Interdepartmental Genetics Graduate Program - M.S./Ph.D.

Comparable U.S. Genetics Graduate Programs

If you are considering Iowa State University for graduate study then you are likely interested in agriculutural based life science research. We asked our genetics faculty which other University programs would be comparable to Iowa State's Genetics graduate program and they suggested the following schools. We believe we can offer to you an excellent graduate education in genetics. We provide you with this information so that you can make the choice that best meets your needs.

• University of Iowa Genetics graduate program
  • Human genetics, Medical Genetics, Pediatrics
• University of Wisconsin-Madison Genetics graduate program
  • Plant, Animal, Human, Cancer, Evolution
• Cornell University Molecular Biology and Genetics graduate program
  • plant breeding
• University of California Davis Graduate Studies in Genetics
  • plant molecular genetics, plant evolutionary genetics
• University of Georgia--Graduate Program in Genetics
  • maize genetics, plant evolution
• North Carolina State Graduate program in Statistical Genetics
• Washington University St. Louis Biology and Biomedical Sciences
• University of Missouri-Columbia Genetics Area Program
  • beef cattle molecular genetics, maize genetics
• Iowa State University does not offer a degree in Genetic Counseling but two of our M.S. students have gone on to graduate programs at the University of Minnesota and to the Indiana University/Purdue University

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Iowa State Universrity is a Land Grant University, an institution that has been designed by its state legislature or Congress to receive unique federal support. Iowa Agricultural College and Model Farm (now Iowa State University) was officially established on March 22, 1858, by the legislature of the State of Iowa--the first to be chartered in the nation. Here is a listing of all Land Grant Universities.