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2023 Most Popular Student Counseling Master's Degree Schools in the Plains States Region

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$44,092 Avg Salary

Finding the Best Student Counseling Master's Degree School for You

With 13,858 degrees and certificates handed out in 2020-2021, student counseling is the #7 most popular major in the United States.

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The Most Popular Student Counseling Master's Degree Schools in the Plains States Region ranking is one of many tools that Teaching Degree Search has developed to help you make your educational decision. This report analyzed 41 schools in the Plains States Region to see which ones were the most popular master'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 master's degree.

#1

Capella University

Minneapolis, MN

Our analysis found Capella University to be the most popular school for student counseling students who want to pursue a master’s degree in the Plains States Region . Located in the large city of Minneapolis, Capella University is a private for-profit college with a very large student population.

Of the 219 students majoring in student counseling at Capella University, 10% are male and 90% are female.

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Out of the 41 schools in the Plains States Region that were part of this year’s ranking, University of Missouri - Columbia landed the # 2 spot on the list. Mizzou is a fairly large public school located in the midsize city of Columbia.

About 48% of the students majoring in student counseling at the school are women while 52% are male.

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#3

Kansas State University

Manhattan, KS

Out of the 41 schools in the Plains States Region that were part of this year’s ranking, Kansas State University landed the # 3 spot on the list. K -State is a fairly large public school located in the small city of Manhattan.

Of the 107 students majoring in student counseling at K -State, 16% are male and 84% are female.

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#5

Buena Vista University

Storm Lake, IA

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Buena Vista University. It ranked #5 on our 2023 Most Popular Student Counseling Master’s Degree Schools in the Plains States Region list. Located in the town of Storm Lake, BVU is a private not-for-profit college with a small student population.

Women make up 84% of the student counseling majors at the school.

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University of Nebraska at Omaha ranked #6 on this year’s Most Popular Student Counseling Master’s Degree Schools in the Plains States Region list. UNOMAHA is a large public school located in the city of Omaha.

Of the 58 students majoring in student counseling at UNOMAHA, 24% are male and 76% are female.

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With a ranking of #7, University of Missouri - St Louis did quite well on this year’s most popular schools for student counseling students working on their master’s degree. UMSL is a fairly large public school located in the large suburb of Saint Louis.

Women make up 73% of the student counseling majors at the school.

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With a ranking of #8, University of Missouri - Kansas City did quite well on this year’s most popular schools for student counseling students working on their master’s degree. Located in the city of Kansas City, UMKC is a public school with a large student population.

Women make up 92% of the student counseling majors at the school.

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#9

Creighton University

Omaha, NE

Creighton University did quite well in this year’s ranking of the most popular places for student counseling students to get a master’s degree. It came in at #9 on the list. Creighton is a medium-sized private not-for-profit school located in the city of Omaha.

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

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Fort Hays State University came in at #9 in this year’s edition of the Most Popular Student Counseling Master’s Degree Schools in the Plains States Region ranking. FHSU is a fairly large public school located in the town of Hays.

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

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Best Student Counseling Colleges by State

Explore the best student counseling schools for a specific state in the Plains States region.

State Degrees Awarded
Missouri 495
Kansas 275
Minnesota 532
Iowa 191
South Dakota 26
North Dakota 53
Nebraska 234

Student Counseling is one of 14 different types of teaching programs to choose from.

Student Counseling Concentrations

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 25 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.

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