2025 Best Substance Abuse/Addiction Counseling Bachelor's Degree Schools in Minnesota

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.

In 2025, College Factual analyzed 2 schools in order to identify the top ones for its Best Substance Abuse/Addiction Counseling Bachelor's Degree Schools in Minnesota ranking. When you put them all together, these colleges and universities awarded 72 bachelor's degrees in substance abuse/addiction counseling during the 2022-2023 academic year.

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Other Factors We Consider

In addition to the above, you should consider some of the following factors:

• Major Focus - How many resources a school devotes to substance abuse/addiction counseling students as compared to other majors.
• Major Demand - The number of substance abuse/addiction counseling students who choose to seek a bachelor's degree at the school.
• Educational Resources - The amount of money and other resources allocated to students while they are pursuing their degree. These resources include such things as number of students per instructor and education expenditures per student.
• Accreditation - Whether a school is regionally accredited and/or accredited by a recognized substance abuse/addiction counseling related body.

Our full 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.

More Ways to Rank Substance Abuse/Addiction Counseling Schools

The substance abuse/addiction counseling school you choose to invest your time and money in matters. To help you make the decision that is right for you, we've developed a number of major-specific rankings, including this list of the Best Substance Abuse/Addiction Counseling Bachelor's Degree Schools in Minnesota.

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Best Schools for Bachelor’s Students to Study Substance Abuse/Addiction Counseling in Minnesota

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

Top Minnesota Schools for a Bachelor's in Substance Abuse/Addiction Counseling

1

Minnesota State University - Mankato
Mankato, MN

39 Annual Graduates

It is hard to beat Minnesota State University - Mankato if you want to pursue a bachelor's degree in substance abuse/addiction counseling. Located in the small city of Mankato, Minnesota State Mankato is a public university with a large student population.More information about a bachelor’s in substance abuse/addiction counseling from Minnesota State University - Mankato

2

Metropolitan State University
Saint Paul, MN

Master's Degree Highest Degree Type

27 Annual Graduates

It's difficult to beat Metropolitan State University if you want to pursue a bachelor's degree in substance abuse/addiction counseling. Located in the large city of Saint Paul, Metro State is a public university with a medium-sized student population.More information about a bachelor’s in substance abuse/addiction counseling from Metropolitan State University

Best Substance Abuse/Addiction Counseling Colleges in the Plains States Region

Explore all the Best Substance Abuse/Addiction Counseling Colleges in the Plains States Area or other specific states within that region.

State	Colleges	Degrees Awarded
Missouri	475	14
Kansas	352	4
North Dakota	251	3
South Dakota	237	12

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Rankings in Majors Related to Substance Abuse/Addiction Counseling

One of 13 majors within the Mental & Social Health Services area of study, Substance Abuse/Addiction Counseling has other similar majors worth exploring.

Most Popular Related Majors

Related Major	Annual Graduates
Community Health Services/Liaison/Counseling	26

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.