2023 Most Focused Doctor’s Degree Colleges for Mental Health Counseling/Counselor in the Southeast Region

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In 2021-2022, 8,344 people earned their degree in mental health counseling/counselor, making the major the 118th most popular in the United States.

Across the Southeast region, there were 1,033 mental health counseling/counselor graduates with average earnings and debt of $0 and $0 respectively. At the doctor’s degree level specifically, there were 0 mental health counseling/counselor graduates with average earnings and debt of $74,674 and $121,130 respectively.

For this year’s “Schools for a Doctorate Highly Focused on Mental Health Counseling/Counselor Major in the Southeast Region” ranking, we looked at 3 colleges that offer a degree in mental health counseling/counselor. This a ranking of the schools where the largest percentage of students has enrolled in mental health counseling/counselor.

See our ranking methodology to learn more.

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Schools for a Doctorate Highly Focused on Mental Health Counseling/Counselor Major in the Southeast Region

The following schools top our list of the Best “Schools for a Doctorate Highly Focused on Mental Health Counseling/Counselor Major in the Southeast Region”.

Top 3 Most Focused Doctor’s Degree Colleges for Mental Health Counseling/Counselor in the Southeast Region

1

Marymount University
Arlington, Virginia

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Marymount University. It ranked #1 on our 2023 Schools for a Doctorate Highly Focused on Mental Health Counseling/Counselor Major in the Southeast Region list. This small school is located in Arlington, Virginia, and it awarded 63 doctorate’s mental health counseling/counselor degrees in 2021-2022.

The low undergrad student loan default rate of 1.1% is a good sign that students have an easier time paying off their loans than they might at other schools. For comparison, the national default rate is 10.1%.

Read full report on Mental Health Counseling/Counselor at Marymount

2

University of Florida
Gainesville, Florida

#9 overall quality in Southeast

Out of the 3 schools in the Schools for a Doctorate Highly Focused on Mental Health Counseling/Counselor Major in the Southeast Region that were part of this year’s ranking, University of Florida landed the #2 spot on the list. Located in Gainesville, Florida, this large public school handed out 46 degrees to qualified doctorate’s mental health counseling/counselor students in 2021-2022.

The school has an excellent freshman retention rate of 97%, which means students like the school well enough to return for a second year. The undergrad student loan default rate at the school is 0.9%, which is quite low when compared to the national default rate of 10.1%.

Full University of Florida Mental Health Counseling/Counselor Report

2

University of Holy Cross
New Orleans, Louisiana

Out of the 3 schools in the Schools for a Doctorate Highly Focused on Mental Health Counseling/Counselor Major in the Southeast Region that were part of this year’s ranking, University of Holy Cross landed the #2 spot on the list. Located in New Orleans, Louisiana, this small private not-for-profit school awarded 26 diplomas to qualified doctorate’s mental health counseling/counselor students in 2021-2022.

With a undergrad student-to-faculty ratio of 10 to 1, it’s easy to see that the school is committed to helping their undergraduates succeed. The undergrad student loan default rate at the school is 1.9%, which is quite low when compared to the national default rate of 10.1%.

Full UHC Mental Health Counseling/Counselor Report

Notes and References

References

• 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 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).
• Information about the national average student loan default rate is from the U.S. Department of Education and refers to data about the 2016 borrower cohort tracking period for which the cohort default rate (CDR) was 10.1%.

Read more about our data sources and methodologies

Footnotes

• *Avg Salary and Avg 4-Year Grad Rate are for the top schools only.
• Some schools otherwise deserving of recognition may have been removed from this ranking in the event that new data identified post-publication warranted it, or at the request of the school.