2024 Best Student Counseling Doctor's Degree Schools in the Rocky Mountains Region

a doctor's degree in student counseling is more popular than many other degrees. In fact, it ranks #57 out of 306 on popularity of all such degrees in the nation. So, you have a fair amount of options to choose from when looking for a school.

In 2024, College Factual analyzed 3 schools in order to identify the top ones for its Best Student Counseling Doctor's Degree Schools in the Rocky Mountains Region ranking. When you put them all together, these colleges and universities awarded 19 doctor's degrees in student counseling during the 2020-2021 academic year.

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Choosing a Great Student Counseling School for Your Doctor's Degree

Your choice of student counseling for getting your doctor's degree school matters. This section explores some of the factors we include in our ranking and how much they vary depending on the school you select. Below we explain some of the most important factors to consider before making your choice:

Overall Quality Is a Must

The overall quality of a doctor's degree school is important to ensure a quality education, not just how well they do in a particular major. To make it into this list a school must rank well in our overall Best Colleges for a Doctor's Degree ranking. This ranking considered factors such as graduation rates, overall graduate earnings and other educational resources to identify great colleges and universities.

Average Early-Career Salaries

Average early-career salary of those graduating with their doctor's degree is one indicator we use in our analysis to find the schools that offer the highest-quality education. That is, everyone wants their doctor's degree to be worth something, and salaries are one measure of determining that.

Other Factors We Consider

In addition to the above, you should consider some of the following factors:

• Major Focus - How many resources a school devotes to student counseling students as compared to other majors.
• Major Demand - How many other student counseling students want to attend this school to pursue a doctor's degree.
• Educational Resources - The amount of money and other resources allocated to students while they are pursuing their degree. These resources include such things as number of students per instructor and education expenditures per student.
• Student Debt - How easy is it for student counseling to pay back their student loans after receiving their doctor's degree.
• 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 schools for student counseling students working on their doctor's degree.

More Ways to Rank Student Counseling Schools

Since the program you select can have a significant impact on your future, we've developed a number of rankings, including this Best Student Counseling Doctor's Degree Schools in the Rocky Mountains Region list, to help you choose the best school for you.

Best Schools for Doctorate Students to Study Student Counseling in the Rocky Mountains Region

Below you'll see a list of the best colleges and universities for pursuing a doctor's degree in student counseling.

Top Rocky Mountains Region Schools for a Doctorate in Student Counseling

1

University of Wyoming
Laramie, WY

5 Annual Graduates

University of Wyoming is one of the finest schools in the country for getting a doctor's degree in student counseling. UW is a fairly large public university located in the town of Laramie.More information about a doctorate in student counseling from University of Wyoming

2

Brigham Young University - Provo
Provo, UT

6 Annual Graduates

Brigham Young University - Provo is one of the best schools in the United States for getting a doctor's degree in student counseling. BYU is a fairly large private not-for-profit university located in the midsize city of Provo.More information about a doctorate in student counseling from Brigham Young University - Provo

3

University of Northern Colorado
Greeley, CO

4 Annual Graduates

University of Northern Colorado is one of the finest schools in the country for getting a doctor's degree in student counseling. Located in the city of Greeley, University of Northern Colorado is a public university with a moderately-sized student population.More information about a doctorate in student counseling from University of Northern Colorado

4

The University of Montana
Missoula, MT

4 Annual Graduates

It is hard to beat The University of Montana if you wish to pursue a doctor's degree in student counseling. Located in the small city of Missoula, UM is a public university with a moderately-sized student population.More information about a doctorate in student counseling from The University of Montana

Best Student Counseling Colleges by State

Explore the best student counseling schools for a specific state in the Rocky Mountains Region .

State	Colleges	Degrees Awarded
Colorado	123	4
Utah	104	6
Idaho	47	0
Montana	37	4
Wyoming	32	5

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Student Counseling Related Rankings by Major

Student Counseling is one of 14 different types of Education programs to choose from.

Student Counseling Focus Areas

Major	Annual Graduates
Counselor Education/School Counseling & Guidance Services	13
College Student Counseling & Personnel Services	6

Majors Similar to Student Counseling

Related Major	Annual Graduates
Educational Administration	179
Curriculum & Instruction	39
Educational Assessment	33
Instructional Media Design	26
General Education	22
Special Education	14
Education Philosophy	13
Teacher Education Grade Specific	6
Multilingual Education	3
Other Education	1

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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