The colleges and universities below are the best for southeast region master’s degree vets studying genetic counseling/counselor.
Out of the 3 schools in the Most Veteran Friendly in the Southeast Region for Genetic Counseling/Counselor for a Master’s that were part of this year’s ranking, Virginia Commonwealth University landed the #1 spot on the list. This large school is located in Richmond, Virginia, and it awarded 10 masters’s genetic counseling/counselor degrees in 2020-2021.
VCU also made our “Best Genetic Counseling/Counselor Master’s Degree Schools in the Southeast Region” list, coming in at #2.According to our most recent data, VCU supports 29,070 students, and 1 of those are GI Bill® students, of which 2 are Post-9/11 GI Bill® recipients. The average Post-9/11 GI Bill® award for tuition and fees at the school was $13,085. In addition to receiving other benefits, 0 students qualified for the Yellow Ribbon Program. Students may be able to receive credit for their military training, depending on their background.
The school has an impressive undergrad student loan default rate. It’s only [DEFAULT_RATE_STRING]%, which is much lower than the national rate of 10.1%.
[Read full report on veteran student life at Virginia Commonwealth University]](/colleges/virginia-commonwealth-university/student-life/veterans/)
Out of the 3 schools in the Most Veteran Friendly in the Southeast Region for Genetic Counseling/Counselor for a Master’s that were part of this year’s ranking, University of Alabama at Birmingham landed the #2 spot on the list. UAB is a large school located in Birmingham, Alabama that handed out 5 masters’s genetic counseling/counselor degrees in 2020-2021.
UAB also took the #3 spot in our “Best Genetic Counseling/Counselor Master’s Degree Schools in the Southeast Region” ranking.Of the 22,563 students enrolled at University of Alabama at Birmingham, 1,194 were GI Bill® students, according to our most recent data. Out of that number, 508 were Post-9/11 GI Bill® recipients. The average Post-9/11 GI Bill® award for tuition and fees at the school was $7,983. On top of their other funding sources, 15 students received scholarships through the Yellow Ribbon Program. Eligible students may be able to receive credit for their military training.
Students who start out at the school are likely to stick around. The freshman retention rate is 86%. The school has an impressive undergrad student loan default rate. It’s only [DEFAULT_RATE_STRING]%, which is much lower than the national rate of 10.1%.
[Read full report on veteran student life at UAB]](/colleges/university-of-alabama-at-birmingham/student-life/veterans/)
You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend Vanderbilt University. The school came in at #3 for the Most Veteran Friendly in the Southeast Region for Genetic Counseling/Counselor for a Master’s. Vanderbilt is a private not-for-profit institution located in Nashville, Tennessee. The school has a fairly large population, and it awarded 5 masters’s degrees in 2020-2021.
Vanderbilt not only placed well in this ranking. It is also #1 on our “Best Genetic Counseling/Counselor Master’s Degree Schools in the Southeast Region” list.Of the 13,537 students enrolled at Vanderbilt, 13 were GI Bill® students, according to our most recent data. Out of that number, 3 were Post-9/11 GI Bill® recipients. The average tuition and fees award for the Post-9/11 GI Bill® recipients was $17,769. On top of their other funding sources, 0 students qualified for the Yellow Ribbon Program.
The school has an impressive undergrad student loan default rate. It’s only [DEFAULT_RATE_STRING]%, which is much lower than the national rate of 10.1%. The impressive undergraduate student-to-faculty ratio of 8 to 1 means that students may have more opportunities to work more closely with their professors than they would at other schools. With a freshman retention rate of 96%, the school does an excellent job of retaining its undergraduate students.
[Read full report on veteran student life at Vanderbilt]](/colleges/vanderbilt-university/student-life/veterans/)
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