by our College Data Analytics Team
With all of the options students have for higher education today, it can be tough to choose which direction to take. College Factual has developed its “Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Genetic Counseling/Counselor Major in the Plains States Region” ranking as one item you can use to help make this decision.
Genetic Counseling/Counselor is the 706th most popular major in the country with 299 degrees awarded in 2021-2022.
Across the Plains States region, there were 8 genetic counseling/counselor graduates with average earnings and debt of $0 and $0 respectively. At the master’s degree level specifically, there were 8 genetic counseling/counselor graduates with average earnings and debt of $56,858 and $37,352 respectively.
For this year’s “Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Genetic Counseling/Counselor Major in the Plains States Region” ranking, we looked at 3 colleges that offer a degree in genetic counseling/counselor. The colleges and universities that top this list are recognized because their genetic counseling/counselor program is one of the largest majors offered at the school.
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The genetic counseling/counselor school you choose to invest your time and money in matters. To help you make the decision that is right for you, we’ve developed a number of major-specific rankings, including this list of “Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Genetic Counseling/Counselor Major in the Plains States Region”.
We’ve created a tool called College Combat that lets you create your own customized comparisons based on the factors that matter the most to you. If you’re torn between two schools, you can use it to help you see how they stack up against one another. Bookmark it so you can compare any new schools that might interest you.
The following schools top our list of the Best “Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Genetic Counseling/Counselor Major in the Plains States Region”.
You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Augustana University. It ranked #1 on our 2023 Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Genetic Counseling/Counselor Major in the Plains States Region list. Augustana University is a small private not-for-profit school situated in Sioux Falls, South Dakota. It awarded 0 masters’s genetic counseling/counselor degrees in 2021-2022.
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Out of the 3 schools in the Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Genetic Counseling/Counselor Major in the Plains States Region that were part of this year’s ranking, University of Nebraska Medical Center landed the #2 spot on the list. UNMC is a small public school situated in Omaha, Nebraska. It awarded 8 masters’s genetic counseling/counselor degrees in 2021-2022.
The impressive undergraduate student-to-faculty ratio of 2 to 1 means that students may have more opportunities to work more closely with their professors than they would at other schools.
You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Washington University in St Louis. It ranked #3 on our 2023 Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Genetic Counseling/Counselor Major in the Plains States Region list. Saint Louis, Missouri is the setting for this fairly large institution of higher learning. The private not-for-profit school handed out masters’s genetic counseling/counselor degrees to 0 students in 2021-2022.
The low undergrad student loan default rate of 0.4% is a good sign that students have an easier time paying off their loans than they might at other schools. For comparison, the national default rate is 10.1%. With a freshman retention rate of 96%, the school does an excellent job of retaining its undergraduate students. The undergraduate student-to-faculty ratio of 7 to 1 is a sign that students will have more opportunities to engage with their professors one-on-one.
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