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2023 Most Popular Student Counseling Graduate Certificate Schools in Georgia

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$48,434 Avg Salary

Finding the Best Student Counseling Graduate Certificate School for You

Student Counseling is one of the most popular subjects to study in Georgia. With 358 degrees and certificates handed out in 2020-2021, it ranked 7th out of all the majors we track in the state.

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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 Graduate Certificate Schools in Georgia ranking. This report analyzed 8 schools in Georgia to see which ones were the most popular graduate certificate 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 graduate certificate.

Our 2023 rankings named Valdosta State University the most popular school in Georgia for student counseling students working on their graduate certificate. Located in the city of Valdosta, VSU is a public school with a fairly large student population.

Women make up 90% of the student counseling majors at the school.

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#2

University of West Georgia

Carrollton, GA

The in-demand graduate certificate programs at University of West Georgia helped the school earn the #2 place on this year’s ranking of the most popular student counseling schools in Georgia. University of West Georgia is a large public school located in the town of Carrollton.

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#3

Fort Valley State University

Fort Valley, GA

Out of the 8 schools in Georgia that were part of this year’s ranking, Fort Valley State University landed the # 3 spot on the list. Fort Valley State University is a small public school located in the town of Fort Valley.

Women make up 86% of the student counseling majors at the school.

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#4

University of Georgia

Athens, GA

Out of the 8 schools in Georgia that were part of this year’s ranking, University of Georgia landed the # 4 spot on the list. UGA is a fairly large public school located in the midsize city of Athens.

Of the 13 students majoring in student counseling at UGA, 23% are male and 77% are female.

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You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Georgia State University. It ranked #5 on our 2023 Most Popular Student Counseling Graduate Certificate Schools in Georgia list. Located in the large city of Atlanta, Georgia State is a public college with a very large student population.

About 91% of the students majoring in student counseling at the school are women while 9% are male.

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#6

Augusta University

Augusta, GA

Augusta University came in at #6 in this year’s edition of the Most Popular Student Counseling Graduate Certificate Schools in Georgia ranking. Located in the city of Augusta, Augusta University is a public school with a moderately-sized student population.

Read full report on Student Counseling at Augusta University

#6

Georgia Southern University

Statesboro, GA

Georgia Southern University ranked #6 on this year’s Most Popular Student Counseling Graduate Certificate Schools in Georgia list. GaSou is a very large public school located in the town of Statesboro.

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Columbus State University landed the #6 spot in the 2023 rankings for the most popular graduate certificate student counseling programs. Located in the midsize city of Columbus, CSU is a public college with a medium-sized student population.

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Best Student Counseling Colleges in the Southeast Region

Explore all the Most Popular Student Counseling Schools in the Southeast Area or other specific states within that region.

State Degrees Awarded
Kentucky 352
Tennessee 239
North Carolina 557
Florida 385
Virginia 701
West Virginia 83
South Carolina 224
Arkansas 305
Louisiana 151
Mississippi 179
Alabama 329

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 8 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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