2025 Best Student Counseling Schools in Massachusetts
6Colleges in Massachusetts
293Student 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.
For its 2025 ranking, College Factual looked at 6 schools in Massachusetts to determine which ones were the best for student counseling students pursuing a degree. When you put them all together, these colleges and universities awarded 293 degrees in student counseling annually.
The student counseling program you select can have a big impact on your future. That's why we developed our collection of Best Schools for Student Counseling rankings. 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.
In order to find the schools that are the best fit for you, you may want to filter to one of the degree levels below.
When choosing the right school for you, it's important to arm yourself with all the facts you can. To that end, we've created a number of major-specific rankings, including this Best Student Counseling Schools in Massachusetts list to help you make the college decision.
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Best Schools for Student Counseling in Massachusetts
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.
Boston University is one of the finest schools in the country for getting a degree in student counseling. Located in the city of Boston, Boston U is a private not-for-profit university with a fairly large student population. A Best Colleges rank of #23 out of 2,152 schools nationwide means Boston U is a great university overall.
There were roughly 21 student counseling students who graduated with this degree at Boston U in the most recent year we have data available. Student Counseling degree recipients from Boston University receive an earnings boost of approximately $3,855 above the typical earnings of student counseling majors.
Every student pursuing a degree in student counseling has to take a look at Bridgewater State University. Located in the suburb of Bridgewater, Bridgewater State is a public university with a moderately-sized student population. A Best Colleges rank of #452 out of 2,152 colleges nationwide means Bridgewater State is a great university overall.
There were approximately 46 student counseling students who graduated with this degree at Bridgewater State in the most recent data year. Student Counseling degree recipients from Bridgewater State University get an earnings boost of around $2,399 above the average income of student counseling majors.
University of Massachusetts - Boston is a great decision for students pursuing a degree in student counseling. Located in the city of Boston, UMass Boston is a public university with a large student population. This university ranks 25th out of 63 schools for overall quality in the state of Massachusetts.
There were roughly 40 student counseling students who graduated with this degree at UMass Boston in the most recent year we have data available. Degree recipients from the student counseling degree program at University of Massachusetts - Boston earn $8,588 more than the typical college grad with the same degree when they enter the workforce.
Any student pursuing a degree in student counseling has to look into Springfield College. Located in the city of Springfield, Springfield College is a private not-for-profit college with a small student population. A Best Colleges rank of #395 out of 2,152 colleges nationwide means Springfield College is a great college overall.
There were about 15 student counseling students who graduated with this degree at Springfield College in the most recent year we have data available. Students who receive their degree from the student counseling program earn around $49,996 in the first couple years of their career.
Located in the midsize city of Worcester, Assumption is a private not-for-profit university with a small student population. This university ranks 48th out of 63 schools for overall quality in the state of Massachusetts.
There were approximately 33 student counseling students who graduated with this degree at Assumption in the most recent year we have data available. Those student counseling students who get their degree from Assumption University receive $2,397 more than the typical student counseling graduate.
Cambridge College is a small private not-for-profit college located in the city of Boston. This college ranks 60th out of 63 colleges for overall quality in the state of Massachusetts.
There were roughly 43 student counseling students who graduated with this degree at Cambridge College in the most recent data year. Degree recipients from the student counseling degree program at Cambridge College earn $2,822 above the standard graduate with the same degree shortly after graduation.
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 student counseling program you select can have a big impact on your future. That's why we developed our collection of Best Schools for Student Counseling rankings. 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.
