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.
In 2025, College Factual analyzed 4 schools in order to identify the top ones for its Best Student Counseling Schools in Kansas ranking. Combined, these schools handed out 302 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.
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Since picking the right college can be one of the most important decisions of your life, we've developed the Best Student Counseling Schools in Kansas ranking, along with many other major-related rankings, to help you make that 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.
Any student who is interested in student counseling needs to take a look at Kansas State University. Located in the small city of Manhattan, K -State is a public university with a fairly large student population. A Best Colleges rank of #269 out of 2,152 colleges nationwide means K -State is a great university overall.
There were about 161 student counseling students who graduated with this degree at K -State in the most recent data year. Graduates who receive their degree from the student counseling program make around $47,436 in their early career salary.
Wichita State University is one of the best schools in the country for getting a degree in student counseling. Located in the city of Wichita, WSU is a public university with a large student population. This university ranks 15th out of 44 colleges for overall quality in the state of Kansas.
There were about 51 student counseling students who graduated with this degree at WSU in the most recent data year. After graduation, student counseling degree recipients typically make about $53,762 at the beginning of their careers.
Any student who is interested in student counseling needs to take a look at Emporia State University. Located in the remote town of Emporia, ESU is a public university with a small student population. A Best Colleges rank of #1032 out of 2,152 schools nationwide means ESU is a great university overall.
There were approximately 32 student counseling students who graduated with this degree at ESU in the most recent data year. Those student counseling students who get their degree from Emporia State University earn $5,211 more than the average student counseling graduate.
Fort Hays State University is one of the best schools in the country for getting a degree in student counseling. Located in the town of Hays, FHSU is a public university with a fairly large student population. This university ranks 26th out of 44 colleges for overall quality in the state of Kansas.
There were about 49 student counseling students who graduated with this degree at FHSU in the most recent data year. Student Counseling degree recipients from Fort Hays State University earn a boost of around $3,142 over the average earnings of student counseling majors.
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).