by our College Data Analytics Team
Students have lots of options to chooose from today when trying to decide which college to attend. One of our goals at College Factual is to give you as much information as we can - such as our “Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Student Counseling Major in Wisconsin” ranking - to help you make that decision.
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 Wisconsin, there were 192 student counseling graduates with average earnings and debt of $43,224 and $0 respectively. At the master’s degree level specifically, there were 189 student counseling graduates with average earnings and debt of $58,134 and $0 respectively.
This year’s “Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Student Counseling Major in Wisconsin” ranking looked at 12 colleges that offer degrees in a bachelor’s in student counseling. The colleges and universities that top this list are recognized because their student counseling program is one of the largest majors offered at the school.
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When choosing the right school for you, it’s important to arm yourself with all the facts you can. To that end, we’ve created a number of major-specific rankings, including this “Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Student Counseling Major in Wisconsin” list to help you make the college decision.
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The colleges and universities below are the best for wisconsin master’s degree student counseling students.
You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend University of Wisconsin - Superior. It ranked #1 on our 2023 Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Student Counseling Major in Wisconsin list. UW - Superior is a small school located in Superior, Wisconsin that handed out 25 masters’s student counseling degrees in 2020-2021.
You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend Lakeland University. The school came in at #2 for the Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Student Counseling Major in Wisconsin. Lakeland is located in Plymouth, Wisconsin and, has a small student population. In 2020-2021, this school awarded 21 masters’s student counseling degrees to qualified students.
Out of the 12 schools in the Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Student Counseling Major in Wisconsin that were part of this year’s ranking, Concordia University, Wisconsin landed the #3 spot on the list. Concordia University, Wisconsin is a medium-sized private not-for-profit school situated in Mequon, Wisconsin. It awarded 43 masters’s student counseling degrees in 2020-2021.
The undergrad student loan default rate at the school is 2.4%, which is quite low when compared to the national default rate of 10.1%.
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You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend University of Wisconsin - River Falls. It ranked #4 on our 2023 Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Student Counseling Major in Wisconsin list. University of Wisconsin - River Falls is a medium-sized school located in River Falls, Wisconsin that handed out 20 masters’s student counseling degrees in 2020-2021.
The school has an impressive undergrad student loan default rate. It’s only 3.0%, which is much lower than the national rate of 10.1%.
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You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend University of Wisconsin - Oshkosh. The school came in at #5 for the Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Student Counseling Major in Wisconsin. UW Oshkosh is a public institution located in Oshkosh, Wisconsin. The school has a fairly large population, and it awarded 28 masters’s degrees in 2020-2021.
University of Wisconsin - Stout ranked #6 on this year’s Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Student Counseling Major in Wisconsin list. Located in Menomonie, Wisconsin, this medium-sized public school handed out 18 diplomas to qualified masters’s student counseling students in 2020-2021.
The undergrad student loan default rate at the school is 2.9%, which is quite low when compared to the national default rate of 10.1%.
With a ranking of #7, University of Wisconsin - Whitewater did quite well on the 2023 Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Student Counseling Major in Wisconsin list. Located in Whitewater, Wisconsin, this fairly large public school handed out 29 degrees to qualified masters’s student counseling students in 2020-2021.
Carthage College did quite well in the 2023 Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Student Counseling Major in Wisconsin ranking, coming in at #8. Kenosha, Wisconsin is the setting for this small institution of higher learning. The private not-for-profit school handed out masters’s student counseling degrees to 2 students in 2020-2021.
The low undergrad student loan default rate of 4.6% 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%.
Marquette University landed the #9 spot on the 2023 Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Student Counseling Major in Wisconsin ranking. Located in Milwaukee, Wisconsin, this fairly large private not-for-profit school awarded 3 degrees to qualified masters’s student counseling students in 2020-2021.
Students who start out at the school are likely to stick around. The freshman retention rate is 88%. The low undergrad student loan default rate of 1.5% 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%.
Viterbo University ranked #10 on this year’s Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Student Counseling Major in Wisconsin list. Viterbo is a small private not-for-profit school situated in La Crosse, Wisconsin. It awarded 0 masters’s student counseling degrees in 2020-2021.
The low undergrad student loan default rate of 2.6% 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%.
University of Wisconsin - Platteville came in at #10 in this year’s edition of the Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Student Counseling Major in Wisconsin ranking. University of Wisconsin - Platteville is a medium-sized school located in Platteville, Wisconsin that handed out 0 masters’s student counseling degrees in 2020-2021.
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Mount Mary University landed the #10 spot on the 2023 Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Student Counseling Major in Wisconsin ranking. Mount Mary University is a small school located in Milwaukee, Wisconsin that handed out 1 masters’s student counseling degrees in 2020-2021.
The school has an impressive undergrad student loan default rate. It’s only 4.3%, which is much lower than the national rate of 10.1%. The undergraduate student-to-faculty ratio of 10 to 1 is a sign that students will have more opportunities to engage with their professors one-on-one.
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