Graduate Programs Chosen by Recent Alumni

55% of Genetics graduates enter graduate or professional degree programs.

Research Degrees:

About 40% earned or will earn M.S. or Ph.D. degrees in research areas. Biostatistics, biochemistry, genetics, nanobiosciences, genomics, neurosciences, plant breeding, agronomy, microbiology, immunology, experimental psychology, pharmacology, bioinformatics, gene therapy, toxicology, cell biology, higher education, and biomedical sciences are some of the graduate programs these alumni have chosen.

Institutions into which our alumni have been accepted include:

• Boston University
• Case Western Reserve
• Cornell University
• George Washington University
• Georgetown University
• Harvard University
• Iowa State University
• Mayo Graduate School
• Michigan State University
• North Carolina State University
• Northwestern University
• Oregon State University
• Stanford University
• The Ohio State University
• Thomas Jefferson University
• University of California - Santa Barbara
• University of California - Davis
• University of California - Los Angeles
• University of Chicago
• University of Colorado
• University of Florida
• University of Iowa
• University of Minnesota
• University of Michigan - Ann Arbor
• University of North Carolina
• University of North Texas Health Sciences
• University of Tulsa
• University of Utah
• University of Vermont
• University of Wisconsin - Madison
• Washington State University
• Washington University
• Yale University

Professional Programs:

Another 15% have chosen professional programs including human medicine, physician's assistant, genetic counseling, pharmacology, veterinary medicine, dentistry, nursing, optometry, and public health.

Institutions include:

• Boston University
• Case Western Reserve
• Des Moines University (DO and DPM programs)
• Emory University
• Harvard Medical School
• Johns Hopkins University
• Indiana University
• Iowa State University (DVM program)
• Mayo Clinic School of Medicine
• Southern California University
• Southern College of Optometry
• Southern Illinois University
• Tulane University
• University of Cincinnati
• University of Iowa
• University of Minnesota
• University of Nebraska Medical Center - Omaha
• University of North Dakota School of Medicine and Health Sciences
• University of North Carolina - Greensboro
• University of Texas Health Sciences Center - Houston
• University of Wisconsin - Madison