2022 Best Value Genetic Counseling/Counselor Schools for a Master’s in the Southeast Region For Those Getting Aid

With all of the options students have for higher education today, it can be tough to choose which direction to take. College Factual was founded, in part, to help students make the decision as to what would be the best school for them. Our “Best Value Genetic Counseling/Counselor Schools for a Master’s in the Southeast Region For Those Getting Aid” ranking is part of that endeavor.

Genetic Counseling/Counselor is the 805th most popular major in the country with 230 degrees awarded in 2019-2020.

Across the Southeast region, there were 19 genetic counseling/counselor graduates with average earnings and debt of $0 and $0 respectively. At the master’s degree level specifically, there were 19 genetic counseling/counselor graduates with average earnings and debt of $53,950 and $43,286 respectively.

This year’s “Best Value Genetic Counseling/Counselor Schools for a Master’s in the Southeast Region For Those Getting Aid” ranking analyzed 2 colleges that offered a degree in genetic counseling/counselor. This ranking identifies schools with high-quality genetic counseling/counselor programs that also have a lower cost than schools of similar quality.

When determining these rankings, we looked at things such as overall quality of the genetic counseling/counselor program at the school and the cost to attend the school once aid has been awarded. For more information, check out our ranking methodology.

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Best Value Genetic Counseling/Counselor Schools for a Master’s in the Southeast Region For Those Getting Aid

The colleges and universities below are the best for southeast region master’s degree genetic counseling/counselor students with aid.

Top 2 Best Value Master’s Degree Colleges for Genetic Counseling/Counselor in the Southeast Region (With Aid)

#1

Virginia Commonwealth University

Richmond, Virginia

$29,228 Avg Grad Tuition & Fees

You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend Virginia Commonwealth University. The school came in at #1 for the Best Value Genetic Counseling/Counselor Schools for a Master’s in the Southeast Region For Those Getting Aid. Located in Richmond, Virginia, this large public school awarded 9 diplomas to qualified masters’s genetic counseling/counselor students in 2019-2020.

VCU also made our “Best Genetic Counseling/Counselor Master’s Degree Schools in the Southeast Region” list, coming in at #0. Average graduate tuition and fees at Virginia Commonwealth University are $29,228, but some majors have different tuition rates.

Read full report on Genetic Counseling/Counselor at Virginia Commonwealth University

#2

University of Alabama at Birmingham

Birmingham, Alabama

#1 in overall quality

$19,188 Avg Grad Tuition & Fees

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend University of Alabama at Birmingham. It ranked #2 on our 2022 Best Value Genetic Counseling/Counselor Schools for a Master’s in the Southeast Region For Those Getting Aid list. UAB is a large school located in Birmingham, Alabama that handed out 10 masters’s genetic counseling/counselor degrees in 2019-2020.

UAB also made our “Best Genetic Counseling/Counselor Master’s Degree Schools in the Southeast Region” list, coming in at #1. Average graduate tuition and fees at UAB are $19,188, but you may pay more or less depending on your major.

Read more about Genetic Counseling/Counselor at University of Alabama at Birmingham

• Best Value Master’s Degree Colleges for Genetic Counseling/Counselor (With Aid)

Notes and References

References

• 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 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).
• Information about the national average student loan default rate is from the U.S. Department of Education and refers to data about the 2016 borrower cohort tracking period for which the cohort default rate (CDR) was 10.1%.

Read more about our data sources and methodologies

Footnotes

• *Average salary, average net price, and average tuition and fees are for the top schools only.
• Some schools otherwise deserving of recognition may have been removed from this ranking in the event that new data identified post-publication warranted it, or at the request of the school.

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