If you pursue a master's degree in student counseling, you won't be alone. The field of study is the #20 most popular program in the country. This means there are lots of options to choose from when you decide to get your degree.
For its 2025 ranking, College Factual looked at 2 schools in North Dakota to determine which ones were the best for student counseling students pursuing a master's degree. Combined, these schools handed out 31 master's degrees in student counseling to qualified students.
One measure we use to determine the quality of a school is to look at the average salary of master's graduates during the early years of their career. That is, everyone wants their master'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 - The number of student counseling students who choose to seek a master's degree at the school.
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 much debt student counseling students go into to obtain their master'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 complete ranking methodology documents in more detail how we consider these factors to identify the best schools for student counseling students working on their master's degree.
Since picking the right college can be one of the most important decisions of your life, we've developed the Best Student Counseling Master's Degree Schools in North Dakota ranking, along with many other major-related rankings, to help you make that decision.
Best Schools for Master’s Students to Study Student Counseling in North Dakota
Below you'll see a list of the best colleges and universities for pursuing a master's degree in student counseling.
Top North Dakota Schools for a Master's in Student Counseling
It is difficult to beat North Dakota State University - Main Campus if you want to pursue a master's degree in student counseling. North Dakota State University is a large public university located in the city of Fargo.
Master's graduates who receive their degree from the student counseling program earn an average of $52,154 for their early career.
University of North Dakota is one of the best schools in the country for getting a master's degree in student counseling. Located in the city of Grand Forks, UND is a public university with a fairly large student population.
Master's graduates who receive their degree from the student counseling program earn around $49,340 for their early career.
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).
