by our College Data Analytics Team
Students have lots of options to chooose from today when trying to decide which college to attend. At College Factual, we’re committed to helping you make that decision by providing information such as that found in our “Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Student Counseling Major in Virginia” ranking.
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 Virginia, there were 701 student counseling graduates with average earnings and debt of $44,931 and $0 respectively. At the master’s degree level specifically, there were 657 student counseling graduates with average earnings and debt of $58,799 and $0 respectively.
For this year’s “Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Student Counseling Major in Virginia” ranking, we looked at 14 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 following schools top our list of the Best “Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Student Counseling Major in Virginia”.
You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend Regent University. The school came in at #1 for the Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Student Counseling Major in Virginia. Regent is a fairly large school located in Virginia Beach, Virginia that handed out 69 masters’s student counseling degrees in 2020-2021.
Out of the 14 schools in the Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Student Counseling Major in Virginia that were part of this year’s ranking, Liberty University landed the #2 spot on the list. Liberty University is a large private not-for-profit school situated in Lynchburg, Virginia. It awarded 364 masters’s student counseling degrees in 2020-2021.
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Out of the 14 schools in the Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Student Counseling Major in Virginia that were part of this year’s ranking, Hampton University landed the #3 spot on the list. Hampton University is located in Hampton, Virginia and, has a small student population. In 2020-2021, this school awarded 10 masters’s student counseling degrees to qualified students.
You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend Radford University. The school came in at #4 for the Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Student Counseling Major in Virginia. Located in Radford, Virginia, this medium-sized public school handed out 21 degrees to qualified masters’s student counseling students in 2020-2021.
Out of the 14 schools in the Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Student Counseling Major in Virginia that were part of this year’s ranking, Old Dominion University landed the #5 spot on the list. Old Dominion University is located in Norfolk, Virginia and, has a large student population. In 2020-2021, this school awarded 44 masters’s student counseling degrees to qualified students.
University of Lynchburg ranked #6 on this year’s Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Student Counseling Major in Virginia list. Lynchburg, Virginia is the setting for this small institution of higher learning. The private not-for-profit school handed out masters’s student counseling degrees to 8 students in 2020-2021.
With a undergrad student-to-faculty ratio of 10 to 1, it’s easy to see that the school is committed to helping their undergraduates succeed. The undergrad student loan default rate at the school is 3.3%, which is quite low when compared to the national default rate of 10.1%.
William & Mary came in at #7 in this year’s edition of the Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Student Counseling Major in Virginia ranking. William & Mary is a medium-sized school located in Williamsburg, Virginia that handed out 24 masters’s student counseling degrees in 2020-2021.
The undergrad student loan default rate at the school is 0.7%, 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 93%.
James Madison University landed the #8 spot on the 2023 Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Student Counseling Major in Virginia ranking. James Madison University is located in Harrisonburg, Virginia and, has a large student population. In 2020-2021, this school awarded 25 masters’s student counseling degrees to qualified students.
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%. With a freshman retention rate of 89%, the school does an excellent job of retaining its undergraduate students.
George Mason University did quite well in the 2023 Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Student Counseling Major in Virginia ranking, coming in at #9. George Mason University is a public institution located in Fairfax, Virginia. The school has a large population, and it awarded 42 masters’s degrees in 2020-2021.
The school has an excellent freshman retention rate of 86%, which means students like the school well enough to return for a second year. The undergrad student loan default rate at the school is 2.5%, which is quite low when compared to the national default rate of 10.1%.
With a ranking of #10, Virginia State University did quite well on the 2023 Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Student Counseling Major in Virginia list. Petersburg, Virginia is the setting for this small institution of higher learning. The public school handed out masters’s student counseling degrees to 2 students in 2020-2021.
University of Virginia - Main Campus did quite well in the 2023 Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Student Counseling Major in Virginia ranking, coming in at #11. University of Virginia is a large school located in Charlottesville, Virginia 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 0.7%, which is much lower than the national rate of 10.1%. The school has an excellent freshman retention rate of 97%, which means students like the school well enough to return for a second year.
Full University of Virginia - Main Campus Student Counseling Report
Virginia Tech ranked #12 on this year’s Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Student Counseling Major in Virginia list. Located in Blacksburg, Virginia, this large public school handed out 16 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 93%. The undergrad student loan default rate at the school is 1.2%, which is quite low when compared to the national default rate of 10.1%.
Virginia Commonwealth University ranked #13 on this year’s Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Student Counseling Major in Virginia list. Located in Richmond, Virginia, this large public school awarded 12 diplomas to qualified masters’s student counseling students in 2020-2021.
The school has an impressive undergrad student loan default rate. It’s only 2.6%, which is much lower than the national rate of 10.1%.
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With a ranking of #14, Bluefield College did quite well on the 2023 Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Student Counseling Major in Virginia list. Bluefield, Virginia is the setting for this small institution of higher learning. The private not-for-profit school handed out masters’s student counseling degrees to 0 students in 2020-2021.
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