2022 Most Popular Master's Degree Colleges for Mental Health Counseling/Counselor in New Jersey

If you pursue a master's degree in mental health counseling/counselor, you won't be alone. The field of study is the #27 most popular program in the country. This makes choosing the right school a hard decision.

In 2022, College Factual analyzed 6 schools in order to identify the top ones for its Most Popular Master's Degree Colleges for Mental Health Counseling/Counselor in New Jersey ranking. When you put them all together, these colleges and universities awarded 114 master's degrees in mental health counseling/counselor during the 2019-2020 academic year.

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Choosing a Great Mental Health Counseling/Counselor School for Your Master's Degree

Your choice of school for getting your master's degree in mental health counseling/counselor matters. One of the reasons we created our Most Popular Master's Degree Colleges for Mental Health Counseling/Counselor in New Jersey ranking is to help you make that choice.

Being popular does not always equate to overall quality, but a school with a large number of mental health counseling/counselor students usually has them for a reason. Sometimes this is because the school offers a great educational experience, it is a good value, or it is highly focused on the program.

More Ways to Rank Mental Health Counseling/Counselor Schools

This is not our only ranking, nor the only degree level we have ranked. In addition to this ranking, you may want to take at the rankings for different degree levels as called out above. You can also narrow your search by location by filtering for a certain area of the country. Plus, you can view our other rankings for mental health counseling/counselor.

 

Most Popular Schools for Master’s Students to Study Mental Health Counseling/Counselor in New Jersey

Explore the most popular colleges and universities for mental health counseling/counselor students seeking a a master's degree.

Most Well Attended Schools for Mental Health Counseling/Counselor Students Working on Their Master's

1

Monmouth University
West Long Branch, NJ

45 Annual Master's Degrees

#2 Best Quality In NJ

Master's Degree Highest Degree Type

Every student who is interested in a master's degree in mental health counseling/counselor has to look into Monmouth University. Located in the large suburb of West Long Branch, Monmouth is a private not-for-profit university with a medium-sized student population. This isn't the only ranking where the school placed. It's also #2 in quality for master's degrees in mental health counseling/counselor in New Jersey.

There were about 45 mental health counseling/counselor individuals who graduated with this degree at Monmouth in the most recent data year.

More information about a master’s in mental health counseling/counselor from Monmouth University

2

Rider University
Lawrenceville, NJ

26 Annual Master's Degrees

#3 Best Quality In NJ

Master's Degree Highest Degree Type

You'll be surrounded by many like-minded peers at Rider University if you want to pursue a master's degree in mental health counseling/counselor. Rider is a small private not-for-profit university located in the large suburb of Lawrenceville. You also may be intersted to know that the school ranks #3 in quality for master's degrees in mental health counseling/counselor in New Jersey.

There were about 26 mental health counseling/counselor students who graduated with this degree at Rider in the most recent data year.

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3

Seton Hall University
South Orange, NJ

23 Annual Master's Degrees

#1 Best Quality In NJ

Master's Degree Highest Degree Type

You'll be surrounded by many like-minded peers at Seton Hall University if you wish to pursue a master's degree in mental health counseling/counselor. Seton Hall is a medium-sized private not-for-profit university located in the large suburb of South Orange. You also may be intersted to know that the school ranks #1 in quality for master's degrees in mental health counseling/counselor in New Jersey.

There were about 23 mental health counseling/counselor students who graduated with this degree at Seton Hall in the most recent year we have data available.

More information about a master’s in mental health counseling/counselor from Seton Hall University

4

Centenary University
Hackettstown, NJ

12 Annual Master's Degrees

Master's Degree Highest Degree Type

You'll be surrounded by many like-minded peers at Centenary University if you want to pursue a master's degree in mental health counseling/counselor. Centenary is a small private not-for-profit university located in the suburb of Hackettstown.

There were approximately 12 mental health counseling/counselor students who graduated with this degree at Centenary in the most recent year we have data available.

More information about a master’s in mental health counseling/counselor from Centenary University

5

Rowan University
Glassboro, NJ

8 Annual Master's Degrees

#4 Best Quality In NJ

Master's Degree Highest Degree Type

Located in the large suburb of Glassboro, Rowan is a public university with a fairly large student population. This isn't the only ranking where the school placed. It's also #4 in quality for master's degrees in mental health counseling/counselor in New Jersey.

There were about 8 mental health counseling/counselor students who graduated with this degree at Rowan in the most recent year we have data available.

More information about a master’s in mental health counseling/counselor from Rowan University

6

Stockton University
Galloway, NJ

Stockton State is a moderately-sized public university located in the midsize suburb of Galloway. More information about a master’s in mental health counseling/counselor from Stockton University

 

Best Mental Health Counseling/Counselor Colleges in the Middle Atlantic Region

Explore all the Most Popular Mental Health Counseling/Counselor Colleges in the Middle Atlantic Area or other specific states within that region.

State	Colleges	Degrees Awarded
New York	667	856
Pennsylvania	586	110
Maryland	342	151
District of Columbia	330	16
Delaware	123	27

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Rankings in Majors Related to Mental Health Counseling/Counselor

One of 10 majors within the Mental & Social Health Services area of study, Mental Health Counseling/Counselor has other similar majors worth exploring.

Most Popular Majors Related to Mental Health Counseling/Counselor

Related Major	Annual Graduates
Marriage and Family Therapy/Counseling	7
Substance Abuse/Addiction Counseling	1

Notes and References

• 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). More about our data sources and methodologies.