2025 Best Student Counseling Schools in Pennsylvania
8Colleges in Pennsylvania
509Student Counseling Degrees Awarded
$51,797Avg Early-Career Salary
Student Counseling is above average in terms of popularity with it being the #72 most popular degree program in the country. As a result, there are many college that offer the degree, making your choice of school a hard one.
College Factual looked at 8 colleges and universities when compiling its 2025 Best Student Counseling Schools in Pennsylvania ranking. When you put them all together, these colleges and universities awarded 509 degrees in student counseling annually.
Your choice of student counseling school matters, so we have put together these rankings to help you make your decision. For our Best Overall Student Counseling School rankings, we roll up the results of our degree-level rankings, weighted by the number of degrees awarded at that level.
You may want to choose one of the degree levels below to find the schools of most interest to you.
The student counseling school you choose to invest your time and money in matters. To help you make the decision that is right for you, we've developed a number of major-specific rankings, including this list of the Best Student Counseling Schools in Pennsylvania.
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Best Schools for Student Counseling in Pennsylvania
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 student counseling degrees they offer, see the list below.
Any student pursuing a degree in student counseling needs to look into Duquesne University. Located in the large city of Pittsburgh, Duquesne is a private not-for-profit university with a medium-sized student population. A Best Colleges rank of #196 out of 2,152 schools nationwide means Duquesne is a great university overall.
There were about 20 student counseling students who graduated with this degree at Duquesne in the most recent data year. Students who graduate with their degree from the student counseling program report average early career wages of $50,662.
Every student who is interested in student counseling has to take a look at Millersville University of Pennsylvania. Located in the large suburb of Millersville, Millersville is a public university with a medium-sized student population. This university ranks 53rd out of 103 colleges for overall quality in the state of Pennsylvania.
There were roughly 14 student counseling students who graduated with this degree at Millersville in the most recent data year.
Any student who is interested in student counseling has to look into Shippensburg University of Pennsylvania. Ship is a moderately-sized public university located in the fringe town of Shippensburg. This university ranks 45th out of 103 colleges for overall quality in the state of Pennsylvania.
There were about 36 student counseling students who graduated with this degree at Ship in the most recent year we have data available. Students who receive their degree from the student counseling program earn about $49,144 for their early career.
Any student who is interested in student counseling has to take a look at Indiana University of Pennsylvania - Main Campus. Located in the distant town of Indiana, IUP is a public university with a moderately-sized student population. This university ranks 54th out of 103 colleges for overall quality in the state of Pennsylvania.
There were roughly 38 student counseling students who graduated with this degree at IUP in the most recent data year. Students who graduate with their degree from the student counseling program report average early career income of $43,914.
Kutztown University is a moderately-sized public university located in the town of Kutztown. A Best Colleges rank of #616 out of 2,152 schools nationwide means Kutztown University is a great university overall.
There were roughly 34 student counseling students who graduated with this degree at Kutztown University in the most recent year we have data available. Students who graduate with their degree from the student counseling program report average early career income of $51,775.
SRU is a medium-sized public university located in the distant town of Slippery Rock. A Best Colleges rank of #621 out of 2,152 schools nationwide means SRU is a great university overall.
There were roughly 18 student counseling students who graduated with this degree at SRU in the most recent data year. Students who receive their degree from the student counseling program make an average of $39,860 in their early career salary.
Gwynedd - Mercy is a small private not-for-profit university located in the large suburb of Gwynedd Valley. A Best Colleges rank of #488 out of 2,152 colleges nationwide means Gwynedd - Mercy is a great university overall.
There were about 10 student counseling students who graduated with this degree at Gwynedd - Mercy in the most recent year we have data available. Students who receive their degree from the student counseling program earn around $53,555 in the first couple years of their career.
EU is a moderately-sized private not-for-profit university located in the suburb of Saint Davids. This university ranks 74th out of 103 colleges for overall quality in the state of Pennsylvania.
There were about 15 student counseling students who graduated with this degree at EU in the most recent year we have data available.
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).
Your choice of student counseling school matters, so we have put together these rankings to help you make your decision. For our Best Overall Student Counseling School rankings, we roll up the results of our degree-level rankings, weighted by the number of degrees awarded at that level.
