2022 Most Popular Master's Degree Colleges for Counseling Psychology in Minnesota

Ranked #19 in popularity, counseling psychology is one of the most sought-after master's degree programs in the nation. 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 Counseling Psychology in Minnesota ranking. When you put them all together, these colleges and universities awarded 212 master's degrees in counseling psychology during the 2019-2020 academic year.

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Choosing a Great Counseling Psychology School for Your Master's Degree

Your choice of school for getting your master's degree in counseling psychology matters. As an aid in helping you pick the right school for you, we created our Most Popular Master's Degree Colleges for Counseling Psychology in Minnesota ranking.

Being popular does not always equate to overall quality, but a school with a large number of counseling psychology students usually has them for a reason. This may be due to it being a great value, it offering a stellar educational experience, or the subject is a major focus of the school.

One Size Does Not Fit All

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 counseling psychology.

 

Most Popular Schools for Master’s Students to Study Counseling Psychology in Minnesota

The following list ranks the most popular colleges and universities for pursuing a master's degree in counseling psychology.

Most Well Attended Schools for Counseling Psychology Students Working on Their Master's

1

Saint Mary's University of Minnesota
Winona, MN

115 Annual Master's Degrees

#2 Best Quality In MN

Doctor's Degree Highest Degree Type

Saint Mary's University of Minnesota is a popular choice for students interested in a master's degree in counseling psychology. Located in the distant town of Winona, SMU MN is a private not-for-profit university with a moderately-sized student population. Potential students might also be interested to know that the school ranks #2 in quality for master's degrees in counseling psychology in Minnesota.

There were about 115 counseling psychology students who graduated with this degree at SMU MN in the most recent data year.

More information about a master’s in counseling psychology from Saint Mary’s University of Minnesota

2

Crown College
Saint Bonifacius, MN

48 Annual Master's Degrees

Master's Degree Highest Degree Type

You'll be surrounded by many like-minded peers at Crown College if you wish to pursue a master's degree in counseling psychology. Crown is a small private not-for-profit college located in the rural area of Saint Bonifacius.

There were roughly 48 counseling psychology students who graduated with this degree at Crown in the most recent data year.

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3

University of St Thomas Minnesota
Saint Paul, MN

43 Annual Master's Degrees

#1 Best Quality In MN

Doctor's Degree Highest Degree Type

University of St Thomas Minnesota is a popular choice for individuals pursuing a master's degree in counseling psychology. Located in the city of Saint Paul, UST MN is a private not-for-profit university with a medium-sized student population. Potential students might also be interested to know that the school ranks #1 in quality for master's degrees in counseling psychology in Minnesota.

There were roughly 43 counseling psychology individuals who graduated with this degree at UST MN in the most recent data year.

More information about a master’s in counseling psychology from University of St Thomas Minnesota

4

Bethel University Minnesota
Saint Paul, MN

5 Annual Master's Degrees

#4 Best Quality In MN

Master's Degree Highest Degree Type

You'll be surrounded by many like-minded peers at Bethel University Minnesota if you want to pursue a master's degree in counseling psychology. Located in the suburb of Saint Paul, Bethel University Minnesota is a private not-for-profit university with a small student population. Potential students might also be interested to know that the school ranks #4 in quality for master's degrees in counseling psychology in Minnesota.

There were roughly 5 counseling psychology individuals who graduated with this degree at Bethel University Minnesota in the most recent data year.

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5

Capella University
Minneapolis, MN

1 Annual Master's Degrees

#3 Best Quality In MN

Master's Degree Highest Degree Type

Located in the city of Minneapolis, Capella University is a private for-profit university with a very large student population. You also may be intersted to know that the school ranks #3 in quality for master's degrees in counseling psychology in Minnesota.

There were about 1 counseling psychology students who graduated with this degree at Capella University in the most recent data year.

More information about a master’s in counseling psychology from Capella University

6

Bemidji State University
Bemidji, MN

Located in the remote town of Bemidji, Bemidji State University is a public university with a small student population. More information about a master’s in counseling psychology from Bemidji State University

 

Best Counseling Psychology Colleges in the Plains States Region

Explore all the Most Popular Counseling Psychology Schools in the Plains States Area or other specific states within that region.

State	Colleges	Degrees Awarded
Missouri	346	268
Iowa	287	15
Kansas	244	79
Nebraska	200	28
North Dakota	149	25
South Dakota	123	44

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Rankings in Majors Related to Counseling Psychology

One of 16 majors within the Clinical, Counseling & Applied Psychology area of study, Counseling Psychology has other similar majors worth exploring.

Majors Similar to Counseling Psychology

Related Major	Annual Graduates
Applied Behavior Analysis	699
Forensic Psychology	300
Industrial & Organizational Psychology	229
Other Psychology & Counseling	117
Clinical Psychology	110
Educational Psychology	95
Applied Psychology	54
Performance and Sport Psychology	30
School Psychology	20
Community Psychology	16

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.