2023 Most Focused Doctor’s Degree Colleges for College Student Counseling & Personnel Services in the Plains States Region
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Students have lots of options to chooose from today when trying to decide which college to attend. College Factual was founded, in part, to help students make the decision as to what would be the best school for them. Our “Schools for a Doctorate Highly Focused on College Student Counseling Major in the Plains States Region” ranking is part of that endeavor.
College Student Counseling & Personnel Services is the 429th most popular major in the country with 1,082 degrees awarded in 2020-2021.
Across the Plains States region, there were 53 college student counseling and personnel services graduates with average earnings and debt of $0 and $0 respectively. At the doctor’s degree level specifically, there were 0 college student counseling and personnel services graduates with average earnings and debt of $75,829 and $0 respectively.
For this year’s “Schools for a Doctorate Highly Focused on College Student Counseling Major in the Plains States Region” ranking, we looked at 2 colleges that offer a degree in college student counseling and personnel services. This a ranking of the schools where the largest percentage of students has enrolled in college student counseling and personnel services.
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Schools for a Doctorate Highly Focused on College Student Counseling Major in the Plains States Region
The colleges and universities below are the best for plains states region doctor’s degree college student counseling students.
Top 2 Most Focused Doctor’s Degree Colleges for College Student Counseling & Personnel Services in the Plains States Region
Out of the 2 schools in the Schools for a Doctorate Highly Focused on College Student Counseling Major in the Plains States Region that were part of this year’s ranking, University of Iowa landed the #1 spot on the list. Iowa is a public institution located in Iowa City, Iowa. The school has a large population, and it awarded 0 doctorate’s degrees in 2020-2021.
The undergrad student loan default rate at the school is 2.2%, which is quite low when compared to the national default rate of 10.1%. With a freshman retention rate of 88%, the school does an excellent job of retaining its undergraduate students.
Full University of Iowa College Student Counseling & Personnel Services Report
Out of the 2 schools in the Schools for a Doctorate Highly Focused on College Student Counseling Major in the Plains States Region that were part of this year’s ranking, University of Northern Iowa landed the #1 spot on the list. University of Northern Iowa is a medium-sized public school situated in Cedar Falls, Iowa. It awarded 20 doctorate’s college student counseling degrees in 2020-2021.
The low undergrad student loan default rate of 2.8% is a good sign that students have an easier time paying off their loans than they might at other schools. For comparison, the national default rate is 10.1%. The school has an excellent freshman retention rate of 86%, which means students like the school well enough to return for a second year.
Read full report on College Student Counseling & Personnel Services at University of Northern Iowa
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Notes and References
References
- 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 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).
- Information about the national average student loan default rate is from the U.S. Department of Education and refers to data about the 2016 borrower cohort tracking period for which the cohort default rate (CDR) was 10.1%.
Read more about our data sources and methodologies
- *Avg Salary and Avg 4-Year Grad Rate are for the top schools only.
- Some schools otherwise deserving of recognition may have been removed from this ranking in the event that new data identified post-publication warranted it, or at the request of the school.
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