2023 Most Focused Master’s Degree Colleges for Genetic Counseling/Counselor in the Plains States Region

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In 2020-2021, 288 people earned their degree in genetic counseling/counselor, making the major the 706th most popular in the United States.

Across the Plains States region, there were 18 genetic counseling/counselor graduates with average earnings and debt of $0 and $0 respectively. At the master’s degree level specifically, there were 18 genetic counseling/counselor graduates with average earnings and debt of $55,401 and $0 respectively.

For this year’s “Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Genetic Counseling/Counselor Major in the Plains States Region” ranking, we looked at 3 colleges that offer a degree in genetic counseling/counselor. That schools that top this list have a program in genetic counseling/counselor in which the largest percentage of students at the school are enrolled.

See our ranking methodology to learn more.

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Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Genetic Counseling/Counselor Major in the Plains States Region

The following schools top our list of the Best “Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Genetic Counseling/Counselor Major in the Plains States Region”.

Top 3 Most Focused Master’s Degree Colleges for Genetic Counseling/Counselor in the Plains States Region

1

Augustana University
Sioux Falls, South Dakota

You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend Augustana University. The school came in at #1 for the Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Genetic Counseling/Counselor Major in the Plains States Region. Sioux Falls, South Dakota is the setting for this small institution of higher learning. The private not-for-profit school handed out masters’s genetic counseling/counselor degrees to 10 students in 2020-2021.

The low undergrad student loan default rate of 1.7% is a good sign that students have an easier time paying off their loans than they might at other schools. For comparison, the national default rate is 10.1%.

Read more about Genetic Counseling/Counselor at Augustana University

2

University of Nebraska Medical Center
Omaha, Nebraska

#8 overall quality in Plains States

You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend University of Nebraska Medical Center. The school came in at #2 for the Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Genetic Counseling/Counselor Major in the Plains States Region. UNMC is located in Omaha, Nebraska and, has a small student population. In 2020-2021, this school awarded 8 masters’s genetic counseling/counselor degrees to qualified students.

The impressive undergraduate student-to-faculty ratio of 2 to 1 means that students may have more opportunities to work more closely with their professors than they would at other schools. The school has an impressive undergrad student loan default rate. It’s only 0.4%, which is much lower than the national rate of 10.1%.

Read more about Genetic Counseling/Counselor at University of Nebraska Medical Center

3

Washington University in St Louis
Saint Louis, Missouri

#1 overall quality in Plains States

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Washington University in St Louis. It ranked #3 on our 2023 Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Genetic Counseling/Counselor Major in the Plains States Region list. Saint Louis, Missouri is the setting for this fairly large institution of higher learning. The private not-for-profit school handed out masters’s genetic counseling/counselor degrees to 0 students in 2020-2021.

With a undergrad student-to-faculty ratio of 7 to 1, it’s easy to see that the school is committed to helping their undergraduates succeed. The undergrad student loan default rate at the school is 1.1%, which is quite low when compared to the national default rate of 10.1%. The school has an excellent freshman retention rate of 94%, which means students like the school well enough to return for a second year.

Read more about Genetic Counseling/Counselor at WUSTL

• Most Focused 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

• *Avg Salary and Avg 4-Year Grad Rate 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.