2025 Best Mental Health Counseling/Counselor Schools in Arkansas
3Colleges in Arkansas
86Mental Health Counseling/Counselor Degrees Awarded
Ranked #118 in popularity, mental health counseling/counselor is one of the most sought-after degree programs in the nation. This means there are lots of options to choose from when you decide to get your degree.
For its 2025 ranking, College Factual looked at 3 schools in Arkansas to determine which ones were the best for mental health counseling/counselor students pursuing a degree. Combined, these schools handed out 86 degrees in mental health counseling/counselor to qualified students.
Choosing a Great Mental Health Counseling/Counselor School
Your choice of mental health counseling/counselor school matters, so we have put together these rankings to help you make your decision. We derive our Best Overall Mental Health Counseling/Counselor School rankings by rolling up our degree-level rankings after weighting them by the number of degrees awarded at each school.
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
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 Arkansas list to help you make the college decision.
If you'd like to restrict your choices to just one part of the country, you can filter this list by location.
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Best Schools for Mental Health Counseling/Counselor in Arkansas
Although we recommend filtering by degree level first, you can view the list below to see which schools give the educational experience for the mental health counseling/counselor degree levels they offer.
Top Arkansas Schools in Mental Health Counseling/Counselor
50Mental Health Counseling/Counselor Degrees Awarded
John Brown University is a good option for students interested in a degree in mental health counseling/counselor. JBU is a small private not-for-profit university located in the distant town of Siloam Springs. A Best Colleges rank of #829 out of 2,152 schools nationwide means JBU is a great university overall.
There were roughly 50 mental health counseling/counselor students who graduated with this degree at JBU in the most recent year we have data available.
University of Central Arkansas is one of the finest schools in the United States for getting a degree in mental health counseling/counselor. UCA is a moderately-sized public university located in the small city of Conway. This university ranks 11th out of 36 schools for overall quality in the state of Arkansas.
There were roughly 18 mental health counseling/counselor students who graduated with this degree at UCA in the most recent data year.
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.
Henderson State University is a great option for students pursuing a degree in mental health counseling/counselor. Located in the town of Arkadelphia, Henderson State University is a public university with a small student population. This university ranks 32nd out of 36 schools for overall quality in the state of Arkansas.
There were about 15 mental health counseling/counselor students who graduated with this degree at Henderson State University in the most recent data year.
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).
Your choice of mental health counseling/counselor school matters, so we have put together these rankings to help you make your decision. We derive our Best Overall Mental Health Counseling/Counselor School rankings by rolling up our degree-level rankings after weighting them by the number of degrees awarded at each school.
