by our College Data Analytics Team
With all of the options students have for higher education today, it can be tough to choose which direction to take. 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 Connecticut” ranking is part of that endeavor.
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 Connecticut, there were 162 student counseling graduates with average earnings and debt of $49,344 and $0 respectively. At the master’s degree level specifically, there were 159 student counseling graduates with average earnings and debt of $65,328 and $0 respectively.
For this year’s “Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Student Counseling Major in Connecticut” ranking, we looked at 8 colleges that offer a degree 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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The student counseling school you choose to invest your time and money in matters. To help you make the decision that is right for you, we’ve developed a number of major-specific rankings, including this list of “Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Student Counseling Major in Connecticut”.
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The colleges and universities below are the best for connecticut master’s degree student counseling students.
You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend Central Connecticut State University. The school came in at #1 for the Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Student Counseling Major in Connecticut. Central Connecticut State University is a medium-sized school located in New Britain, Connecticut that handed out 61 masters’s student counseling degrees in 2020-2021.
You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend Western Connecticut State University. The school came in at #2 for the Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Student Counseling Major in Connecticut. WestConn is a small school located in Danbury, Connecticut that handed out 22 masters’s student counseling degrees in 2020-2021.
Read full report on Student Counseling at Western Connecticut State University
You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend University of Bridgeport. It ranked #3 on our 2023 Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Student Counseling Major in Connecticut list. Bridgeport, Connecticut is the setting for this small institution of higher learning. The private not-for-profit school handed out masters’s student counseling degrees to 18 students in 2020-2021.
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Out of the 8 schools in the Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Student Counseling Major in Connecticut that were part of this year’s ranking, Southern Connecticut State University landed the #4 spot on the list. This medium-sized school is located in New Haven, Connecticut, and it awarded 28 masters’s student counseling degrees in 2020-2021.
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You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend University of Saint Joseph. It ranked #5 on our 2023 Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Student Counseling Major in Connecticut list. Located in West Hartford, Connecticut, this small private not-for-profit school awarded 8 degrees to qualified masters’s student counseling students in 2020-2021.
With a undergrad student-to-faculty ratio of 7 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 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%.
Fairfield University came in at #6 in this year’s edition of the Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Student Counseling Major in Connecticut ranking. Fairfield University is a medium-sized private not-for-profit school situated in Fairfield, Connecticut. It awarded 9 masters’s student counseling degrees in 2020-2021.
The low undergrad student loan default rate of 2.2% 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%. The school has an excellent freshman retention rate of 92%, which means students like the school well enough to return for a second year.
University of Connecticut came in at #7 in this year’s edition of the Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Student Counseling Major in Connecticut ranking. This large school is located in Storrs, Connecticut, and it awarded 13 masters’s student counseling degrees in 2020-2021.
The undergrad student loan default rate at the school is 2.0%, which is quite low when compared to the national default rate of 10.1%. The school has an excellent freshman retention rate of 93%, which means students like the school well enough to return for a second year.
University of Hartford landed the #8 spot on the 2023 Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Student Counseling Major in Connecticut ranking. UHart is a private not-for-profit institution located in West Hartford, Connecticut. The school has a medium-sized population, and it awarded 0 masters’s degrees in 2020-2021.
Since the school has a undergrad student-to-faculty ratio of 8 to 1, those pursuing a degree will have more opportunities to interact with their professors.
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