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2025 Best Mental Health Counseling/Counselor Schools in the Great Lakes Region

28 Colleges in the Great Lakes Region
927 Mental Health Counseling/Counselor Degrees Awarded
Mental Health Counseling/Counselor is of the hottest degree programs in the United States, coming in as the #118 most popular major in the country. This makes choosing the right school a hard decision.

College Factual reviewed 28 schools in the Great Lakes Region to determine which ones were the best for degree seekers in the field of mental health counseling/counselor. When you put them all together, these colleges and universities awarded 927 degrees in mental health counseling/counselor annually.

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Choosing a Great Mental Health Counseling/Counselor School

Best Mental Health Counseling/Counselor Schools in the Great Lakes Region Your choice of mental health counseling/counselor school matters, so we have put together these rankings to help you make your decision. In order to come up with a best overall ranking for mental health counseling/counselor schools, we combine our degree-level rankings, weighting them by the number of degrees awarded at each level.

You may want to choose one of the degree levels below to find the schools of most interest to you.

Pick Your Mental Health Counseling/Counselor Degree Level

Master's Degrees in Mental Health Counseling/Counselor
Doctor's Degrees in Mental Health Counseling/Counselor

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 Mental Health Counseling/Counselor Schools in the Great Lakes Region list to help you make the college decision. You can also filter this list by location to find schools closer to you.

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More information on how we come up with our rankings can be found here: College Factual's Data Methodology.

Best Schools for Mental Health Counseling/Counselor in the Great Lakes Region

If you aren't interested in a particular degree level and want to know which schools are the overall best at delivering an education for the mental health counseling/counselor degrees they offer, see the list below.

10 Top Great Lakes Region Schools in Mental Health Counseling/Counselor

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Indiana Wesleyan University - National & Global is one of the finest schools in the United States for getting a degree in mental health counseling/counselor. Located in the rural area of Marion, IWU is a private not-for-profit university with a large student population. A Best Colleges rank of #224 out of 2,152 colleges nationwide means IWU is a great university overall.More information about a degree in mental health counseling/counselor from Indiana Wesleyan University - National & Global

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Master's Degree Highest Degree Type
10th Most Popular In OH
5.6% Growth in Graduates

Ohio University - Athens Campus is a wonderful choice for students pursuing a degree in mental health counseling/counselor. OHIO Athens is a very large public university located in the distant town of Athens. A Best Colleges rank of #184 out of 2,152 schools nationwide means OHIO Athens is a great university overall.

There were about 18 mental health counseling/counselor students who graduated with this degree at OHIO Athens in the most recent data year.

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Gain a strong foundation in the concepts involved with mental health therapy and assessment with this specialized online bachelor's from Southern New Hampshire University.

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Master's Degree Highest Degree Type
3rd Most Popular In MI

Western Michigan University is one of the finest schools in the country for getting a degree in mental health counseling/counselor. Located in the city of Kalamazoo, WMU is a public university with a fairly large student population. A Best Colleges rank of #322 out of 2,152 colleges nationwide means WMU is a great university overall.

There were roughly 28 mental health counseling/counselor students who graduated with this degree at WMU in the most recent data year.

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Marquette University
Milwaukee, WI
Master's Degree Highest Degree Type
2nd Most Popular In WI
36 Mental Health Counseling/Counselor Degrees Awarded

It is hard to beat Marquette University if you want to pursue a degree in mental health counseling/counselor. Located in the city of Milwaukee, Marquette is a private not-for-profit university with a large student population. A Best Colleges rank of #114 out of 2,152 schools nationwide means Marquette is a great university overall.

There were approximately 36 mental health counseling/counselor students who graduated with this degree at Marquette in the most recent year we have data available.

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Master's Degree Highest Degree Type
2nd Most Popular In OH
46 Mental Health Counseling/Counselor Degrees Awarded

Kent State is a very large public university located in the large suburb of Kent. A Best Colleges rank of #250 out of 2,152 colleges nationwide means Kent State is a great university overall.

There were roughly 46 mental health counseling/counselor students who graduated with this degree at Kent State in the most recent year we have data available.

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Master's Degree Highest Degree Type
2nd Most Popular In IN

IU Bloomington is a very large public university located in the city of Bloomington. A Best Colleges rank of #30 out of 2,152 schools nationwide means IU Bloomington is a great university overall.

There were about 16 mental health counseling/counselor students who graduated with this degree at IU Bloomington in the most recent year we have data available.

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Master's Degree Highest Degree Type
5th Most Popular In OH
35 Mental Health Counseling/Counselor Degrees Awarded

University of Akron Main Campus is a large public university located in the medium-sized city of Akron. This university ranks 23rd out of 91 colleges for overall quality in the state of Ohio.

There were roughly 35 mental health counseling/counselor students who graduated with this degree at University of Akron Main Campus in the most recent data year.

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Xavier University
Cincinnati, OH
Master's Degree Highest Degree Type
4th Most Popular In OH
41 Mental Health Counseling/Counselor Degrees Awarded

Xavier is a medium-sized private not-for-profit university located in the large city of Cincinnati. A Best Colleges rank of #277 out of 2,152 schools nationwide means Xavier is a great university overall.

There were about 41 mental health counseling/counselor students who graduated with this degree at Xavier in the most recent data year.

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Master's Degree Highest Degree Type
1st Most Popular In IL
64 Mental Health Counseling/Counselor Degrees Awarded

Located in the city of Peoria, Bradley is a private not-for-profit university with a medium-sized student population. A Best Colleges rank of #519 out of 2,152 schools nationwide means Bradley is a great university overall.

There were about 64 mental health counseling/counselor students who graduated with this degree at Bradley in the most recent year we have data available.

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Central Michigan University
Mount Pleasant, MI
Master's Degree Highest Degree Type
1st Most Popular In MI

Central Michigan is a large public university located in the distant town of Mount Pleasant. A Best Colleges rank of #346 out of 2,152 colleges nationwide means Central Michigan is a great university overall.

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

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Best Mental Health Counseling/Counselor Colleges by State

Explore the best mental health counseling/counselor colleges for a specific state in the Great Lakes Region .

State Colleges Degrees Awarded
Ohio 939 352
Michigan 915 140
Illinois 870 142
Indiana 737 149
Wisconsin 672 125

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Mental Health Counseling/Counselor is one of 13 different types of Mental & Social Health Services programs to choose from.

Related Major Annual Graduates
Substance Abuse/Addiction Counseling 1,093
Psychiatric/Mental Health Services Technician 1,036
Community Health Services/Liaison/Counseling 506
Clinical/Medical Social Work 381
Marriage and Family Therapy/Counseling 183
Other Mental and Social Health Services and Allied Professions 92
Genetic Counseling/Counselor 52
Trauma Counseling 40
Clinical Pastoral Counseling/Patient Counseling 31

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