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September 30, 2010

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Genetics and Genomics

The National Research Council assessed programs according to 21 different criteria. Here are the NRC’s five major ratings summarizing those criteria. For a detailed explanation, see our FAQ.

S-Rank: Programs are ranked highly if they are strong in the criteria that scholars say are most important.
Research: Derived from faculty publications, citation rates, grants, and awards.
Students: Derived from students’ completion rates, financial aid, and other criteria.
Diversity: Reflects gender balance, ethnic diversity, and the proportion of international students.
R-Rank: Programs are ranked highly if they have similar features to programs viewed by faculty as top-notch.

Institution, program	S-Rank High	S-Rank Low	Research High	Research Low	Students High	Students Low	Diversity High	Diversity Low	R-Rank High	R-Rank Low
Baylor College of Medicine Molecular & Human Genetics	3	15	4	31	6	31	2	24	4	15
Brandeis U. Molecular and Cell Biology	18	47	7	34	32	57	34	57	6	28
Case Western Reserve U. Genetics	17	47	16	51	28	53	37	58	15	37
Clemson U. Genetics	47	61	44	63	40	61	5	33	53	62
Columbia U. Genetics and Development	2	11	2	14	28	52	6	32	2	10
Cornell U. Genetics and Development	9	39	5	38	36	54	2	19	9	23
Drexel U. Molecular and Cell Biology and Genetics	24	55	27	60	1	25	31	57	33	54
Duke U. Genetics	5	26	6	42	2	20	13	43	8	22
Emory U. Genetics and Molecular Biology (GMB)	12	41	10	50	2	20	7	38	10	29
Howard U. Genetics	N/R	N/R	N/R	N/R	N/R	N/R	N/R	N/R	N/R	N/R
Indiana U. at Blooming- ton Genetics	26	59	13	53	24	58	32	55	32	53
Indiana U.-Purdue U. Indianapolis Medical Genetics	42	59	37	59	17	52	11	45	46	58
Iowa State U. Bioinformatics & Computational Biology	24	55	23	59	14	48	53	64	34	52
Iowa State U. Genetics	11	43	18	55	18	43	4	29	20	40
Johns Hopkins U. Genetics and Molecular Biology	7	32	5	40	42	61	9	39	2	10
Massachu- setts Institute of Technology Biology/Genetics and Genomics	1	3	1	2	27	55	57	65	1	2
Michigan State U. Genetics	24	53	22	56	8	30	25	50	31	52
New Mexico State U. at Las Cruces Molecular Biology	57	64	47	64	61	64	1	1	50	65
New York U. Genetics, Genomics and Bioinformatics	26	58	12	54	44	62	54	64	44	58
North Carolina State U. Bioinformatics	13	44	23	58	23	42	8	34	13	38
North Carolina State U. Functional Genomics	31	57	25	58	35	51	10	39	28	46
North Carolina State U. Genetics	32	58	35	62	8	40	4	32	33	51
Ohio State U. Main Campus Molecular Genetics	10	34	11	50	33	54	2	12	12	30
Oregon Health and Science U. Molecular and Medical Genetics	24	55	15	54	35	59	7	40	32	53
Oregon State U. Genetics	36	60	28	61	5	44	3	30	56	64
Pennsyl- vania State U. Genetics	8	33	16	53	3	21	3	29	17	42
Stanford U. Genetics	1	6	1	6	6	46	8	40	2	8
State U. of New York at Stony Brook Genetics	12	45	5	40	15	47	7	36	18	39
Temple U. Molecular Biology/Genetics	37	60	10	50	50	63	47	61	36	56
Texas A&M U. Genetics	24	53	34	62	3	20	15	43	30	52
Thomas Jefferson U. Genetics	19	54	5	40	41	59	17	48	27	50
Tufts U. Genetics	8	35	6	44	1	16	7	35	17	36
U. of Arizona Genetics	24	52	38	62	14	48	2	22	19	40
U. of California at Berkeley Genetics, Genomics and Development	1	7	2	11	4	33	44	61	2	6
U. of California at Davis Genetics	28	56	19	56	22	48	16	46	21	40
U. of California at Los Angeles Biomathematics	18	48	14	51	38	59	47	63	23	51
U. of California at Los Angeles Genetics and Genomics [ACCESS* Program Specialization]	7	36	5	40	17	42	18	46	10	26
U. of California at San Francisco Genetics	19	53	6	44	53	62	26	52	12	36
U. of Chicago Genetics	9	36	7	44	10	35	8	41	14	31
U. of Colorado at Denver and Health Sciences Center Human Medical Genetics	41	60	31	60	32	58	7	43	43	56
U. of Connec- ticut Genetics Ph.D.	60	64	54	64	45	61	63	65	56	63
U. of Connec- ticut Microbiology Ph.D.	56	63	50	64	47	62	11	40	49	61
U. of Connec- ticut Biomed Science: Genetics and Developmental Bio	26	57	15	58	22	52	19	47	37	57
U. of Florida Medical Sciences: Genetics	14	44	16	52	1	13	45	61	17	39
U. of Georgia Genetics	34	57	42	62	7	34	25	52	33	50
U. of Iowa Genetics	15	48	4	36	24	48	52	64	20	40
U. of Memphis Genetics and Genomics	62	64	64	65	17	41	39	57	60	65
U. of Michigan at Ann Arbor Human Genetics	3	14	4	26	2	31	5	38	4	18
U. of Missouri at Columbia Genetics Area Programming	14	49	10	49	1	16	38	58	34	54
U. of New Hampshire Genetics	65	65	60	64	64	65	30	56	59	65
U. of North Carolina at Chapel Hill Genetics and Molecular Biology	4	19	5	41	4	22	21	47	4	12
U. of Pennsyl- vania Biomed Grad Studies-Genetics and Genomics	7	34	4	34	19	44	46	62	6	32
U. of Pittsburgh Main Campus Human Genetics	5	28	5	39	8	31	34	56	26	50
U. of Rochester Genetics	22	55	7	48	54	63	57	65	35	56
U. of Tennessee Genome Science and Technology	35	60	34	62	1	24	40	57	60	65
U. of Texas Health Science Center at Houston and U. of Texas M.D. Anderson Cancer Center Human and Molecular Genetics	9	38	3	32	47	62	6	38	7	27
U. of Texas Southwestern Medical Center at Dallas Genetics and Development	5	25	7	42	4	28	5	32	8	27
U. of Utah Human Genetics	45	61	37	60	63	65	22	51	17	43
U. of Washing- ton Genome Sciences	5	27	3	27	42	61	49	62	5	21
U. of Wisconsin at Madison Genetics	16	45	13	45	23	47	11	38	15	32
Virginia Common- wealth U. Human Genetics	36	59	33	60	3	32	2	16	48	62
Wake Forest U. Molecular Genetics	15	52	16	58	1	38	4	33	37	58
Wake Forest U. Molecular and Cellular Pathobiology	19	52	16	56	3	24	2	26	34	55
Washing- ton U. in St. Louis Molecular Genetics	6	29	11	48	6	30	31	51	8	24
Wayne State U. Molecular Biology and Genetics	51	63	31	62	28	53	53	64	56	63
Yale U. Genetics	4	18	6	38	10	35	6	39	3	14
Methodology: This interactive tool is based on rankings developed by the NRC. For a complete explanation of the methods the research council used, go to its site; registration may be required.