by our College Data Analytics Team
When pursuing a degree in today’s world, students have many different options to choose from. College Factual was founded, in part, to help students make the decision as to what would be the best school for them. Our “Most Well Attended Counselor Education/School Counseling and Guidance Services Major in Louisiana for a Master’s” ranking is part of that endeavor.
Counselor Education/School Counseling & Guidance Services is the 68th most popular major in the country with 12,323 degrees awarded in 2020-2021.
Across Louisiana, there were 140 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 136 counselor education/school counseling and guidance services graduates with average earnings and debt of $52,232 and $0 respectively.
For this year’s “Most Well Attended Counselor Education/School Counseling and Guidance Services Major in Louisiana for a Master’s” ranking, we looked at 11 colleges that offer a degree in counselor education/school counseling and guidance services. To top this list, a school must have a successful counselor education/school counseling and guidance services program that graduates more students in the field than other colleges that offer the same major.
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Since picking the right college can be one of the most important decisions of your life, we’ve developed the “Most Well Attended Counselor Education/School Counseling and Guidance Services Major in Louisiana for a Master’s” ranking, along with many other major-related rankings, to help you make that decision.
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The colleges and universities below are the best for louisiana master’s degree counselor education/school counseling and guidance services students.
Out of the 11 schools in the Most Well Attended Counselor Education/School Counseling and Guidance Services Major in Louisiana for a Master’s that were part of this year’s ranking, University of Louisiana at Lafayette landed the #1 spot on the list. University of Louisiana at Lafayette is a fairly large public school situated in Lafayette, Louisiana. It awarded 22 masters’s counselor education/school counseling and guidance services degrees in 2020-2021.
Out of the 11 schools in the Most Well Attended Counselor Education/School Counseling and Guidance Services Major in Louisiana for a Master’s that were part of this year’s ranking, Southeastern Louisiana University landed the #2 spot on the list. Southeastern is a fairly large school located in Hammond, Louisiana that handed out 20 masters’s counselor education/school counseling and guidance services degrees in 2020-2021.
Out of the 11 schools in the Most Well Attended Counselor Education/School Counseling and Guidance Services Major in Louisiana for a Master’s that were part of this year’s ranking, Louisiana Tech University landed the #3 spot on the list. Louisiana Tech University is a fairly large public school situated in Ruston, Louisiana. It awarded 19 masters’s counselor education/school counseling and guidance services degrees in 2020-2021.
You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend University of Louisiana at Monroe. It ranked #4 on our 2023 Most Well Attended Counselor Education/School Counseling and Guidance Services Major in Louisiana for a Master’s list. This medium-sized school is located in Monroe, Louisiana, and it awarded 16 masters’s counselor education/school counseling and guidance services degrees in 2020-2021.
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You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend Northwestern State University of Louisiana. The school came in at #4 for the Most Well Attended Counselor Education/School Counseling and Guidance Services Major in Louisiana for a Master’s. This fairly large school is located in Natchitoches, Louisiana, and it awarded 16 masters’s counselor education/school counseling and guidance services degrees in 2020-2021.
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Louisiana State University and Agricultural & Mechanical College ranked #6 on this year’s Most Well Attended Counselor Education/School Counseling and Guidance Services Major in Louisiana for a Master’s list. Located in Baton Rouge, Louisiana, this large public school awarded 15 diplomas to qualified masters’s counselor education/school counseling and guidance services students in 2020-2021.
Students who start out at the school are likely to stick around. The freshman retention rate is 86%. The low undergrad student loan default rate of 4.0% 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%.
Nicholls State University did quite well in the 2023 Most Well Attended Counselor Education/School Counseling and Guidance Services Major in Louisiana for a Master’s ranking, coming in at #7. Nicholls State University is located in Thibodaux, Louisiana and, has a medium-sized student population. In 2020-2021, this school awarded 11 masters’s counselor education/school counseling and guidance services degrees to qualified students.
University of New Orleans landed the #8 spot on the 2023 Most Well Attended Counselor Education/School Counseling and Guidance Services Major in Louisiana for a Master’s ranking. University of New Orleans is a medium-sized school located in New Orleans, Louisiana that handed out 10 masters’s counselor education/school counseling and guidance services degrees in 2020-2021.
McNeese State University landed the #9 spot on the 2023 Most Well Attended Counselor Education/School Counseling and Guidance Services Major in Louisiana for a Master’s ranking. McNeese State University is a public institution located in Lake Charles, Louisiana. The school has a medium-sized population, and it awarded 4 masters’s degrees in 2020-2021.
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With a ranking of #10, University of Holy Cross did quite well on the 2023 Most Well Attended Counselor Education/School Counseling and Guidance Services Major in Louisiana for a Master’s list. New Orleans, Louisiana is the setting for this small institution of higher learning. The private not-for-profit school handed out masters’s counselor education/school counseling and guidance services degrees to 3 students in 2020-2021.
The impressive undergraduate student-to-faculty ratio of 10 to 1 means that students may have more opportunities to work more closely with their professors than they would at other schools.
Xavier University of Louisiana came in at #11 in this year’s edition of the Most Well Attended Counselor Education/School Counseling and Guidance Services Major in Louisiana for a Master’s ranking. XULA is a private not-for-profit institution located in New Orleans, Louisiana. The school has a small population, and it awarded 0 masters’s degrees in 2020-2021.
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