2023 Most Focused Doctor’s Degree Colleges for Counselor Education/School Counseling & Guidance Services in District of Columbia

It’s not easy to decide which college to attend when there so many options available for students. Our mission at College Factual is to arm you with as much information as we can to help you make that decision. Our “Schools for a Doctorate Highly Focused on Counselor Education/School Counseling and Guidance Services Major in District of Columbia” ranking is one tool we have developed to help in this regard.

Counselor Education/School Counseling & Guidance Services is the 68th most popular major in the country with 12,323 degrees awarded in 2020-2021.

Across District of Columbia, there were 43 counselor education/school counseling and guidance services graduates with average earnings and debt of $0 and $0 respectively. At the doctor’s degree level specifically, there were 8 counselor education/school counseling and guidance services graduates with average earnings and debt of $81,283 and $0 respectively.

This year’s “Schools for a Doctorate Highly Focused on Counselor Education/School Counseling and Guidance Services Major in District of Columbia” ranking looked at 2 colleges that offer degrees in a bachelor’s in counselor education/school counseling and guidance services. The colleges and universities that top this list are recognized because their counselor education/school counseling and guidance services program is one of the largest majors offered at the school.

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Schools for a Doctorate Highly Focused on Counselor Education/School Counseling and Guidance Services Major in District of Columbia

The colleges and universities below are the best for district of columbia doctor’s degree counselor education/school counseling and guidance services students.

Top 2 Most Focused Doctor’s Degree Colleges for Counselor Education/School Counseling & Guidance Services in District of Columbia

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George Washington University
Washington, District of Columbia

#2 overall quality in District of Columbia

Out of the 2 schools in the Schools for a Doctorate Highly Focused on Counselor Education/School Counseling and Guidance Services Major in District of Columbia that were part of this year’s ranking, George Washington University landed the #1 spot on the list. This large school is located in Washington, District of Columbia, and it awarded 8 doctorate’s counselor education/school counseling and guidance services degrees in 2020-2021.

The school has an impressive undergrad student loan default rate. It’s only 1.3%, which is much lower than the national rate of 10.1%. With a freshman retention rate of 88%, the school does an excellent job of retaining its undergraduate students.

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The Chicago School of Professional Psychology at Washington DC
Washington, District of Columbia

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend The Chicago School of Professional Psychology at Washington DC. It ranked #2 on our 2023 Schools for a Doctorate Highly Focused on Counselor Education/School Counseling and Guidance Services Major in District of Columbia list. The Chicago School Washington DC Campus is a small private not-for-profit school situated in Washington, District of Columbia. It awarded 0 doctorate’s counselor education/school counseling and guidance services degrees in 2020-2021.

The undergrad student loan default rate at the school is 3.4%, which is quite low when compared to the national default rate of 10.1%. The undergraduate student-to-faculty ratio of to 1 is a sign that students will have more opportunities to engage with their professors one-on-one.

Full The Chicago School of Professional Psychology at Washington DC Counselor Education/School Counseling & Guidance Services Report

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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

Footnotes

• *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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