2025 Best Substance Abuse/Addiction Counseling Bachelor's Degree Schools in the Middle Atlantic Region

If you plan on getting your bachelor's degree in substance abuse/addiction counseling, you won't be alone since the degree program is ranked #364 in the country in terms of popularity. So, you have a fair amount of options to choose from when looking for a school.

College Factual looked at 2 colleges and universities when compiling its 2025 Best Substance Abuse/Addiction Counseling Bachelor's Degree Schools in the Middle Atlantic Region ranking. When you put them all together, these colleges and universities awarded 34 bachelor's degrees in substance abuse/addiction counseling during the 2022-2023 academic year.

What's on this page: * Our Methodology

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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 substance abuse/addiction counseling students vs. other majors.
• Major Demand - How many other substance abuse/addiction counseling students want to attend this school to pursue a bachelor'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.
• Accreditation - Whether a school is regionally accredited and/or accredited by a recognized substance abuse/addiction counseling related body.

Our complete ranking methodology documents in more detail how we consider these factors to identify the best schools for substance abuse/addiction counseling students working on their bachelor's degree.

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Since picking the right college can be one of the most important decisions of your life, we've developed the Best Substance Abuse/Addiction Counseling Bachelor's Degree Schools in the Middle Atlantic Region ranking, along with many other major-related rankings, to help you make that decision.

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Best Schools for Bachelor’s Students to Study Substance Abuse/Addiction Counseling in the Middle Atlantic Region

Below you'll see a list of the best colleges and universities for pursuing a bachelor's degree in substance abuse/addiction counseling.

Top Middle Atlantic Region Schools for a Bachelor's in Substance Abuse/Addiction Counseling

1

The College at Brockport
Brockport, NY

10 Annual Graduates

The College at Brockport is one of the best schools in the United States for getting a bachelor's degree in substance abuse/addiction counseling. Located in the fringe town of Brockport, SUNY Brockport is a public college with a moderately-sized student population.More information about a bachelor’s in substance abuse/addiction counseling from The College at Brockport

2

Alvernia University
Reading, PA

22 Annual Graduates

Alvernia University is one of the best schools in the United States for getting a bachelor's degree in substance abuse/addiction counseling. Located in the city of Reading, Alvernia is a private not-for-profit university with a small student population.More information about a bachelor’s in substance abuse/addiction counseling from Alvernia University

Best Substance Abuse/Addiction Counseling Colleges by State

Explore the best substance abuse/addiction counseling schools for a specific state in the Middle Atlantic Region .

State	Colleges	Degrees Awarded
New York	707	20
Pennsylvania	698	33

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Substance Abuse/Addiction Counseling Related Rankings by Major

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

Most Popular Related Majors

Related Major	Annual Graduates
Community Health Services/Liaison/Counseling	92
Other Mental and Social Health Services and Allied Professions	56
Mental Health Counseling/Counselor	23

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.