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2023 Most Popular Student Counseling Doctor's Degree Schools in the Southwest Region

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$51,166 Avg Salary

Finding the Best Student Counseling Doctor's Degree 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.

To assist you in seeing some of the education options that are available to you, Course Advisor has created its Most Popular Student Counseling Doctor's Degree Schools in the Southwest Region ranking. This report analyzed 11 schools in the Southwest Region to see which ones were the most popular doctor'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 Doctor's Degree Colleges.

Our 2023 rankings named Texas A&M University - Commerce the most popular school in the Southwest Region for student counseling students working on their doctor’s degree. Located in the distant town of Commerce, Texas A&M Commerce is a public college with a fairly large student population.

Women make up 79% of the student counseling majors at the school.

Read full report on Student Counseling at Texas A&M University - Commerce

Out of the 11 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 distant town of Huntsville.

Women make up 82% of the student counseling majors at the school.

Full Student Counseling at Sam Houston State University Report

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend University of North Texas. It ranked #3 on our 2023 Most Popular Student Counseling Doctor’s Degree Schools in the Southwest Region list. Located in the medium-sized city of Denton, UNT is a public school with a very large student population.

Full Student Counseling at University of North Texas Report

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Texas A&M University - Corpus Christi. It ranked #4 on our 2023 Most Popular Student Counseling Doctor’s Degree Schools in the Southwest Region list. Located in the large city of Corpus Christi, Texas A&M Corpus Christi is a public school with a large student population.

Women make up 57% of the student counseling majors at the school.

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#4

St. Mary's University

San Antonio, TX

The in-demand doctor’s degree programs at St. Mary’s University helped the school earn the #4 place on this year’s ranking of the most popular student counseling schools in the Southwest Region . St. Mary's is a small private not-for-profit school located in the city of San Antonio.

Women make up 71% of the student counseling majors at the school.

Full Student Counseling at St. Mary’s University Report

Arizona State University - Tempe ranked #6 on this year’s Most Popular Student Counseling Doctor’s Degree Schools in the Southwest Region list. ASU - Tempe is a fairly large public school located in the medium-sized city of Tempe.

Women make up 67% of the student counseling majors at the school.

Read full report on Student Counseling at Arizona State University - Tempe

University of New Mexico - Main Campus came in at #6 in this year’s edition of the Most Popular Student Counseling Doctor’s Degree Schools in the Southwest Region ranking. UNM is a very large public school located in the large city of Albuquerque.

About 83% of the students majoring in student counseling at the school are women while 17% are male.

Full Student Counseling at University of New Mexico - Main Campus Report

With a ranking of #8, The University of Texas at San Antonio did quite well on this year’s most popular schools for student counseling students working on their doctor’s degree. UTSA is a very large public school located in the city of San Antonio.

About 80% of the students majoring in student counseling at the school are women while 20% are male.

Read full report on Student Counseling at The University of Texas at San Antonio

#9

Texas Tech University

Lubbock, TX

Texas Tech University did quite well in this year’s ranking of the most popular places for student counseling students to get a doctor’s degree. It came in at #9 on the list. Texas Tech is a very large public school located in the city of Lubbock.

Of the 4 students majoring in student counseling at Texas Tech, 75% are male and 25% are female.

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#10

Texas Christian University

Fort Worth, TX

Texas Christian University landed the #10 spot in the 2023 rankings for the most popular doctor’s degree student counseling programs. Located in the city of Fort Worth, TCU is a private not-for-profit school with a fairly large student population.

Read full report on Student Counseling at Texas Christian University

Best Student Counseling Colleges by State

Explore the best student counseling schools for a specific state in the Southwest region.

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 11 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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