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2023 Best Student Counseling Schools in the Middle Atlantic Region

69 Colleges
$46,043 Avg Salary

Finding the Best Student Counseling School for You

In 2020-2021, 13,858 student counseling students received a degree or certificate, making the major the #7 most popular in the country.

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To assist you in seeing some of the education options that are available to you, Teaching Degree Search has created its Best Student Counseling Schools in the Middle Atlantic Region ranking. This report analyzed 69 schools in the Middle Atlantic Region to see which ones offered the best programs for teaching students.

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2023 Best Student Counseling Schools in the Middle Atlantic Region

Check out the student counseling programs at these schools if you want to get the best education that money can buy.

Top 10 Best Student Counseling Schools

Our analysis found The College of New Jersey to be the best school for student counseling students who want to pursue a degree in the Middle Atlantic Region . Located in the suburb of Ewing, TCNJ is a public college with a medium-sized student population.

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#2

Westminster College Pennsylvania

New Wilmington, PA

Out of the 69 schools in the Middle Atlantic Region that were part of this year’s ranking, Westminster College Pennsylvania landed the # 2 spot on the list. Westminster New Wilmington is a small private not-for-profit school located in the town of New Wilmington.

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#3

University of Scranton

Scranton, PA

The excellent programs at University of Scranton helped the school earn the #3 place on this year’s ranking of the best student counseling schools in the Middle Atlantic Region . University of Scranton is a small private not-for-profit school located in the city of Scranton.

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The excellent programs at Teachers College at Columbia University helped the school earn the #4 place on this year’s ranking of the best student counseling schools in the Middle Atlantic Region . Teachers College is a small private not-for-profit school located in the large city of New York.

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#5

Loyola University Maryland

Baltimore, MD

A rank of #5 on this year’s list means Loyola University Maryland is a great place for student counseling students. Located in the large city of Baltimore, Loyola Maryland is a private not-for-profit college with a moderately-sized student population.

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#6

Alfred University

Alfred, NY

With a ranking of #6, Alfred University did quite well on this year’s best schools for student counseling students. Alfred is a small private not-for-profit school located in the town of Alfred.

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#7

Manhattan College

Riverdale, NY

Manhattan College came in at #7 in this year’s edition of the Best Student Counseling Schools in the Middle Atlantic Region ranking. Manhattan is a small private not-for-profit school located in the large city of Riverdale.

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University of Maryland - College Park ranked #8 on this year’s Best Student Counseling Schools in the Middle Atlantic Region list. UMCP is a fairly large public school located in the suburb of College Park.

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#9

Johns Hopkins University

Baltimore, MD

Johns Hopkins University landed the #9 spot in the 2023 rankings for the best student counseling programs. Johns Hopkins is a very large private not-for-profit school located in the large city of Baltimore.

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#10

Villanova University

Villanova, PA

Villanova University ranked #10 on this year’s Best Student Counseling Schools in the Middle Atlantic Region list. Located in the suburb of Villanova, Villanova is a private not-for-profit school with a fairly large student population.

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Additional Noteworthy Schools

These are some additional schools worth mentioning that are also great but just didn't quite make the cut to earn our top Best Student Counseling Schools in the Middle Atlantic Region award.

Rank College Location
11 New York University New York, NY
12 George Washington University Washington, DC
13 Syracuse University Syracuse, NY

Best Student Counseling Colleges by State

Explore the best student counseling schools for a specific state in the Middle Atlantic region.

State Degrees Awarded
New Jersey 448
Pennsylvania 576
New York 878
Maryland 149
District of Columbia 43
Delaware 73

One of 14 majors within the teaching area of study, student counseling has other similar majors worth exploring.

Student Counseling Focus Areas

Major Annual Graduates
Counselor Education/School Counseling & Guidance Services 12,323
College Student Counseling & Personnel Services 1,082
Other Student Counseling & Personnel Services 453

Related Major Annual Graduates
Teacher Education Grade Specific 110,226
Educational Administration 46,469
Teacher Education Subject Specific 43,297
Special Education 36,792
General Education 29,810

Notes and References

*These averages are for the top 25 schools only.

  • Read more about our ranking methodology.
  • 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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