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2023 Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Counselor Education/School Counseling and Guidance Services Major in the Southeast Region

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Schools for a Master's Highly Focused on Counselor Education/School Counseling and Guidance Services Major in the Southeast Region

When it comes to choosing a college, students have a lot of options - but not all of them are good. 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 Master’s Highly Focused on Counselor Education/School Counseling and Guidance Services Major in the Southeast Region” ranking is part of that endeavor.

In 2020-2021, 12,323 people earned their degree in counselor education/school counseling and guidance services, making the major the 68th most popular in the United States.

Across the Southeast region, there were 3,337 counselor education/school counseling and guidance services graduates with average earnings and debt of $0 and $0 respectively. At the master’s degree level specifically, there were 2,849 counselor education/school counseling and guidance services graduates with average earnings and debt of $55,213 and $0 respectively.

For this year’s “Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Counselor Education/School Counseling and Guidance Services Major in the Southeast Region” ranking, we looked at 120 colleges that offer a degree 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 Master’s Highly Focused on Counselor Education/School Counseling and Guidance Services Major in the Southeast Region

The following schools top our list of the Best “Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Counselor Education/School Counseling and Guidance Services Major in the Southeast Region”.

Top 25 Most Focused Master’s Degree Colleges for Counselor Education/School Counseling & Guidance Services in the Southeast Region

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Salem College
Winston-Salem, North Carolina

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Salem College. It ranked #1 on our 2023 Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Counselor Education/School Counseling and Guidance Services Major in the Southeast Region list. This small school is located in Winston-Salem, North Carolina, and it awarded 20 masters’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 4.4%, which is much lower than the national rate of 10.1%.

Read full report on Counselor Education/School Counseling & Guidance Services at Salem College

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University of West Alabama
Livingston, Alabama

You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend University of West Alabama. The school came in at #2 for the Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Counselor Education/School Counseling and Guidance Services Major in the Southeast Region. University of West Alabama is located in Livingston, Alabama and, has a medium-sized student population. In 2020-2021, this school awarded 109 masters’s counselor education/school counseling and guidance services degrees to qualified students.

Read full report on Counselor Education/School Counseling & Guidance Services at University of West Alabama

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University of Montevallo
Montevallo, Alabama

You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend University of Montevallo. The school came in at #3 for the Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Counselor Education/School Counseling and Guidance Services Major in the Southeast Region. Located in Montevallo, Alabama, this small public school awarded 27 degrees to qualified masters’s counselor education/school counseling and guidance services students in 2020-2021.

Read full report on Counselor Education/School Counseling & Guidance Services at University of Montevallo

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University of the Cumberlands
Williamsburg, Kentucky

You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend University of the Cumberlands. The school came in at #4 for the Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Counselor Education/School Counseling and Guidance Services Major in the Southeast Region. Located in Williamsburg, Kentucky, this fairly large private not-for-profit school handed out 165 diplomas to qualified masters’s counselor education/school counseling and guidance services students in 2020-2021.

Read more about Counselor Education/School Counseling & Guidance Services at Cumberlands

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South Carolina State University
Orangeburg, South Carolina

You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend South Carolina State University. The school came in at #5 for the Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Counselor Education/School Counseling and Guidance Services Major in the Southeast Region. Orangeburg, South Carolina is the setting for this small institution of higher learning. The public school handed out masters’s counselor education/school counseling and guidance services degrees to 17 students in 2020-2021.

Read full report on Counselor Education/School Counseling & Guidance Services at South Carolina State University

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Wake Forest University
Winston-Salem, North Carolina

With a ranking of #6, Wake Forest University did quite well on the 2023 Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Counselor Education/School Counseling and Guidance Services Major in the Southeast Region list. Wake Forest University is a private not-for-profit institution located in Winston-Salem, North Carolina. The school has a medium-sized population, and it awarded 97 masters’s degrees in 2020-2021.

With a freshman retention rate of 95%, the school does an excellent job of retaining its undergraduate students. The low undergrad student loan default rate of 0.6% 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%.

Read full report on Counselor Education/School Counseling & Guidance Services at Wake Forest University

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Regent University
Virginia Beach, Virginia

Regent University did quite well in the 2023 Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Counselor Education/School Counseling and Guidance Services Major in the Southeast Region ranking, coming in at #7. This fairly large school is located in Virginia Beach, Virginia, and it awarded 69 masters’s counselor education/school counseling and guidance services degrees in 2020-2021.

