Ranked #20 in popularity, student counseling is one of the most sought-after master's degree programs in the nation. This makes choosing the right school a hard decision.
College Factual looked at 2 colleges and universities when compiling its 2025 Best Student Counseling Master's Degree Schools in Texas ranking. Combined, these schools handed out 714 master's degrees in student counseling to qualified students.
To determine the overall quality of a graduate school, one factor we look at is the average early-career salary of those receiving their master's degree from the school. This is because one of the main reasons people pursue their master's degree is to enable themselves to find better-paying positions.
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 full ranking methodology documents in more detail how we consider these factors to identify the best colleges for student counseling students working on their master's degree.
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 Master's Degree Schools in Texas list to help you make the college decision.
Best Schools for Master’s Students to Study Student Counseling in Texas
Learn about the top ranked colleges and universities for student counseling students seeking a a master's degree.
Top Texas Schools for a Master's in Student Counseling
Texas Christian University is a wonderful decision for individuals pursuing a master's degree in student counseling. TCU is a fairly large private not-for-profit university located in the city of Fort Worth.
Those student counseling students who get their master's degree from Texas Christian University earn $6,148 more than the average student counseling student.
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).
