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2023 Most Popular Student Counseling Master's Degree Schools in the Plains States Region

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$44,092 Avg Salary

Finding the Best Student Counseling Master's Degree School for You

Student Counseling is the #22 most popular major in the country with 13,840 degrees and certificates awarded in 2020-2021.

Today's students have lots of options to pick from when considering higher education opportunities. You're no longer limited to schools in your local area, either, since online programs are becoming more prevalent. Or you may find the programs at a trade school to be a better alternative for you.

The Most Popular Student Counseling Master's Degree Schools in the Plains States Region ranking is one of many tools that Grad Degree Search has developed to help you make your educational decision. This report analyzed 41 schools in the Plains States Region to see which ones were the most popular master's degree programs for students. To create this ranking we looked at how many students graduated from the Student Counseling program at each school on the list.

The following schools top our list of the Most Popular Student Counseling Master's Degree Colleges.

#1

Capella University

Minneapolis, MN

Our 2023 rankings named Capella University the most popular school in the Plains States Region for student counseling students working on their master’s degree. Located in the city of Minneapolis, Capella University is a private for-profit school with a fairly large student population.

Women make up 90% of the student counseling majors at the school.

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Out of the 41 schools in the Plains States Region that were part of this year’s ranking, University of Missouri - Columbia landed the # 2 spot on the list. Mizzou is a fairly large public school located in the city of Columbia.

Of the 183 students majoring in student counseling at Mizzou, 52% are male and 48% are female.

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#3

Kansas State University

Manhattan, KS

The in-demand master’s degree programs at Kansas State University helped the school earn the #3 place on this year’s ranking of the most popular student counseling schools in the Plains States Region . K -State is a very large public school located in the small city of Manhattan.

Women make up 84% of the student counseling majors at the school.

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#5

Buena Vista University

Storm Lake, IA

The in-demand master’s degree programs at Buena Vista University helped the school earn the #5 place on this year’s ranking of the most popular student counseling schools in the Plains States Region . Located in the town of Storm Lake, BVU is a private not-for-profit college with a small student population.

About 84% of the students majoring in student counseling at the school are women while 16% are male.

Full Student Counseling at Buena Vista University Report

University of Nebraska at Omaha did quite well in this year’s ranking of the most popular places for student counseling students to get a master’s degree. It came in at #6 on the list. UNOMAHA is a fairly large public school located in the city of Omaha.

Women make up 76% of the student counseling majors at the school.

Full Student Counseling at University of Nebraska at Omaha Report

University of Missouri - St Louis ranked #7 on this year’s Most Popular Student Counseling Master’s Degree Schools in the Plains States Region list. UMSL is a fairly large public school located in the large suburb of Saint Louis.

About 73% of the students majoring in student counseling at the school are women while 27% are male.

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University of Missouri - Kansas City did quite well in this year’s ranking of the most popular places for student counseling students to get a master’s degree. It came in at #8 on the list. Located in the large city of Kansas City, UMKC is a public college with a large student population.

About 92% of the students majoring in student counseling at the school are women while 8% are male.

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Fort Hays State University landed the #9 spot in the 2023 rankings for the most popular master’s degree student counseling programs. FHSU is a large public school located in the remote town of Hays.

About 90% of the students majoring in student counseling at the school are women while 10% are male.

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#9

Creighton University

Omaha, NE

Creighton University did quite well in this year’s ranking of the most popular places for student counseling students to get a master’s degree. It came in at #9 on the list. Creighton is a medium-sized private not-for-profit school located in the city of Omaha.

About 90% of the students majoring in student counseling at the school are women while 10% are male.

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Best Student Counseling Colleges by State

Explore the best student counseling colleges for a specific state in the Plains States region.

State Degrees Awarded
Missouri 495
Minnesota 532
Iowa 191
Kansas 275
Nebraska 234
North Dakota 53
South Dakota 26

One of 14 majors within the area of study, student counseling has other similar majors worth exploring.

Related Major Annual Graduates
Educational Administration 45,458
Teacher Education Grade Specific 34,451
Special Education 25,158
General Education 21,189
Teacher Education Subject Specific 20,616

Notes and References

*These averages are for the top 25 schools only.

  • 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).
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