2022 Most Popular Master's Degree Colleges for Genetic Counseling/Counselor in Maryland

A master's degree in genetic counseling/counselor is more popular than many other degrees. In fact, it ranks #393 out of 1095 on popularity of all such degrees in the nation. As a result, there are many colleges that offer the degree, making your choice of school a hard one.

For its 2022 ranking, College Factual looked at 2 schools in Maryland to determine which ones were the most popular for genetic counseling/counselor students pursuing a master's degree. When you put them all together, these colleges and universities awarded 8 master's degrees in genetic counseling/counselor during the 2019-2020 academic year.

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This is not our only ranking, nor the only degree level we have ranked. In addition to this ranking, you may want to take at the rankings for different degree levels as called out above. You can also narrow your search by location by filtering for a certain area of the country. Plus, you can view our other rankings for genetic counseling/counselor.

Most Popular Schools for Master’s Students to Study Genetic Counseling/Counselor in Maryland

Below you'll see a list of the most popular colleges and universities for pursuing a master's degree in genetic counseling/counselor.

Most Well Attended Schools for Genetic Counseling/Counselor Students Working on Their Master's

1

University of Maryland - Baltimore
Baltimore, MD

8 Annual Master's Degrees

#1 Best Quality In MD

Master's Degree Highest Degree Type

You'll be surrounded by many like-minded peers at University of Maryland - Baltimore if you want to pursue a master's degree in genetic counseling/counselor. UMB is a medium-sized public university located in the large city of Baltimore. You also may be intersted to know that the school ranks #1 in quality for master's degrees in genetic counseling/counselor in Maryland. More information about a master’s in genetic counseling/counselor from University of Maryland - Baltimore

2

Johns Hopkins University
Baltimore, MD

Johns Hopkins University is one of the most popular schools in the United States for getting a master's degree in genetic counseling/counselor. Located in the large city of Baltimore, Johns Hopkins is a private not-for-profit university with a fairly large student population. More information about a master’s in genetic counseling/counselor from Johns Hopkins University

 

Best Genetic Counseling/Counselor Colleges in the Middle Atlantic Region

Explore all the Most Popular Genetic Counseling/Counselor Schools in the Middle Atlantic Area or other specific states within that region.

State	Colleges	Degrees Awarded
New York	667	42
Pennsylvania	586	9

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Rankings in Majors Related to Genetic Counseling/Counselor

Genetic Counseling/Counselor is one of 10 different types of Mental & Social Health Services programs to choose from.

Majors Similar to Genetic Counseling/Counselor

Related Major	Annual Graduates
Mental Health Counseling/Counselor	181
Other Mental and Social Health Services and Allied Professions	66
Substance Abuse/Addiction Counseling	17
Marriage and Family Therapy/Counseling	8

Notes and References

• The bars on the spread charts above show the distribution of the schools on this list +/- one standard deviation from the mean.
• The Integrated Postsecondary Education Data System (IPEDS) from the National Center for Education Statistics (NCES), a branch of the U.S. Department of Education (DOE) serves as the core of the rest of our data about colleges.
• Some other college data, including much of the graduate earnings data, comes from the U.S. Department of Education’s (College Scorecard). More about our data sources and methodologies.