2023 Most Focused Doctor’s Degree Colleges for Student Counseling in Tennessee

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In 2020-2021, 13,858 people earned their degree in student counseling, making the major the 72nd most popular in the United States. In 2019-2020, student counseling graduates who were awarded their degree in 2017-2019, earned an average of $44,291 and had an average of $0 in loans still to pay off.

Across Tennessee, there were 239 student counseling graduates with average earnings and debt of $39,949 and $0 respectively. At the doctor’s degree level specifically, there were 9 student counseling graduates with average earnings and debt of $76,511 and $0 respectively.

For this year’s “Schools for a Doctorate Highly Focused on Student Counseling Major in Tennessee” ranking, we looked at 3 colleges that offer a degree in student counseling. This a ranking of the schools where the largest percentage of students has enrolled in student counseling.

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Schools for a Doctorate Highly Focused on Student Counseling Major in Tennessee

The colleges and universities below are the best for tennessee doctor’s degree student counseling students.

Top 3 Most Focused Doctor’s Degree Colleges for Student Counseling in Tennessee

1

University of Memphis
Memphis, Tennessee

#11 overall quality in Tennessee

Out of the 3 schools in the Schools for a Doctorate Highly Focused on Student Counseling Major in Tennessee that were part of this year’s ranking, University of Memphis landed the #1 spot on the list. University of Memphis is a public institution located in Memphis, Tennessee. The school has a large population, and it awarded 7 doctorate’s degrees in 2020-2021.

Read full report on Student Counseling at UofM

2

The University of Tennessee - Knoxville
Knoxville, Tennessee

#3 overall quality in Tennessee

Out of the 3 schools in the Schools for a Doctorate Highly Focused on Student Counseling Major in Tennessee that were part of this year’s ranking, The University of Tennessee - Knoxville landed the #2 spot on the list. The University of Tennessee - Knoxville is a large public school situated in Knoxville, Tennessee. It awarded 2 doctorate’s student counseling degrees in 2020-2021.

The undergrad student loan default rate at the school is 3.1%, which is quite low when compared to the national default rate of 10.1%. With a freshman retention rate of 89%, the school does an excellent job of retaining its undergraduate students.

Full The University of Tennessee - Knoxville Student Counseling Report

3

Tennessee Technological University
Cookeville, Tennessee

#13 overall quality in Tennessee

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Tennessee Technological University. It ranked #3 on our 2023 Schools for a Doctorate Highly Focused on Student Counseling Major in Tennessee list. Tennessee Tech University is a medium-sized school located in Cookeville, Tennessee that handed out 20 doctorate’s student counseling degrees in 2020-2021.

The low undergrad student loan default rate of 4.1% 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%.

Read full report on Student Counseling at Tennessee Technological University

• Most Focused Doctor’s Degree Colleges for Student Counseling in the Southeast Region
• Most Focused Doctor’s Degree Colleges for Student Counseling

Notes and References

References

• 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 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).
• Information about the national average student loan default rate is from the U.S. Department of Education and refers to data about the 2016 borrower cohort tracking period for which the cohort default rate (CDR) was 10.1%.

Read more about our data sources and methodologies

Footnotes

• *Avg Salary and Avg 4-Year Grad Rate are for the top schools only.
• Some schools otherwise deserving of recognition may have been removed from this ranking in the event that new data identified post-publication warranted it, or at the request of the school.

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