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2023 Most Popular Student Counseling Schools in North Carolina

15 Colleges
$40,923 Avg Salary

Finding the Best Student Counseling School for You

With 557 degrees and certificates handed out in 2020-2021, student counseling is the #15 most popular major in North Carolina.

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.

To assist you in seeing some of the education options that are available to you, Grad Degree Search has created its Most Popular Student Counseling Schools in North Carolina ranking. This report analyzed 15 schools in North Carolina to see which ones were the most popular 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 colleges and universities below are the most popular for student counseling majors pursuing a .

#1

Wake Forest University

Winston-Salem, NC

Our 2023 rankings named Wake Forest University the most popular school in North Carolina for student counseling students. Wake Forest University is a medium-sized private not-for-profit school located in the medium-sized city of Winston-Salem.

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You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around you if you attend University of North Carolina at Charlotte. The school came in at #2 on this year’s Most Popular Student Counseling Schools in North Carolina list. UNC Charlotte is a very large public school located in the city of Charlotte.

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The excellent programs at Appalachian State University helped the school earn the #3 place on this year’s ranking of the best student counseling schools in North Carolina. Located in the town of Boone, Appalachian State is a public college with a very large student population.

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You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around you if you attend North Carolina State University. The school came in at #4 on this year’s Most Popular Student Counseling Schools in North Carolina list. NC State is a very large public school located in the city of Raleigh.

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The excellent programs at University of North Carolina at Pembroke helped the school earn the #5 place on this year’s ranking of the best student counseling schools in North Carolina. Located in the distant town of Pembroke, UNC Pembroke is a public school with a moderately-sized student population.

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Western Carolina University came in at #6 in this year’s edition of the Most Popular Student Counseling Schools in North Carolina ranking. WCU is a fairly large public school located in the town of Cullowhee.

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University of North Carolina at Greensboro came in at #7 in this year’s edition of the Most Popular Student Counseling Schools in North Carolina ranking. UNC Greensboro is a large public school located in the city of Greensboro.

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With a ranking of #8, North Carolina A & T State University did quite well on this year’s most popular schools for student counseling students. NC A&T is a fairly large public school located in the large city of Greensboro.

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University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill came in at #9 in this year’s edition of the Most Popular Student Counseling Schools in North Carolina ranking. UNC Chapel Hill is a very large public school located in the city of Chapel Hill.

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#10

Salem College

Winston-Salem, NC

Salem College came in at #10 in this year’s edition of the Most Popular Student Counseling Schools in North Carolina ranking. Located in the city of Winston-Salem, Salem is a private not-for-profit college with a small student population.

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State Degrees Awarded
Virginia 701
Florida 385
Georgia 358
Tennessee 239
Kentucky 352
Louisiana 150
Alabama 329
South Carolina 224
Mississippi 179
Arkansas 305
West Virginia 83

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 15 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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