If you plan on majoring in student counseling, you won't be alone since the degree program is ranked #72 in the country in terms of popularity. This means you won't have too much trouble finding schools that offer the degree.
College Factual looked at 3 colleges and universities when compiling its 2025 Best Student Counseling Schools in Maryland ranking. Combined, these schools handed out 138 degrees in student counseling to qualified students.
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. We derive our Best Overall Student Counseling School rankings by rolling up our degree-level rankings after weighting them by the number of degrees awarded at each school.
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 Maryland list to help you make the college decision.
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The schools below may not offer all types of student counseling degrees so you may want to filter by degree level first. However, they are great for the degree levels they do offer.
University of Maryland - College Park is one of the finest schools in the country for getting a degree in student counseling. Located in the large suburb of College Park, UMCP is a public university with a very large student population. A Best Colleges rank of #37 out of 2,152 colleges nationwide means UMCP is a great university overall.
There were about 31 student counseling students who graduated with this degree at UMCP in the most recent data year.
Loyola University Maryland is a great decision for students interested in a degree in student counseling. Located in the large city of Baltimore, Loyola Maryland is a private not-for-profit university with a moderately-sized student population. This university ranks 3rd out of 35 schools for overall quality in the state of Maryland.
There were about 49 student counseling students who graduated with this degree at Loyola Maryland in the most recent year we have data available. Those student counseling students who get their degree from Loyola University Maryland make $4,401 more than the typical student counseling student.
Bowie State University is a great choice for students interested in a degree in student counseling. Bowie State University is a moderately-sized public university located in the suburb of Bowie. This university ranks 31st out of 35 schools for overall quality in the state of Maryland.
There were about 12 student counseling students who graduated with this degree at Bowie State University 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).
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. We derive our Best Overall Student Counseling School rankings by rolling up our degree-level rankings after weighting them by the number of degrees awarded at each school.
