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2023 Most Popular Student Counseling Schools in Iowa

5 Colleges
$44,918 Avg Salary

Finding the Best Student Counseling School for You

Student Counseling is the #60 most popular major in Iowa with 191 degrees and certificates awarded in 2020-2021.

When it comes to higher education, there are a lot of options for students. You can choose a traditional brick and mortar school, or with the growth of online education, you can attend a school half-way across the country without even leaving your house. Also there are many trade schools that offer short-term programs that open up more career options.

The Most Popular Student Counseling Schools in Iowa ranking is one of many tools that Course Advisor has developed to help you make your educational decision. Our analysis looked at 5 schools in Iowa 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 following schools top our list of the Most Popular Student Counseling Colleges.

#1

Buena Vista University

Storm Lake, IA

Our 2023 rankings named Buena Vista University the most popular school in Iowa for student counseling students. BVU is a small private not-for-profit school located in the town of Storm Lake.

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#2

Drake University

Des Moines, IA

You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around you if you attend Drake University. The school came in at #2 on this year’s Most Popular Student Counseling Schools in Iowa list. Drake is a small private not-for-profit school located in the city of Des Moines.

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#3

University of Northern Iowa

Cedar Falls, IA

The excellent programs at University of Northern Iowa helped the school earn the #3 place on this year’s ranking of the best student counseling schools in Iowa. UNI is a medium-sized public school located in the city of Cedar Falls.

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#4

Loras College

Dubuque, IA

You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around you if you attend Loras College. The school came in at #4 on this year’s Most Popular Student Counseling Schools in Iowa list. Loras is a small private not-for-profit school located in the city of Dubuque.

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#5

University of Iowa

Iowa City, IA

Out of the 5 schools in Iowa that were part of this year’s ranking, University of Iowa landed the # 5 spot on the list. Iowa is a fairly large public school located in the small city of Iowa City.

Full Student Counseling at University of Iowa Report

Best Student Counseling Colleges in the Plains States Region

Explore all the Most Popular Student Counseling Colleges in the Plains States Area or other specific states within that region.

State Degrees Awarded
Missouri 495
Minnesota 532
Kansas 275
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 5 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.

More about our data sources and methodologies.

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