
This chart shows the number of degrees awarded in General Genetics for each race & ethnicity. White students earned the largest share of the degrees with this major.
This chart illustrates the differences by sex for each race & ethnicity of Bachelors Degree recipients in General Genetics.
White Female students, who earn most of the degrees in this field, are the most common combination of race/ethnicity and sex.
There are a relatively high number of people that were born in United Arab Emirates that hold Biology degrees (3.87 times more than expected), and the most common country of origin by total numbers for non-US students earning a degree in this field is India (92,609 degree recipients).
Data on the critical and distinctive skills necessary for those working in the General Genetics field from the Bureau of Labor Statistics. General Genetics majors need many skills, but most especially Reading Comprehension. The revealed comparative advantage (RCA) shows that General Genetics majors need more than the average amount of Science, Operation and Control, and Programming.
These two visualizations, one a radial chart and one a bar chart, show the same information, a rating of how necessary the following skills are for General Genetics majors. Toggle between "value" and "RCA" to see the absolute rating of that skill (value) and the revealed comparative advantage (RCA), or how much greater or lesser that skill's rating is than the average. The longer the bar or the closer the line comes to the circumference of the circle, the more important that skill is. The importance of Science is very distinctive for majors, but the Reading Comprehension, Science, and Writing are the three most important skills for people in the field.
