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 2023 (100% within 3 months of graduation (n=7/7)
• MGC Class of 2024 (60% within 3 months of graduation (n = 6/10) and 90% (n = 9/10) within 12 months))
• MGC Class of 2025 (87.5% within 3 months of graduation (n=7/8) and 100% (n = 8/8) within 6 months))

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 (2023 - 2025), the MGC Program has an 80 percent first-time test-taker pass rate for the ABGC Board Exam (n=20/25). We are so proud of our alumni – our overall program first time test taker pass rate since we were founded in 1998 is 92% (n = 161/171).

What is the MGC Program Attrition?

For the graduating classes of 2024, 2025, and 2026 greater than 92% of the students graduated (n = 28/30).