2024 Best Student Counseling Schools in Mississippi
7Colleges in Mississippi
133Student Counseling Degrees Awarded
$38,782Avg Early-Career Salary
A degree in student counseling is more popular than many other degrees. In fact, it ranks #72 out of 395 on popularity of all such degrees in the nation. So, you have a fair amount of options to choose from when looking for a school.
College Factual reviewed 7 schools in Mississippi to determine which ones were the best for degree seekers in the field of student counseling. When you put them all together, these colleges and universities awarded 133 degrees in student counseling during the 2021-2022 academic year.
The student counseling program you select can have a big impact on your future. That's why we developed our collection of Best Schools for Student Counseling rankings. In order to come up with a best overall ranking for student counseling schools, we combine our degree-level rankings, weighting them by the number of degrees awarded at each level.
In order to find the schools that are the best fit for you, you may want to filter to one of the degree levels below.
When choosing the right school for you, it's important to arm yourself with all the facts you can. To that end, we've created a number of major-specific rankings, including this Best Student Counseling Schools in Mississippi list to help you make the college decision.
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Best Schools for Student Counseling in Mississippi
Although we recommend filtering by degree level first, you can view the list below to see which schools give the educational experience for the student counseling degree levels they offer.
Mississippi State University is a wonderful decision for students pursuing a degree in student counseling. Mississippi State is a very large public university located in the remote town of Mississippi State. A Best Colleges rank of #284 out of 2,217 colleges nationwide means Mississippi State is a great university overall.
There were about 22 student counseling students who graduated with this degree at Mississippi State in the most recent year we have data available. Soon after graduating, student counseling degree recipients usually earn about $36,411 at the beginning of their careers.
University of Mississippi is one of the finest schools in the country for getting a degree in student counseling. Located in the remote town of University, Ole Miss is a public university with a very large student population. A Best Colleges rank of #361 out of 2,217 schools nationwide means Ole Miss is a great university overall.
There were roughly 31 student counseling students who graduated with this degree at Ole Miss in the most recent year we have data available. Students who graduate with their degree from the student counseling program report average early career earnings of $39,275.
Every student who is interested in student counseling needs to take a look at Mississippi College. Located in the suburb of Clinton, MC is a private not-for-profit college with a small student population. This college ranks 4th out of 26 schools for overall quality in the state of Mississippi.
There were roughly 10 student counseling students who graduated with this degree at MC in the most recent data year. After graduating, student counseling degree recipients usually make about $40,221 at the beginning of their careers.
It's hard to beat William Carey University if you wish to pursue a degree in student counseling. William Carey University is a moderately-sized private not-for-profit university located in the small city of Hattiesburg. A Best Colleges rank of #634 out of 2,217 colleges nationwide means William Carey University is a great university overall.
There were about 10 student counseling students who graduated with this degree at William Carey University in the most recent data year.
Southern Miss is a fairly large public university located in the small city of Hattiesburg. This university ranks 5th out of 26 schools for overall quality in the state of Mississippi.
There were approximately 13 student counseling students who graduated with this degree at Southern Miss in the most recent data year.
Located in the town of Cleveland, Delta State University is a public university with a small student population. This university ranks 10th out of 26 colleges for overall quality in the state of Mississippi.
There were approximately 22 student counseling students who graduated with this degree at Delta State University in the most recent data year.
Located in the medium-sized city of Jackson, Jackson State is a public university with a moderately-sized student population. This university ranks 11th out of 26 colleges for overall quality in the state of Mississippi.
There were approximately 25 student counseling students who graduated with this degree at Jackson State in the most recent year we have data available. Soon after graduating, student counseling degree recipients usually earn around $39,222 in their early careers.
The bars on the spread charts above show the distribution of the schools on this list +/- one standard deviation from the mean.
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).
The student counseling program you select can have a big impact on your future. That's why we developed our collection of Best Schools for Student Counseling rankings. In order to come up with a best overall ranking for student counseling schools, we combine our degree-level rankings, weighting them by the number of degrees awarded at each level.
