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2023 Most Popular Student Counseling Graduate Certificate Schools in the Southwest Region

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Finding the Best Student Counseling Graduate Certificate 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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Along with in-depth profiles of schools and the programs they offer, Teaching Degree Search has created the Most Popular Student Counseling Graduate Certificate Schools in the Southwest Region to help you in your search for the best school for you. Our analysis looked at 12 schools in the Southwest Region to see which graduate certificate programs were the most popular 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.

Check out the student counseling graduate certificate programs at these schools if you want to attend one of the most popular in the Southwest Region .

#1

Angelo State University

San Angelo, TX

Our 2023 rankings named Angelo State University the most popular school in the Southwest Region for student counseling students working on their graduate certificate. Located in the small city of San Angelo, Angelo State is a public college with a fairly large student population.

Women make up 91% of the student counseling majors at the school.

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Out of the 12 schools in the Southwest Region that were part of this year’s ranking, Dallas Baptist University landed the # 2 spot on the list. Located in the large city of Dallas, DBU is a private not-for-profit college with a small student population.

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You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend University of Central Oklahoma. It ranked #3 on our 2023 Most Popular Student Counseling Graduate Certificate Schools in the Southwest Region list. Located in the suburb of Edmond, UCO is a public school with a fairly large student population.

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Out of the 12 schools in the Southwest Region that were part of this year’s ranking, Northern Arizona University landed the # 4 spot on the list. NAU is a very large public school located in the city of Flagstaff.

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The in-demand graduate certificate programs at Sam Houston State University helped the school earn the #4 place on this year’s ranking of the most popular student counseling schools in the Southwest Region . Located in the town of Huntsville, SHSU is a public school with a fairly large student population.

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You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend New Mexico Highlands University. It ranked #4 on our 2023 Most Popular Student Counseling Graduate Certificate Schools in the Southwest Region list. Located in the remote town of Las Vegas, New Mexico Highlands University is a public school with a small student population.

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#7

Texas Tech University

Lubbock, TX

Texas Tech University landed the #7 spot in the 2023 rankings for the most popular graduate certificate student counseling programs. Located in the large city of Lubbock, Texas Tech is a public school with a fairly large student population.

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New Mexico State University - Main Campus ranked #8 on this year’s Most Popular Student Counseling Graduate Certificate Schools in the Southwest Region list. NMSU Main Campus is a fairly large public school located in the midsize suburb of Las Cruces.

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Texas A&M University - Corpus Christi landed the #8 spot in the 2023 rankings for the most popular graduate certificate student counseling programs. Texas A&M Corpus Christi is a large public school located in the large city of Corpus Christi.

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#8

Prescott College

Prescott, AZ

Prescott College came in at #8 in this year’s edition of the Most Popular Student Counseling Graduate Certificate Schools in the Southwest Region ranking. Located in the small city of Prescott, Prescot College is a private not-for-profit school with a small student population.

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Best Student Counseling Colleges by State

Explore the best student counseling schools 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 12 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).
  • Credit for the banner image above goes to Umary.marketing.

More about our data sources and methodologies.

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