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Best Student Counseling Graduate Certificate Schools in the Southwest Region

2023 Best Student Counseling Graduate Certificate Schools in the Southwest Region

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$48,434 Avg Salary

Finding the Best Student Counseling Graduate Certificate School for You

Out of all the majors we analyze each year, student counseling was ranked #68 in the country. In fact 13,858 degrees and certificates were handed out 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, Course Advisor has created the Best Student Counseling Graduate Certificate Schools in the Southwest Region to help you in your search for the best school for you. This report analyzed 7 schools in the Southwest Region to see which ones offered the best graduate certificate programs for students. To come up with a school's ranking, we analyzed numerous factors related to post-graduation wages, the quality of education offered by the school, average accumulated student debt, and more.

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2023 Best Student Counseling Graduate Certificate Schools in the Southwest Region

The following schools top our list of the Best Student Counseling Graduate Certificate Colleges.

Top Southwest Region Schools for a Postbaccalaureate Certificates in Student Counseling

#1

Angelo State University

San Angelo, TX

Our 2023 rankings named Angelo State University the best school in the Southwest Region for student counseling students working on their graduate certificate. Angelo State is a large public school located in the city of San Angelo.

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Out of the 7 schools in the Southwest Region that were part of this year’s ranking, Sam Houston State University landed the # 2 spot on the list. SHSU is a fairly large public school located in the town of Huntsville.

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A rank of #3 on this year’s list means Dallas Baptist University is a great place for student counseling students working on their graduate certificate. DBU is a small private not-for-profit school located in the large city of Dallas.

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#4

Texas Tech University

Lubbock, TX

The excellent graduate certificate programs at Texas Tech University helped the school earn the #4 place on this year’s ranking of the best student counseling schools in the Southwest Region . Texas Tech is a fairly large public school located in the large city of Lubbock.

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The excellent graduate certificate programs at Northern Arizona University helped the school earn the #5 place on this year’s ranking of the best student counseling schools in the Southwest Region . Located in the small city of Flagstaff, NAU is a public college with a very large student population.

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University of Central Oklahoma ranked #6 on this year’s Best Student Counseling Graduate Certificate Schools in the Southwest Region list. UCO is a fairly large public school located in the large suburb of Edmond.

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With a ranking of #7, New Mexico Highlands University did quite well on this year’s best schools for student counseling students working on their graduate certificate. New Mexico Highlands University is a small public school located in the town of Las Vegas.

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Best Student Counseling Colleges by State

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State Degrees Awarded
Texas 836
Arizona 211
Oklahoma 214
New Mexico 176

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

Related Major Annual Graduates
Teacher Education Grade Specific 110,226
Educational Administration 46,469
Teacher Education Subject Specific 43,297
Special Education 36,792
General Education 29,810

Notes and References

*These averages are for the top 7 schools only.

  • Read more about our ranking methodology.
  • 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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