2024 Best Student Counseling Doctor's Degree Schools in Pennsylvania

If you plan on getting your doctor's degree in student counseling, you won't be alone since the degree program is ranked #57 in the country in terms of popularity. This means you won't have too much trouble finding schools that offer the degree.

For its 2024 ranking, College Factual looked at 2 schools in Pennsylvania to determine which ones were the best for student counseling students pursuing a doctor's degree. When you put them all together, these colleges and universities awarded 16 doctor's degrees in student counseling during the 2020-2021 academic year.

What's on this page: * Our Methodology

• Best Doctor’s Degree Schools List

Average Earnings

To determine the overall quality of a graduate school, one factor we look at is the average early-career salary of those receiving their doctor's degree from the school. After all, your doctor's degree won't mean much if it doesn't help you find a job that will help you earn a living.

Other Factors We Consider

The metrics below are just some of the other metrics that we use to determine our rankings.

• Major Focus - How much a school focuses on student counseling students vs. other majors.
• Major Demand - The number of student counseling students who choose to seek a doctor's degree at the school.
• Educational Resources - How many resources are allocated to students. These resources may include educational expenditures per student, number of students per instructor, and graduation rate among other things.
• Student Debt - How much debt student counseling students go into to obtain their doctor's degree and how well they are able to pay back that debt.
• Accreditation - Whether a school is regionally accredited and/or accredited by a recognized student counseling related body.

Our full ranking methodology documents in more detail how we consider these factors to identify the best colleges for student counseling students working on their doctor's degree.

One Size Does Not Fit All

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 Doctor's Degree Schools in Pennsylvania list to help you make the college decision.

Best Schools for Doctorate Students to Study Student Counseling in Pennsylvania

The following list ranks the best colleges and universities for pursuing a doctor's degree in student counseling.

Top Pennsylvania Schools for a Doctorate in Student Counseling

1

Duquesne University
Pittsburgh, PA

5 Annual Graduates

Duquesne University is one of the best schools in the country for getting a doctor's degree in student counseling. Duquesne is a medium-sized private not-for-profit university located in the large city of Pittsburgh.More information about a doctorate in student counseling from Duquesne University

2

Indiana University of Pennsylvania - Main Campus
Indiana, PA

1 Annual Graduates

Any student who is interested in a doctor's degree in student counseling has to check out Indiana University of Pennsylvania - Main Campus. IUP is a moderately-sized public university located in the distant town of Indiana.More information about a doctorate in student counseling from Indiana University of Pennsylvania - Main Campus

2

Shippensburg University of Pennsylvania
Shippensburg, PA

3 Annual Graduates

Any student pursuing a degree in a doctor's degree in student counseling needs to check out Shippensburg University of Pennsylvania. Located in the fringe town of Shippensburg, Ship is a public university with a medium-sized student population.More information about a doctorate in student counseling from Shippensburg University of Pennsylvania

Best Student Counseling Colleges in the Middle Atlantic Region

Explore all the Best Student Counseling Colleges in the Middle Atlantic Area or other specific states within that region.

State	Colleges	Degrees Awarded
New York	174	4
Maryland	119	11
New Jersey	115	5
District of Columbia	81	8

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Rankings in Majors Related to Student Counseling

One of 14 majors within the Education area of study, Student Counseling has other similar majors worth exploring.

Student Counseling Concentrations

Major	Annual Graduates
Counselor Education/School Counseling & Guidance Services	16

Most Popular Related Majors

Related Major	Annual Graduates
Educational Administration	530
Curriculum & Instruction	59
General Education	44
Other Education	24
Teacher Education Subject Specific	22
Special Education	17
Instructional Media Design	16
Teacher Education Grade Specific	15
Education Philosophy	7
International Education	4

Notes and References

• 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).
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