If you pursue a master's degree in student counseling, you won't be alone. The field of study is the #20 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 2 colleges and universities when compiling its 2025 Best Student Counseling Master's Degree Schools in Minnesota ranking. When you put them all together, these colleges and universities awarded 404 master's degrees in student counseling during the 2022-2023 academic year.
One measure we use to determine the quality of a school is to look at the average salary of master's graduates during the early years of their career. That is, everyone wants their master's degree to be worth something, and salaries are one measure of determining that.
Other Factors We Consider
The metrics below are just some of the other metrics that we use to determine our rankings.
Major Focus - How much a school focuses on student counseling students vs. other majors.
Major Demand - How many other student counseling students want to attend this school to pursue a master's degree.
Educational Resources - How many resources are allocated to students. These resources may include educational expenditures per student, number of students per instructor, and graduation rate among other things.
Student Debt - How easy is it for student counseling to pay back their student loans after receiving their master's degree.
Accreditation - Whether a school is regionally accredited and/or accredited by a recognized student counseling related body.
Our complete ranking methodology documents in more detail how we consider these factors to identify the best schools for student counseling students working on their master's degree.
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 Master's Degree Schools in Minnesota.
Best Schools for Master’s Students to Study Student Counseling in Minnesota
Below you'll see a list of the best colleges and universities for pursuing a master's degree in student counseling.
Top Minnesota Schools for a Master's in Student Counseling
It's hard to beat Saint Cloud State University if you want to pursue a master's degree in student counseling. Located in the small city of Saint Cloud, St. Cloud State University is a public university with a fairly large student population.
Students who graduate with their master's from the student counseling program state that they receive average early career earnings of $48,473.
Minnesota State University - Moorhead is a great option for students pursuing a master's degree in student counseling. Located in the suburb of Moorhead, MSU Moorhead is a public university with a small student population.
Soon after graduating, student counseling master's recipients usually make an average of $48,510 in the first five years of their career.
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).
