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2023 Most Popular Student Counseling Schools in the Plains States Region

44 Colleges
$43,547 Avg Salary

Finding the Best Student Counseling 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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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 Schools in the Plains States Region ranking. Our analysis looked at 44 schools in the Plains States Region to see which 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 programs at these schools if you want to attend one of the most popular in the Plains States Region .

#1

Capella University

Minneapolis, MN

Our 2023 rankings named Capella University the most popular school in the Plains States Region for student counseling students. Located in the large city of Minneapolis, Capella University is a private for-profit school with a fairly large student population.

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You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around you if you attend University of Missouri - Columbia. The school came in at #2 on this year’s Most Popular Student Counseling Schools in the Plains States Region list. Mizzou is a very large public school located in the midsize city of Columbia.

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#3

Kansas State University

Manhattan, KS

A rank of #3 on this year’s list means Kansas State University is a great place for student counseling students. K -State is a fairly large public school located in the small city of Manhattan.

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#5

Buena Vista University

Storm Lake, IA

A rank of #5 on this year’s list means Buena Vista University is a great place for student counseling students. Located in the remote town of Storm Lake, BVU is a private not-for-profit school with a small student population.

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University of Nebraska at Omaha landed the #6 spot in the 2023 rankings for the most popular student counseling programs. UNOMAHA is a large public school located in the large city of Omaha.

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University of Missouri - St Louis ranked #7 on this year’s Most Popular Student Counseling Schools in the Plains States Region list. UMSL is a fairly large public school located in the suburb of Saint Louis.

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With a ranking of #8, University of Nebraska at Kearney did quite well on this year’s most popular schools for student counseling students. Located in the distant town of Kearney, UNK is a public college with a moderately-sized student population.

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With a ranking of #9, University of Missouri - Kansas City did quite well on this year’s most popular schools for student counseling students. Located in the city of Kansas City, UMKC is a public college with a fairly large student population.

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#10

Creighton University

Omaha, NE

Creighton University landed the #10 spot in the 2023 rankings for the most popular student counseling programs. Creighton is a moderately-sized private not-for-profit school located in the large city of Omaha.

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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 26 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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