2025 Best Genetic Counseling/Counselor Schools in the Middle Atlantic Region
3Colleges in the Middle Atlantic Region
89Genetic Counseling/Counselor Degrees Awarded
Genetic Counseling/Counselor isn't the most popular major in the world, but it's not the least popular either. To be more precise it ranks #706 in popularity out of 1506 majors in the country. So, you may have to do some digging around to find quality schools that offer the degree program. This list can help with that.
For its 2025 ranking, College Factual looked at 3 schools in the Middle Atlantic Region to determine which ones were the best for genetic counseling/counselor students pursuing a degree. Combined, these schools handed out 89 degrees in genetic counseling/counselor to qualified students.
Choosing a Great Genetic Counseling/Counselor School
Your choice of genetic counseling/counselor school matters, so we have put together these rankings to help you make your decision. For our Best Overall Genetic Counseling/Counselor School rankings, we roll up the results of our degree-level rankings, weighted by the number of degrees awarded at that level.
In order to find the schools that are the best fit for you, you may want to filter to one of the degree levels below.
Pick Your Genetic Counseling/Counselor Degree Level
Since picking the right college can be one of the most important decisions of your life, we've developed the Best Genetic Counseling/Counselor Schools in the Middle Atlantic Region ranking, along with many other major-related rankings, to help you make that decision.
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Best Schools for Genetic Counseling/Counselor in the Middle Atlantic Region
Although we recommend filtering by degree level first, you can view the list below to see which schools give the educational experience for the genetic counseling/counselor degree levels they offer.
Top Middle Atlantic Region Schools in Genetic Counseling/Counselor
Every student who is interested in genetic counseling/counselor has to check out University of Pennsylvania. UPenn is a fairly large private not-for-profit university located in the city of Philadelphia. A Best Colleges rank of #2 out of 2,152 schools nationwide means UPenn is a great university overall.
There were about 15 genetic counseling/counselor students who graduated with this degree at UPenn in the most recent data year.
University of Pittsburgh - Pittsburgh Campus is one of the best schools in the United States for getting a degree in genetic counseling/counselor. Pitt is a very large public university located in the large city of Pittsburgh. This university ranks 6th out of 103 schools for overall quality in the state of Pennsylvania.
There were about 11 genetic counseling/counselor students who graduated with this degree at Pitt in the most recent data year.
Kean University is one of the best schools in the country for getting a degree in genetic counseling/counselor. Kean is a fairly large public university located in the large suburb of Union. This university ranks 21st out of 45 schools for overall quality in the state of New Jersey.
There were approximately 6 genetic counseling/counselor students who graduated with this degree at Kean in the most recent year we have data available.
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).
Your choice of genetic counseling/counselor school matters, so we have put together these rankings to help you make your decision. For our Best Overall Genetic Counseling/Counselor School rankings, we roll up the results of our degree-level rankings, weighted by the number of degrees awarded at that level.
