2026 Best Value Genetic Counseling/Counselor Schools in Maryland

[Genetic Counseling/Counselor](/majors/health-care-professions/mental-social-health-services/genetic-counseling-counselor/) degree programs vary widely in price and payoff across the country. The schools below stand out for delivering a strong genetic counseling/counselor education at a price that pays off.
College Factual analyzed 2 schools to build this 2026 ranking of the best value genetic counseling/counselor schools.
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2026 Best Value Genetic Counseling/Counselor Schools in Maryland
Below are the schools that deliver the strongest value in genetic counseling/counselor, balancing cost against outcomes.
Best Value Genetic Counseling/Counselor Schools
Johns Hopkins University tops our 2026 list of the best value genetic counseling/counselor schools in Maryland. Johns Hopkins University is a very large private not-for-profit school located in the city of Baltimore. The average in-state cost of tuition and fees is $64,730. Students borrow a median of $13,426 to complete the genetic counseling/counselor program here. Early-career genetic counseling/counselor graduates make about $54,741. Set against $13,426 in median debt, that is a healthy payoff. Roughly 6% of applicants are accepted.
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Notes and References
This list is compiled by College Factual (MF_RANKING_2025), 2026 edition. The methodology weighs the cost of a degree against the earnings graduates go on to achieve, drawn primarily from the U.S. Department of Education (IPEDS and College Scorecard).
Ranking method: College Major Best Value · 2 schools evaluated.
*Averages shown above reflect the top 1 ranked schools only.
- 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).
More about our data sources and methodologies.