Read more about Counselor Education/School Counseling & Guidance Services at Regent

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Mississippi College
Clinton, Mississippi

Mississippi College came in at #8 in this year’s edition of the Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Counselor Education/School Counseling and Guidance Services Major in the Southeast Region ranking. Located in Clinton, Mississippi, this small private not-for-profit school handed out 34 degrees to qualified masters’s counselor education/school counseling and guidance services students in 2020-2021.

The undergrad student loan default rate at the school is 3.8%, which is quite low when compared to the national default rate of 10.1%.

Read full report on Counselor Education/School Counseling & Guidance Services at Mississippi College

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Harding University
Searcy, Arkansas

Harding University landed the #9 spot on the 2023 Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Counselor Education/School Counseling and Guidance Services Major in the Southeast Region ranking. Harding University is a small private not-for-profit school situated in Searcy, Arkansas. It awarded 26 masters’s counselor education/school counseling and guidance services degrees in 2020-2021.

The low undergrad student loan default rate of 3.1% 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%. Students who start out at the school are likely to stick around. The freshman retention rate is 87%.

Read more about Counselor Education/School Counseling & Guidance Services at Harding University

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Delta State University
Cleveland, Mississippi

Delta State University landed the #10 spot on the 2023 Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Counselor Education/School Counseling and Guidance Services Major in the Southeast Region ranking. Delta State University is located in Cleveland, Mississippi and, has a small student population. In 2020-2021, this school awarded 18 masters’s counselor education/school counseling and guidance services degrees to qualified students.

Read more about Counselor Education/School Counseling & Guidance Services at Delta State University

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Lenoir - Rhyne University
Hickory, North Carolina

Lenoir - Rhyne University came in at #11 in this year’s edition of the Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Counselor Education/School Counseling and Guidance Services Major in the Southeast Region ranking. Lenoir - Rhyne University is a private not-for-profit institution located in Hickory, North Carolina. The school has a small population, and it awarded 12 masters’s degrees in 2020-2021.

Read more about Counselor Education/School Counseling & Guidance Services at Lenoir - Rhyne University

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Marshall University
Huntington, West Virginia

Marshall University did quite well in the 2023 Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Counselor Education/School Counseling and Guidance Services Major in the Southeast Region ranking, coming in at #12. Huntington, West Virginia is the setting for this fairly large institution of higher learning. The public school handed out masters’s counselor education/school counseling and guidance services degrees to 46 students in 2020-2021.

Full Marshall University Counselor Education/School Counseling & Guidance Services Report

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University of West Georgia
Carrollton, Georgia

University of West Georgia landed the #13 spot on the 2023 Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Counselor Education/School Counseling and Guidance Services Major in the Southeast Region ranking. University of West Georgia is a fairly large public school situated in Carrollton, Georgia. It awarded 48 masters’s counselor education/school counseling and guidance services degrees in 2020-2021.

Read more about Counselor Education/School Counseling & Guidance Services at University of West Georgia

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Spalding University
Louisville, Kentucky

Spalding University came in at #14 in this year’s edition of the Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Counselor Education/School Counseling and Guidance Services Major in the Southeast Region ranking. Spalding is a small school located in Louisville, Kentucky that handed out 10 masters’s counselor education/school counseling and guidance services degrees in 2020-2021.

The undergrad student loan default rate at the school is 4.0%, which is quite low when compared to the national default rate of 10.1%.

Read more about Counselor Education/School Counseling & Guidance Services at Spalding University

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Winthrop University
Rock Hill, South Carolina

With a ranking of #15, Winthrop University did quite well on the 2023 Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Counselor Education/School Counseling and Guidance Services Major in the Southeast Region list. Winthrop is located in Rock Hill, South Carolina and, has a medium-sized student population. In 2020-2021, this school awarded 21 masters’s counselor education/school counseling and guidance services degrees to qualified students.

Read full report on Counselor Education/School Counseling & Guidance Services at Winthrop

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Citadel Military College of South Carolina did quite well in the 2023 Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Counselor Education/School Counseling and Guidance Services Major in the Southeast Region ranking, coming in at #16. Located in Charleston, South Carolina, this small public school awarded 16 degrees to qualified masters’s counselor education/school counseling and guidance services students in 2020-2021.

