2024 Best Counselor Education/School Counseling & Guidance Services Schools
354Colleges in the United States
12,926Counselor Education/School Counseling and Guidance Services Degrees Awarded
If you pursue a degree in counselor education/school counseling & guidance services, you won't be alone. The field of study is the #68 most popular program in the country. This means there are lots of options to choose from when you decide to get your degree.
College Factual looked at 354 colleges and universities when compiling its 2024 Best Counselor Education/School Counseling & Guidance Services Schools ranking. Combined, these schools handed out 12,926 degrees in counselor education/school counseling & guidance services to qualified students.
Choosing a Great Counselor Education/School Counseling & Guidance Services School
The counselor education/school counseling and guidance services program you select can have a big impact on your future. That's why we developed our collection of Best Schools for Counselor Education/School Counseling & Guidance Services rankings. We derive our Best Overall Counselor Education/School Counseling & Guidance Services School rankings by rolling up our degree-level rankings after weighting them by the number of degrees awarded at each school.
You may want to choose one of the degree levels below to find the schools of most interest to you.
Counselor Education/School Counseling & Guidance Services Rankings by Degree Level
Since the program you select can have a significant impact on your future, we've developed a number of rankings, including this Best Counselor Education/School Counseling & Guidance Services Schools list, to help you choose the best school for you.
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Best Schools for Counselor Education/School Counseling & Guidance Services in the United States
If you aren't interested in a particular degree level and want to know which schools are the overall best at delivering an education for the counselor education/school counseling and guidance services degrees they offer, see the list below. Only those schools that rank in the top 15% of all the schools we analyze get awarded with a place on this list.
25 Top Schools in Counselor Education/School Counseling and Guidance Services
130Counselor Education/School Counseling and Guidance Services Degrees Awarded
Every student pursuing a degree in counselor education/school counseling & guidance services needs to check out University of Southern California. USC is a very large private not-for-profit university located in the city of Los Angeles. A Best Colleges rank of #11 out of 2,217 schools nationwide means USC is a great university overall.
There were roughly 130 counselor education/school counseling & guidance services students who graduated with this degree at USC in the most recent data year.
Every student who is interested in counselor education/school counseling & guidance services needs to take a look at Teachers College at Columbia University. Located in the large city of New York, Teachers College is a private not-for-profit university with a small student population. A Best Colleges rank of #12 out of 2,217 colleges nationwide means Teachers College is a great university overall.
There were about 27 counselor education/school counseling & guidance services students who graduated with this degree at Teachers College in the most recent data year.
Seattle University is one of the finest schools in the country for getting a degree in counselor education/school counseling & guidance services. Seattle U is a medium-sized private not-for-profit university located in the city of Seattle. This university ranks 2nd out of 51 schools for overall quality in the state of Washington.
There were roughly 19 counselor education/school counseling & guidance services students who graduated with this degree at Seattle U in the most recent data year.
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University of Maryland - College Park is a good option for students pursuing a degree in counselor education/school counseling & guidance services. UMCP is a very large public university located in the suburb of College Park. A Best Colleges rank of #42 out of 2,217 colleges nationwide means UMCP is a great university overall.
There were roughly 31 counselor education/school counseling & guidance services students who graduated with this degree at UMCP in the most recent data year.
189Counselor Education/School Counseling and Guidance Services Degrees Awarded
Mizzou is a very large public university located in the midsize city of Columbia. This university ranks 4th out of 48 schools for overall quality in the state of Missouri.
There were roughly 189 counselor education/school counseling & guidance services students who graduated with this degree at Mizzou in the most recent data year.
University of Virginia is a fairly large public university located in the suburb of Charlottesville. A Best Colleges rank of #33 out of 2,217 colleges nationwide means University of Virginia is a great university overall.
There were approximately 23 counselor education/school counseling & guidance services students who graduated with this degree at University of Virginia in the most recent year we have data available.
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Located in the medium-sized city of Athens, UGA is a public university with a fairly large student population. A Best Colleges rank of #72 out of 2,217 schools nationwide means UGA is a great university overall.
There were roughly 46 counselor education/school counseling & guidance services students who graduated with this degree at UGA in the most recent data year.
135Counselor Education/School Counseling and Guidance Services Degrees Awarded
Located in the city of New York, NYU is a private not-for-profit university with a very large student population. A Best Colleges rank of #27 out of 2,217 colleges nationwide means NYU is a great university overall.
There were roughly 135 counselor education/school counseling & guidance services students who graduated with this degree at NYU in the most recent year we have data available.
Located in the city of Gainesville, UF is a public university with a fairly large student population. A Best Colleges rank of #58 out of 2,217 schools nationwide means UF is a great university overall.
There were approximately 14 counselor education/school counseling & guidance services students who graduated with this degree at UF in the most recent data year.
IU Bloomington is a fairly large public university located in the city of Bloomington. A Best Colleges rank of #55 out of 2,217 schools nationwide means IU Bloomington is a great university overall.
There were about 8 counselor education/school counseling & guidance services students who graduated with this degree at IU Bloomington in the most recent year we have data available.
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Vanderbilt is a fairly large private not-for-profit university located in the large city of Nashville. A Best Colleges rank of #19 out of 2,217 colleges nationwide means Vanderbilt is a great university overall.
