2022 Best Value Genetic Counseling/Counselor Schools for a Master’s in the Plains States Region

It’s not easy to decide which college to attend when there so many options available for students. College Factual has developed its “Best Value Genetic Counseling/Counselor Schools for a Master’s in the Plains States Region” ranking as one item you can use to help make this decision.

In 2019-2020, 230 people earned their degree in genetic counseling/counselor, making the major the 805th most popular in the United States.

Across the Plains States region, there were 10 genetic counseling/counselor graduates with average earnings and debt of $0 and $0 respectively. At the master’s degree level specifically, there were 10 genetic counseling/counselor graduates with average earnings and debt of $53,438 and $39,783 respectively.

This ranking identifies schools with high-quality genetic counseling/counselor programs that also have a lower cost than schools of similar quality.

To come up with these rankings, we looked at factors such as the cost to attend the school after aid is awarded and overall quality of the genetic counseling/counselor program at the school. For more information, check out our ranking methodology.

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Since picking the right college can be one of the most important decisions of your life, we’ve developed the “Best Value Genetic Counseling/Counselor Schools for a Master’s in the Plains States Region” ranking, along with many other major-related rankings, to help you make that decision.

To further help you make the college decision, we’ve developed a unique tool called College Combat that allows you to compare schools based on the factors that matter the most to you. We encourage you to try it out and pit your favorite colleges and universities head to head! If you don’t have time right now, you can bookmark it for later.

Best Value Genetic Counseling/Counselor Schools for a Master’s in the Plains States Region

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

Top 1 Best Value Master’s Degree Colleges for Genetic Counseling/Counselor in the Plains States Region

#1

Augustana University

Sioux Falls, South Dakota

#1 in overall quality

$36,480 Avg Grad Tuition & Fees

Out of the 1 schools in the Best Value Genetic Counseling/Counselor Schools for a Master’s in the Plains States Region that were part of this year’s ranking, Augustana University landed the #1 spot on the list. Augustana Sioux Falls is a small school located in Sioux Falls, South Dakota that handed out 10 masters’s genetic counseling/counselor degrees in 2019-2020.

Augustana Sioux Falls also took the #1 spot in our “Best Genetic Counseling/Counselor Master’s Degree Schools in the Plains States Region” ranking. Although you might pay more or less depending on your area of study, average graduate tuition and fees at Augustana University are $36,480.

Full Augustana Sioux Falls Genetic Counseling/Counselor Report

• Best Value Master’s Degree Colleges for Genetic Counseling/Counselor

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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