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After Program Completion

What is your job placement rate?

The job placement rate as a genetic counselor (number of students who secured a position within 3 months of graduation/total number of graduates ) for graduates of the University of Maryland School of Medicine MGC Program for the last 3 graduating classes:

  • MGC Class of 2022 (100% within 3 months of graduation (n=7/7)
  • MGC Class of 2023 (100% within 3 months of graduation (n = 7/7)
  • MGC Class of 2024 (60% within 3 months of graduation (n=6/10)

Some alumni elect to take some time off to travel, spend time with family, and study for the ABGC exam following graduation. MGC Alumni also serve in a variety of regional, state and national positions of leadership within NSGC, ACGC, and ABGC as well as other organizations.

Upon graduation, MGC alumni work across more than 24 states and the District of Columbia in a variety of clinical, laboratory, research, policy, academic and industry-based positions. They are highly trained and ready to enter the workforce with ease. Approximately half of all graduates elect to stay in the greater Baltimore Washington metropolitan area.

 

What is your American Board of Genetic Counseling Certification Exam pass rate?

For the last three years (2021- 2023), the MGC Program has greater than a 90% first time test taker pass rate for the ABGC and an overall pass rate of 100%.

 

What is the MGC Program Attrition?

Greater than 87.5% of students who matriculate into the MGC Program graduate within two years.