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2023 Most Popular Student Counseling Doctor's Degree Schools in the Southwest Region

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Finding the Best Student Counseling Doctor's Degree 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 Most Popular Student Counseling Doctor's Degree Schools in the Southwest Region ranking. This report analyzed 11 schools in the Southwest Region to see which ones were the most popular doctor's degree programs for teaching students. To create this ranking we looked at how many students graduated from the Student Counseling program at each school on the list.

The colleges and universities below are the most popular for student counseling majors pursuing a doctor's degree.

Our analysis found Texas A&M University - Commerce to be the most popular school for student counseling students who want to pursue a doctor’s degree in the Southwest Region . Texas A&M Commerce is a large public school located in the distant town of Commerce.

Of the 14 students majoring in student counseling at Texas A&M Commerce, 21% are male and 79% are female.

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A rank of #2 on this year’s list means Sam Houston State University is a great place for student counseling students working on their doctor’s degree. Located in the town of Huntsville, SHSU is a public college with a fairly large student population.

Of the 11 students majoring in student counseling at SHSU, 18% are male and 82% are female.

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Out of the 11 schools in the Southwest Region that were part of this year’s ranking, University of North Texas landed the # 3 spot on the list. UNT is a fairly large public school located in the city of Denton.

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Out of the 11 schools in the Southwest Region that were part of this year’s ranking, Texas A&M University - Corpus Christi landed the # 4 spot on the list. Texas A&M Corpus Christi is a large public school located in the large city of Corpus Christi.

Of the 7 students majoring in student counseling at Texas A&M Corpus Christi, 43% are male and 57% are female.

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#4

St. Mary's University

San Antonio, TX

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend St. Mary’s University. It ranked #4 on our 2023 Most Popular Student Counseling Doctor’s Degree Schools in the Southwest Region list. Located in the city of San Antonio, St. Mary's is a private not-for-profit college with a small student population.

Of the 7 students majoring in student counseling at St. Mary's, 29% are male and 71% are female.

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With a ranking of #6, University of New Mexico - Main Campus did quite well on this year’s most popular schools for student counseling students working on their doctor’s degree. Located in the large city of Albuquerque, UNM is a public school with a fairly large student population.

Women make up 83% of the student counseling majors at the school.

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With a ranking of #6, Arizona State University - Tempe did quite well on this year’s most popular schools for student counseling students working on their doctor’s degree. Located in the medium-sized city of Tempe, ASU - Tempe is a public college with a very large student population.

Of the 6 students majoring in student counseling at ASU - Tempe, 33% are male and 67% are female.

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The University of Texas at San Antonio ranked #8 on this year’s Most Popular Student Counseling Doctor’s Degree Schools in the Southwest Region list. Located in the city of San Antonio, UTSA is a public college with a fairly large student population.

Women make up 80% of the student counseling majors at the school.

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#9

Texas Tech University

Lubbock, TX

With a ranking of #9, Texas Tech University did quite well on this year’s most popular schools for student counseling students working on their doctor’s degree. Located in the city of Lubbock, Texas Tech is a public school with a fairly large student population.

About 25% of the students majoring in student counseling at the school are women while 75% are male.

Full Student Counseling at Texas Tech University Report

#10

Texas Christian University

Fort Worth, TX

Texas Christian University came in at #10 in this year’s edition of the Most Popular Student Counseling Doctor’s Degree Schools in the Southwest Region ranking. TCU is a fairly large private not-for-profit school located in the large city of Fort Worth.

Full Student Counseling at Texas Christian University Report

Best Student Counseling Colleges by State

Explore the best student counseling colleges for a specific state in the Southwest region.

State Degrees Awarded
Arizona 211
Texas 836
New Mexico 176
Oklahoma 214

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

Majors Similar to Student Counseling

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 11 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 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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