There were roughly 55 counselor education/school counseling & guidance services students who graduated with this degree at Vanderbilt in the most recent data year.
GWU is a very large private not-for-profit university located in the city of Washington. A Best Colleges rank of #49 out of 2,217 colleges nationwide means GWU is a great university overall.
There were approximately 24 counselor education/school counseling & guidance services students who graduated with this degree at GWU in the most recent year we have data available.
Johns Hopkins is a fairly large private not-for-profit university located in the city of Baltimore. A Best Colleges rank of #23 out of 2,217 schools nationwide means Johns Hopkins is a great university overall.
There were about 8 counselor education/school counseling & guidance services students who graduated with this degree at Johns Hopkins in the most recent year we have data available.
40Counselor Education/School Counseling and Guidance Services Degrees Awarded
SMC is a small private not-for-profit college located in the suburb of Moraga. This college ranks 30th out of 168 schools for overall quality in the state of California.
There were roughly 40 counselor education/school counseling & guidance services students who graduated with this degree at SMC in the most recent year we have data available.
98Counselor Education/School Counseling and Guidance Services Degrees Awarded
Located in the small suburb of Williamsburg, William & Mary is a public school with a moderately-sized student population. This school ranks 4th out of 63 colleges for overall quality in the state of Virginia.
There were approximately 98 counselor education/school counseling & guidance services students who graduated with this degree at William & Mary in the most recent year we have data available.
127Counselor Education/School Counseling and Guidance Services Degrees Awarded
Located in the suburb of Clemson, Clemson is a public university with a very large student population. This university ranks 1st out of 44 colleges for overall quality in the state of South Carolina.
There were approximately 127 counselor education/school counseling & guidance services students who graduated with this degree at Clemson in the most recent data year.
141Counselor Education/School Counseling and Guidance Services Degrees Awarded
Montclair State is a fairly large public university located in the suburb of Montclair. This university ranks 8th out of 44 colleges for overall quality in the state of New Jersey.
There were about 141 counselor education/school counseling & guidance services students who graduated with this degree at Montclair State in the most recent year we have data available.
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SPU is a small private not-for-profit university located in the large city of Seattle. This university ranks 10th out of 51 schools for overall quality in the state of Washington.
There were about 42 counselor education/school counseling & guidance services students who graduated with this degree at SPU in the most recent data year.
61Counselor Education/School Counseling and Guidance Services Degrees Awarded
Concordia University, Chicago is a moderately-sized private not-for-profit university located in the suburb of River Forest. This university ranks 5th out of 85 schools for overall quality in the state of Illinois.
There were roughly 61 counselor education/school counseling & guidance services students who graduated with this degree at Concordia University, Chicago in the most recent data year.
Loyola Marymount is a large private not-for-profit university located in the city of Los Angeles. This university ranks 20th out of 168 schools for overall quality in the state of California.
There were approximately 29 counselor education/school counseling & guidance services students who graduated with this degree at Loyola Marymount in the most recent year we have data available.
41Counselor Education/School Counseling and Guidance Services Degrees Awarded
Located in the city of Fresno, Fresno Pacific is a private not-for-profit university with a small student population. This university ranks 59th out of 168 schools for overall quality in the state of California.
There were approximately 41 counselor education/school counseling & guidance services students who graduated with this degree at Fresno Pacific in the most recent year we have data available.
Boston U is a fairly large private not-for-profit university located in the city of Boston. A Best Colleges rank of #54 out of 2,217 schools nationwide means Boston U is a great university overall.
There were approximately 21 counselor education/school counseling & guidance services students who graduated with this degree at Boston U in the most recent year we have data available.
86Counselor Education/School Counseling and Guidance Services Degrees Awarded
Oregon State is a very large public university located in the small city of Corvallis. This university ranks 3rd out of 30 schools for overall quality in the state of Oregon.
There were about 86 counselor education/school counseling & guidance services students who graduated with this degree at Oregon State in the most recent year we have data available.
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K -State is a fairly large public university located in the small city of Manhattan. This university ranks 2nd out of 47 schools for overall quality in the state of Kansas.
There were roughly 44 counselor education/school counseling & guidance services students who graduated with this degree at K -State in the most recent data year.
Syracuse is a fairly large private not-for-profit university located in the city of Syracuse. This university ranks 12th out of 142 schools for overall quality in the state of New York.
There were approximately 13 counselor education/school counseling & guidance services students who graduated with this degree at Syracuse in the most recent data year.
This list represents the rest of the colleges awarded a Best Counselor Education/School Counseling & Guidance Services Schools badge.
Showing in this list means the school was ranked in the top 15% of the 354 different United States counselor education/school counseling & guidance services schools we analyzed.
Here are some additional great schools for Counselor Education/School Counseling & Guidance Services students that almost earned our Best Counselor Education/School Counseling & Guidance Services Schools award.
The bars on the spread charts above show the distribution of the schools on this list +/- one standard deviation from the mean.
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).
The counselor education/school counseling and guidance services program you select can have a big impact on your future. That's why we developed our collection of Best Schools for Counselor Education/School Counseling & Guidance Services rankings. We derive our Best Overall Counselor Education/School Counseling & Guidance Services School rankings by rolling up our degree-level rankings after weighting them by the number of degrees awarded at each school.
