by our College Data Analytics Team
Students have lots of options to chooose from today when trying to decide which college to attend. College Factual was founded, in part, to help students make the decision as to what would be the best school for them. Our “Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Student Counseling Major in Washington” ranking is part of that endeavor.
Student Counseling is the 72nd most popular major in the country with 13,858 degrees awarded in 2020-2021. 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 Washington, there were 166 student counseling graduates with average earnings and debt of $57,506 and $0 respectively. At the master’s degree level specifically, there were 141 student counseling graduates with average earnings and debt of $64,852 and $0 respectively.
This year’s “Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Student Counseling Major in Washington” ranking looked at 10 colleges that offer degrees in a bachelor’s in student counseling. That schools that top this list have a program in student counseling in which the largest percentage of students at the school are enrolled.
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The following schools top our list of the Best “Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Student Counseling Major in Washington”.
Out of the 10 schools in the Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Student Counseling Major in Washington that were part of this year’s ranking, Whitworth University landed the #1 spot on the list. Whitworth is a small school located in Spokane, Washington that handed out 18 masters’s student counseling degrees in 2020-2021.
The school has an impressive undergrad student loan default rate. It’s only 1.4%, which is much lower than the national rate of 10.1%.
You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend University of Puget Sound. The school came in at #2 for the Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Student Counseling Major in Washington. Puget Sound is a private not-for-profit institution located in Tacoma, Washington. The school has a small population, and it awarded 15 masters’s degrees in 2020-2021.
The undergrad student loan default rate at the school is 2.1%, which is quite low when compared to the national default rate of 10.1%. With a undergrad student-to-faculty ratio of 9 to 1, it’s easy to see that the school is committed to helping their undergraduates succeed.
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Out of the 10 schools in the Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Student Counseling Major in Washington that were part of this year’s ranking, Seattle Pacific University landed the #3 spot on the list. Seattle Pacific University is a private not-for-profit institution located in Seattle, Washington. The school has a small population, and it awarded 26 masters’s degrees in 2020-2021.
The school has an impressive undergrad student loan default rate. It’s only 2.0%, which is much lower than the national rate of 10.1%.
You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend Seattle University. The school came in at #4 for the Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Student Counseling Major in Washington. Seattle U is a medium-sized private not-for-profit school situated in Seattle, Washington. It awarded 50 masters’s student counseling degrees in 2020-2021.
The school has an impressive undergrad student loan default rate. It’s only 1.1%, which is much lower than the national rate of 10.1%. Since the school has a undergrad student-to-faculty ratio of 10 to 1, those pursuing a degree will have more opportunities to interact with their professors.
Out of the 10 schools in the Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Student Counseling Major in Washington that were part of this year’s ranking, Gonzaga University landed the #5 spot on the list. Gonzaga is a private not-for-profit institution located in Spokane, Washington. The school has a medium-sized population, and it awarded 24 masters’s degrees in 2020-2021.
With a freshman retention rate of 92%, the school does an excellent job of retaining its undergraduate students. The school has an impressive undergrad student loan default rate. It’s only 1.0%, which is much lower than the national rate of 10.1%.
With a ranking of #6, City University of Seattle did quite well on the 2023 Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Student Counseling Major in Washington list. Located in Seattle, Washington, this small private not-for-profit school awarded 2 degrees to qualified masters’s student counseling students in 2020-2021.
Since the school has a undergrad student-to-faculty ratio of 6 to 1, those pursuing a degree will have more opportunities to interact with their professors. The undergrad student loan default rate at the school is 4.4%, which is quite low when compared to the national default rate of 10.1%.
With a ranking of #7, Western Washington University did quite well on the 2023 Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Student Counseling Major in Washington list. WWU is a fairly large school located in Bellingham, Washington that handed out 6 masters’s student counseling degrees in 2020-2021.
The school has an impressive undergrad student loan default rate. It’s only 1.7%, which is much lower than the national rate of 10.1%.
With a ranking of #8, Saint Martin’s University did quite well on the 2023 Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Student Counseling Major in Washington list. Saint Martin’s University is a private not-for-profit institution located in Lacey, Washington. The school has a small population, and it awarded 0 masters’s degrees in 2020-2021.
The undergrad student loan default rate at the school is 2.6%, which is quite low when compared to the national default rate of 10.1%.
Heritage University came in at #8 in this year’s edition of the Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Student Counseling Major in Washington ranking. Located in Toppenish, Washington, this small private not-for-profit school handed out 0 diplomas to qualified masters’s student counseling students in 2020-2021.
With a undergrad student-to-faculty ratio of 6 to 1, it’s easy to see that the school is committed to helping their undergraduates succeed. The low undergrad student loan default rate of 5.0% 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%.
Central Washington University landed the #8 spot on the 2023 Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Student Counseling Major in Washington ranking. This fairly large school is located in Ellensburg, Washington, and it awarded 0 masters’s student counseling degrees in 2020-2021.
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