2025 Best Counseling Psychology Bachelor's Degree Schools in the Plains States Region

If you plan on getting your bachelor's degree in counseling psychology, you won't be alone since the degree program is ranked #391 in the country in terms of popularity. This means you won't have too much trouble finding schools that offer the degree.

College Factual looked at 2 colleges and universities when compiling its 2025 Best Counseling Psychology Bachelor's Degree Schools in the Plains States Region ranking. When you put them all together, these colleges and universities awarded 72 bachelor's degrees in counseling psychology 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 many resources a school devotes to counseling psychology students as compared to other majors.
• Major Demand - How many other counseling psychology 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 counseling psychology related body.

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

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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 Counseling Psychology Bachelor's Degree Schools in the Plains States Region list to help you make the college decision.

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Best Schools for Bachelor’s Students to Study Counseling Psychology in the Plains States Region

Explore the top ranked colleges and universities for counseling psychology students seeking a a bachelor's degree.

Top Plains States Region Schools for a Bachelor's in Counseling Psychology

1

Wayne State College
Wayne, NE

31 Annual Graduates

Wayne State College is one of the best schools in the country for getting a bachelor's degree in counseling psychology. WSC is a small public college located in the town of Wayne.More information about a bachelor’s in counseling psychology from Wayne State College

2

Crown College
Saint Bonifacius, MN

Master's Degree Highest Degree Type

22 Annual Graduates

It is difficult to beat Crown College if you wish to pursue a bachelor's degree in counseling psychology. Located in the rural area of Saint Bonifacius, Crown is a private not-for-profit college with a small student population.More information about a bachelor’s in counseling psychology from Crown College

Best Counseling Psychology Colleges by State

Explore the best counseling psychology colleges for a specific state in the Plains States Region .

State	Colleges	Degrees Awarded
Minnesota	446	16
Iowa	403	16
Kansas	352	0
Nebraska	331	26

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Counseling Psychology Related Rankings by Major

Counseling Psychology is one of 17 different types of Clinical, Counseling & Applied Psychology programs to choose from.

Majors Similar to Counseling Psychology

Related Major	Annual Graduates
Applied Psychology	61
Applied Behavior Analysis	50
Community Psychology	34
Forensic Psychology	34
Clinical Psychology	16
Industrial & Organizational Psychology	16
Family Psychology	4
Health/Medical Psychology	2

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.