Genetics General

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.

Degree Statistics

This program is offered at 36 institutions across the United States, with a total of 2136 degrees awarded annually.

Bachelor's Degrees

463

degrees awarded

Post-Baccalaureate Certificates

certificates awarded

Master's Degrees

degrees awarded

Doctoral Degrees

176

degrees awarded

Other Awards

1,424

awards given

Top Schools for Genetics General

These institutions offer the most degrees in this program, ranked by total annual completions.

Rank	Institution	Degrees
1	University of California-Davis Davis, CA	324
2	University of Wisconsin-Madison Madison, WI	312
3	University of Georgia Athens, GA	216
4	Iowa State University Ames, IA	156
5	Texas A & M University-College Station College Station, TX	150
6	North Carolina State University at Raleigh Raleigh, NC	132
7	University of Alabama at Birmingham Birmingham, AL	78
8	Washington State University Pullman, WA	75
9	Columbia University in the City of New York New York, NY	72
10	Purdue University-Main Campus West Lafayette, IN	72
11	University of Chicago Chicago, IL	54
12	Yale University New Haven, CT	48
13	University of New Hampshire-Main Campus Durham, NH	48
14	University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill Chapel Hill, NC	45
15	Auburn University Auburn, AL	39
16	University of Rochester Rochester, NY	36
17	University of California-Irvine Irvine, CA	27
18	Albert Einstein College of Medicine Bronx, NY	24
19	New Mexico State University-Main Campus Las Cruces, NM	24
20	Stony Brook University Stony Brook, NY	24
21	Case Western Reserve University Cleveland, OH	24
22	University of Florida Gainesville, FL	18
23	Kansas State University Manhattan, KS	18
24	Dartmouth College Hanover, NH	15
25	University of Connecticut Storrs, CT	15
26	The University of Texas Health Science Center at Houston Houston, TX	15
27	Southern California University of Health Sciences Whittier, CA	12
28	University of Iowa Iowa City, IA	12
29	University of California-San Francisco San Francisco, CA	9
30	Ohio Wesleyan University Delaware, OH	9
31	Michigan State University East Lansing, MI	9
32	Howard University Washington, DC	6
33	Tufts University Medford, MA	6
34	California Institute of Technology Pasadena, CA	6
35	West Virginia University Morgantown, WV	3
36	University of Arizona Tucson, AZ	3