2023 Most Focused Doctor’s Degree Colleges for Student Counseling in the Southwest Region
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When it comes to choosing a college, students have a lot of options - but not all of them are good. Our mission at College Factual is to arm you with as much information as we can to help you make that decision. Our “Schools for a Doctorate Highly Focused on Student Counseling Major in the Southwest Region” ranking is one tool we have developed to help in this regard.
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 the Southwest region, there were 1,440 student counseling graduates with average earnings and debt of $44,770 and $0 respectively. At the doctor’s degree level specifically, there were 72 student counseling graduates with average earnings and debt of $75,218 and $0 respectively.
This year’s “Schools for a Doctorate Highly Focused on Student Counseling Major in the Southwest Region” ranking looked at 11 colleges that offer degrees in a bachelor’s 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 the Southwest Region
The colleges and universities below are the best for southwest region doctor’s degree student counseling students.
Top 11 Most Focused Doctor’s Degree Colleges for Student Counseling in the Southwest Region
Out of the 11 schools in the Schools for a Doctorate Highly Focused on Student Counseling Major in the Southwest Region that were part of this year’s ranking, St. Mary’s University landed the #1 spot on the list. San Antonio, Texas is the setting for this small institution of higher learning. The private not-for-profit school handed out doctorate’s student counseling degrees to 7 students in 2020-2021.
The school has an impressive undergrad student loan default rate. It’s only 5.0%, which is much lower than the national rate of 10.1%.
Read more about Student Counseling at St. Mary’s University
You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Texas A&M University - Commerce. It ranked #2 on our 2023 Schools for a Doctorate Highly Focused on Student Counseling Major in the Southwest Region list. Commerce, Texas is the setting for this fairly large institution of higher learning. The public school handed out doctorate’s student counseling degrees to 14 students in 2020-2021.
Read more about Student Counseling at Texas A&M University - Commerce
You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend Texas A&M University - Corpus Christi. The school came in at #3 for the Schools for a Doctorate Highly Focused on Student Counseling Major in the Southwest Region. Texas A&M University - Corpus Christi is a fairly large school located in Corpus Christi, Texas that handed out 7 doctorate’s student counseling degrees in 2020-2021.
Read full report on Student Counseling at Texas A&M Corpus Christi
Out of the 11 schools in the Schools for a Doctorate Highly Focused on Student Counseling Major in the Southwest Region that were part of this year’s ranking, Sam Houston State University landed the #4 spot on the list. Sam Houston State University is a large school located in Huntsville, Texas that handed out 11 doctorate’s student counseling degrees in 2020-2021.
Read more about Student Counseling at Sam Houston State University
You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend University of New Mexico - Main Campus. The school came in at #5 for the Schools for a Doctorate Highly Focused on Student Counseling Major in the Southwest Region. University of New Mexico - Main Campus is located in Albuquerque, New Mexico and, has a large student population. In 2020-2021, this school awarded 6 doctorate’s student counseling degrees to qualified students.
Full University of New Mexico - Main Campus Student Counseling Report
University of North Texas landed the #6 spot on the 2023 Schools for a Doctorate Highly Focused on Student Counseling Major in the Southwest Region ranking. Located in Denton, Texas, this large public school awarded 9 degrees to qualified doctorate’s student counseling students in 2020-2021.
The school has an excellent freshman retention rate of 85%, which means students like the school well enough to return for a second year.
Read full report on Student Counseling at UNT
Texas Christian University ranked #7 on this year’s Schools for a Doctorate Highly Focused on Student Counseling Major in the Southwest Region list. Texas Christian University is a fairly large private not-for-profit school situated in Fort Worth, Texas. It awarded 2 doctorate’s student counseling degrees in 2020-2021.
The school has an impressive undergrad student loan default rate. It’s only 2.7%, which is much lower than the national rate of 10.1%. Students who start out at the school are likely to stick around. The freshman retention rate is 92%.
Read more about Student Counseling at Texas Christian University
The University of Texas at San Antonio landed the #8 spot on the 2023 Schools for a Doctorate Highly Focused on Student Counseling Major in the Southwest Region ranking. UTSA is a large public school situated in San Antonio, Texas. It awarded 5 doctorate’s student counseling degrees in 2020-2021.
The undergrad student loan default rate at the school is 5.0%, which is quite low when compared to the national default rate of 10.1%.
Read full report on Student Counseling at UTSA
Texas Tech University landed the #9 spot on the 2023 Schools for a Doctorate Highly Focused on Student Counseling Major in the Southwest Region ranking. Located in Lubbock, Texas, this large public school handed out 4 diplomas to qualified doctorate’s student counseling students in 2020-2021.
The undergrad student loan default rate at the school is 4.5%, which is quite low when compared to the national default rate of 10.1%. Students who start out at the school are likely to stick around. The freshman retention rate is 87%.
Read full report on Student Counseling at Texas Tech
New Mexico State University - Main Campus came in at #10 in this year’s edition of the Schools for a Doctorate Highly Focused on Student Counseling Major in the Southwest Region ranking. Located in Las Cruces, New Mexico, this fairly large public school awarded 1 degrees to qualified doctorate’s student counseling students in 2020-2021.
Full NMSU Main Campus Student Counseling Report
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