With a freshman retention rate of 87%, the school does an excellent job of retaining its undergraduate students. The school has an impressive undergrad student loan default rate. It’s only 3.1%, which is much lower than the national rate of 10.1%.

Read more about Counselor Education/School Counseling & Guidance Services at The Citadel

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Southern Arkansas University Main Campus did quite well in the 2023 Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Counselor Education/School Counseling and Guidance Services Major in the Southeast Region ranking, coming in at #17. This small school is located in Magnolia, Arkansas, and it awarded 18 masters’s counselor education/school counseling and guidance services degrees in 2020-2021.

Full Southern Arkansas University Main Campus Counselor Education/School Counseling & Guidance Services Report

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University of Holy Cross
New Orleans, Louisiana

University of Holy Cross landed the #18 spot on the 2023 Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Counselor Education/School Counseling and Guidance Services Major in the Southeast Region ranking. Located in New Orleans, Louisiana, this small private not-for-profit school handed out 3 diplomas to qualified masters’s counselor education/school counseling and guidance services students in 2020-2021.

The undergraduate student-to-faculty ratio of 10 to 1 is a sign that students will have more opportunities to engage with their professors one-on-one.

Full University of Holy Cross Counselor Education/School Counseling & Guidance Services Report

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Liberty University
Lynchburg, Virginia

Liberty University landed the #19 spot on the 2023 Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Counselor Education/School Counseling and Guidance Services Major in the Southeast Region ranking. Liberty University is located in Lynchburg, Virginia and, has a large student population. In 2020-2021, this school awarded 338 masters’s counselor education/school counseling and guidance services degrees to qualified students.

Full Liberty University Counselor Education/School Counseling & Guidance Services Report

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The University of Tennessee - Martin landed the #20 spot on the 2023 Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Counselor Education/School Counseling and Guidance Services Major in the Southeast Region ranking. This medium-sized school is located in Martin, Tennessee, and it awarded 18 masters’s counselor education/school counseling and guidance services degrees in 2020-2021.

Read full report on Counselor Education/School Counseling & Guidance Services at UT Martin

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Morehead State University
Morehead, Kentucky

Morehead State University came in at #21 in this year’s edition of the Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Counselor Education/School Counseling and Guidance Services Major in the Southeast Region ranking. Morehead, Kentucky is the setting for this medium-sized institution of higher learning. The public school handed out masters’s counselor education/school counseling and guidance services degrees to 21 students in 2020-2021.

Full Morehead State University Counselor Education/School Counseling & Guidance Services Report

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Carson - Newman University
Jefferson City, Tennessee

Carson - Newman University did quite well in the 2023 Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Counselor Education/School Counseling and Guidance Services Major in the Southeast Region ranking, coming in at #22. Carson - Newman is a private not-for-profit institution located in Jefferson City, Tennessee. The school has a small population, and it awarded 10 masters’s degrees in 2020-2021.

The school has an impressive undergrad student loan default rate. It’s only 4.9%, which is much lower than the national rate of 10.1%.

Full Carson - Newman University Counselor Education/School Counseling & Guidance Services Report

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Clark Atlanta University
Atlanta, Georgia

Clark Atlanta University ranked #23 on this year’s Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Counselor Education/School Counseling and Guidance Services Major in the Southeast Region list. CAU is located in Atlanta, Georgia and, has a small student population. In 2020-2021, this school awarded 10 masters’s counselor education/school counseling and guidance services degrees to qualified students.

Read more about Counselor Education/School Counseling & Guidance Services at CAU

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University of North Carolina at Pembroke ranked #24 on this year’s Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Counselor Education/School Counseling and Guidance Services Major in the Southeast Region list. UNC Pembroke is a medium-sized public school situated in Pembroke, North Carolina. It awarded 23 masters’s counselor education/school counseling and guidance services degrees in 2020-2021.

Full University of North Carolina at Pembroke Counselor Education/School Counseling & Guidance Services Report

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Fort Valley State University
Fort Valley, Georgia

Fort Valley State University ranked #25 on this year’s Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Counselor Education/School Counseling and Guidance Services Major in the Southeast Region list. Fort Valley State University is a public institution located in Fort Valley, Georgia. The school has a small population, and it awarded 6 masters’s degrees in 2020-2021.

Full Fort Valley State University Counselor Education/School Counseling & Guidance Services Report

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