2024 Best Genetic Counseling/Counselor Master's Degree Schools in the Southwest Region
4
Colleges in the Southwest Region
30
Master's Degrees
a master's degree in
genetic counseling/counselor is more popular than many other degrees. In fact, it ranks #318 out of 1172 on popularity of all such degrees in the nation. So, you have a fair amount of options to choose from when looking for a school.
In 2024, College Factual analyzed 4 schools in order to identify the top ones for its Best Genetic Counseling/Counselor Master's Degree Schools in the Southwest Region ranking. Combined, these schools handed out 30 master's degrees in genetic counseling/counselor to qualified students.
What's on this page: * Our Methodology
Choosing a Great Genetic Counseling/Counselor School for Your Master's Degree
The genetic counseling/counselor master's degree program you select can have a big impact on your future. This section explores some of the factors we include in our ranking and how much they vary depending on the school you select. Below we explain some of the most important factors to consider before making your choice:
Overall Quality Is a Must
The overall quality of a master's degree school is important to ensure a good education, not just how well they do in a particular major. To take this into account we include a school's overall Best Colleges for a Master's Degree ranking which itself looks at a collection of different factors like degree completion, educational resources, student body caliber and post-graduation earnings for the school as a whole.
Other Factors We Consider
The metrics below are just some of the other metrics that we use to determine our rankings.
- Major Focus - How many resources a school devotes to genetic counseling/counselor students as compared to other majors.
- Major Demand - How many other genetic counseling/counselor students want to attend this school to pursue a master's degree.
- Educational Resources - How many resources are allocated to students. These resources may include educational expenditures per student, number of students per instructor, and graduation rate among other things.
- Accreditation - Whether a school is regionally accredited and/or accredited by a recognized genetic counseling/counselor related body.
Our full ranking methodology documents in more detail how we consider these factors to identify the best colleges for genetic counseling/counselor students working on their master's degree.
One Size Does Not Fit All
Since picking the right college can be one of the most important decisions of your life, we've developed the Best Genetic Counseling/Counselor Master's Degree Schools in the Southwest Region ranking, along with many other major-related rankings, to help you make that decision.