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2023 Most Popular Student Counseling Schools in the Plains States Region

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Finding the Best Student Counseling 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.

Along with in-depth profiles of schools and the programs they offer, Grad Degree Search has created the Most Popular Student Counseling Schools in the Plains States Region to help you in your search for the best school for you. Our analysis looked at 44 schools in the Plains States Region to see which programs were the most popular 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

Capella University

Minneapolis, MN

Our 2023 rankings named Capella University the most popular school in the Plains States Region for student counseling students. Located in the large city of Minneapolis, Capella University is a private for-profit college with a very large student population.

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A rank of #2 on this year’s list means University of Missouri - Columbia is a great place for student counseling students. Mizzou is a very large public school located in the medium-sized city of Columbia.

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#3

Kansas State University

Manhattan, KS

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

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#5

Buena Vista University

Storm Lake, IA

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Buena Vista University. It ranked #5 on our 2023 Most Popular Student Counseling Schools in the Plains States Region list. Located in the remote town of Storm Lake, BVU is a private not-for-profit college with a small student population.

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

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University of Missouri - St Louis came in at #7 in this year’s edition of the Most Popular Student Counseling Schools in the Plains States Region ranking. UMSL is a fairly large public school located in the large suburb of Saint Louis.

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With a ranking of #8, University of Nebraska at Kearney did quite well on this year’s most popular schools for student counseling students. Located in the town of Kearney, UNK is a public school with a medium-sized student population.

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University of Missouri - Kansas City came in at #9 in this year’s edition of the Most Popular Student Counseling Schools in the Plains States Region ranking. Located in the large city of Kansas City, UMKC is a public school with a fairly large student population.

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#10

Creighton University

Omaha, NE

With a ranking of #10, Creighton University did quite well on this year’s most popular schools for student counseling students. Creighton is a medium-sized private not-for-profit school located in the city of Omaha.

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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 26 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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