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 Kentucky” 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 Kentucky, there were 355 student counseling graduates with average earnings and debt of $41,327 and $0 respectively. At the master’s degree level specifically, there were 336 student counseling graduates with average earnings and debt of $51,023 and $0 respectively.
This year’s “Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Student Counseling Major in Kentucky” ranking looked at 9 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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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 Kentucky” list to help you make the college decision.
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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 Kentucky”.
You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend University of the Cumberlands. The school came in at #1 for the Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Student Counseling Major in Kentucky. Cumberlands is a private not-for-profit institution located in Williamsburg, Kentucky. The school has a fairly large population, and it awarded 165 masters’s degrees in 2020-2021.
Out of the 9 schools in the Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Student Counseling Major in Kentucky that were part of this year’s ranking, Spalding University landed the #2 spot on the list. Spalding is a small school located in Louisville, Kentucky that handed out 10 masters’s student counseling degrees in 2020-2021.
The low undergrad student loan default rate of 4.0% 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%.
You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend Morehead State University. The school came in at #3 for the Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Student Counseling Major in Kentucky. Located in Morehead, Kentucky, this medium-sized public school handed out 21 diplomas to qualified masters’s student counseling students in 2020-2021.
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You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend University of Louisville. The school came in at #4 for the Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Student Counseling Major in Kentucky. UofL is a public institution located in Louisville, Kentucky. The school has a large population, and it awarded 55 masters’s degrees in 2020-2021.
The low undergrad student loan default rate of 4.4% 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%.
You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend Eastern Kentucky University. The school came in at #5 for the Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Student Counseling Major in Kentucky. Eastern Kentucky University is a fairly large school located in Richmond, Kentucky that handed out 28 masters’s student counseling degrees in 2020-2021.
Murray State University ranked #6 on this year’s Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Student Counseling Major in Kentucky list. Murray, Kentucky is the setting for this medium-sized institution of higher learning. The public school handed out masters’s student counseling degrees to 16 students in 2020-2021.
Campbellsville University ranked #7 on this year’s Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Student Counseling Major in Kentucky list. Campbellsville University is a private not-for-profit institution located in Campbellsville, Kentucky. The school has a fairly large population, and it awarded 18 masters’s degrees in 2020-2021.
Read more about Student Counseling at Campbellsville University
Western Kentucky University ranked #8 on this year’s Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Student Counseling Major in Kentucky list. Bowling Green, Kentucky is the setting for this fairly large institution of higher learning. The public school handed out masters’s student counseling degrees to 15 students in 2020-2021.
Read full report on Student Counseling at Western Kentucky University
Northern Kentucky University landed the #9 spot on the 2023 Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Student Counseling Major in Kentucky ranking. NKU is located in Highland Heights, Kentucky and, has a fairly large student population. In 2020-2021, this school awarded 8 masters’s student counseling degrees to qualified students.
Read more about Student Counseling at Northern Kentucky University
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