2024 Best Genetic Counseling/Counselor Schools in the Southeast Region
2Colleges in the Southeast Region
20Genetic Counseling/Counselor Degrees Awarded
Genetic Counseling/Counselor is about average in terms of popularity for degree programs. That is, it ranks #706 out of the 1506 majors across the country that we analyze each year. As such, the degree program isn't offered at every college in the United States, but there are schools that do have a program in the field that are top-notch when it comes to quality.
For its 2024 ranking, College Factual looked at 2 schools in the Southeast Region to determine which ones were the best for genetic counseling/counselor students pursuing a degree. When you put them all together, these colleges and universities awarded 20 degrees in genetic counseling/counselor during the 2020-2021 academic year.
The genetic counseling/counselor school you choose to invest your time and money in matters. To help you make the decision that is right for you, we've developed a number of major-specific rankings, including this list of the Best Genetic Counseling/Counselor Schools in the Southeast Region.
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Best Schools for Genetic Counseling/Counselor in the Southeast Region
The schools below may not offer all types of genetic counseling/counselor degrees so you may want to filter by degree level first. However, they are great for the degree levels they do offer.
Top Southeast Region Schools in Genetic Counseling/Counselor
Virginia Commonwealth University is one of the best schools in the country for getting a degree in genetic counseling/counselor. Located in the city of Richmond, VCU is a public university with a fairly large student population. This university ranks 7th out of 63 colleges for overall quality in the state of Virginia.
There were about 10 genetic counseling/counselor students who graduated with this degree at VCU in the most recent data year.
Vanderbilt University is one of the finest schools in the country for getting a degree in genetic counseling/counselor. Vanderbilt is a fairly large private not-for-profit university located in the city of Nashville. A Best Colleges rank of #19 out of 2,217 schools nationwide means Vanderbilt is a great university overall.
There were approximately 5 genetic counseling/counselor students who graduated with this degree at Vanderbilt in the most recent data year.
University of Alabama at Birmingham is a good decision for students pursuing a degree in genetic counseling/counselor. Located in the city of Birmingham, UAB is a public university with a fairly large student population. This university ranks 5th out of 40 colleges for overall quality in the state of Alabama.
There were about 5 genetic counseling/counselor students who graduated with this degree at UAB in the most recent year we have data available.
The bars on the spread charts above show the distribution of the schools on this list +/- one standard deviation from the mean.
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 the rest 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).
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