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2023 Most Popular Student Counseling Schools in the Plains States Region

44 Colleges
$43,547 Avg Salary

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Student Counseling is the #68 most popular major in the country with 13,858 degrees and certificates awarded in 2020-2021.

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The Most Popular Student Counseling Schools in the Plains States Region ranking is one of many tools that Course Advisor has developed to help you make your educational decision. This report analyzed 44 schools in the Plains States Region 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 following schools top our list of the Most Popular Student Counseling 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. Capella University is a fairly large private for-profit school located in the city of Minneapolis.

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Out of the 44 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. Located in the midsize city of Columbia, Mizzou is a public college with a very large student population.

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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 . Located in the city of Manhattan, K -State is a public college with a fairly large student population.

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#5

Buena Vista University

Storm Lake, IA

Out of the 44 schools in the Plains States Region that were part of this year’s ranking, Buena Vista University landed the # 5 spot on the list. BVU is a small private not-for-profit school located in the remote town of Storm Lake.

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University of Nebraska at Omaha landed the #6 spot in the 2023 rankings for the most popular student counseling programs. Located in the large city of Omaha, UNOMAHA is a public college with a fairly large student population.

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With a ranking of #7, University of Missouri - St Louis did quite well on this year’s most popular schools for student counseling students. Located in the large suburb of Saint Louis, UMSL is a public school with a fairly large student population.

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University of Nebraska at Kearney ranked #8 on this year’s Most Popular Student Counseling Schools in the Plains States Region list. UNK is a medium-sized public school located in the distant town of Kearney.

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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. UMKC is a large public school located in the city of Kansas City.

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Fort Hays State University landed the #10 spot in the 2023 rankings for the most popular student counseling programs. Located in the remote town of Hays, FHSU is a public college with a large student population.

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Best Student Counseling Colleges by State

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

Student Counseling is one of 14 different types of programs to choose from.

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 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).
  • Credit for the banner image above goes to Umary.marketing.

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