by our College Data Analytics Team
When it comes to choosing a college, students have a lot of options - but not all of them are good. 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 the Southwest Region” 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 the Southwest region, there were 1,440 student counseling graduates with average earnings and debt of $44,770 and $0 respectively. At the master’s degree level specifically, there were 1,322 student counseling graduates with average earnings and debt of $56,204 and $0 respectively.
For this year’s “Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Student Counseling Major in the Southwest Region” ranking, we looked at 54 colleges that offer a degree in student counseling. This a ranking of the schools where the largest percentage of students has enrolled in student counseling.
For more information, check out our ranking methodology.
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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 the Southwest Region”.
You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend University of the Southwest. It ranked #1 on our 2023 Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Student Counseling Major in the Southwest Region list. USW is a private not-for-profit institution located in Hobbs, New Mexico. The school has a small population, and it awarded 77 masters’s degrees in 2020-2021.
Read more about Student Counseling at University of the Southwest
You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend University of St. Thomas. The school came in at #2 for the Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Student Counseling Major in the Southwest Region. University of St. Thomas is located in Houston, Texas and, has a small student population. In 2020-2021, this school awarded 94 masters’s student counseling degrees to qualified students.
The undergrad student loan default rate at the school is 3.7%, which is quite low when compared to the national default rate of 10.1%.
You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Prescott College. It ranked #3 on our 2023 Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Student Counseling Major in the Southwest Region list. Prescott College is a small school located in Prescott, Arizona that handed out 25 masters’s student counseling degrees in 2020-2021.
The undergrad student loan default rate at the school is 4.7%, which is quite low when compared to the national default rate of 10.1%. The impressive undergraduate student-to-faculty ratio of 9 to 1 means that students may have more opportunities to work more closely with their professors than they would at other schools.
You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Angelo State University. It ranked #4 on our 2023 Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Student Counseling Major in the Southwest Region list. San Angelo, Texas is the setting for this fairly large institution of higher learning. The public school handed out masters’s student counseling degrees to 139 students in 2020-2021.
You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Southeastern Oklahoma State University. It ranked #5 on our 2023 Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Student Counseling Major in the Southwest Region list. Southeastern Oklahoma State University is located in Durant, Oklahoma and, has a medium-sized student population. In 2020-2021, this school awarded 115 masters’s student counseling degrees to qualified students.
Read full report on Student Counseling at Southeastern Oklahoma State University
New Mexico Highlands University did quite well in the 2023 Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Student Counseling Major in the Southwest Region ranking, coming in at #6. New Mexico Highlands University is a small school located in Las Vegas, New Mexico that handed out 47 masters’s student counseling degrees in 2020-2021.
Read full report on Student Counseling at New Mexico Highlands University
Amberton University ranked #7 on this year’s Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Student Counseling Major in the Southwest Region list. Amberton is a private not-for-profit institution located in Garland, Texas. The school has a small population, and it awarded 17 masters’s degrees in 2020-2021.
Read full report on Student Counseling at Amberton University
Ottawa University - Phoenix did quite well in the 2023 Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Student Counseling Major in the Southwest Region ranking, coming in at #8. Ottawa University - Phoenix is a private not-for-profit institution located in Phoenix, Arizona. The school has a small population, and it awarded 18 masters’s degrees in 2020-2021.
The undergraduate student-to-faculty ratio of 6 to 1 is a sign that students will have more opportunities to engage with their professors one-on-one.
Read full report on Student Counseling at Ottawa University - Phoenix
North American University landed the #9 spot on the 2023 Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Student Counseling Major in the Southwest Region ranking. North American University is located in Stafford, Texas and, has a small student population. In 2020-2021, this school awarded 13 masters’s student counseling degrees to qualified students.
The school has an excellent freshman retention rate of 90%, which means students like the school well enough to return for a second year.
Read more about Student Counseling at North American University
Sul Ross State University ranked #10 on this year’s Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Student Counseling Major in the Southwest Region list. Sul Ross is a public institution located in Alpine, Texas. The school has a small population, and it awarded 22 masters’s degrees in 2020-2021.
Read full report on Student Counseling at Sul Ross State University
University of Houston - Victoria did quite well in the 2023 Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Student Counseling Major in the Southwest Region ranking, coming in at #11. University of Houston - Victoria is a small school located in Victoria, Texas that handed out 48 masters’s student counseling degrees in 2020-2021.
Full University of Houston - Victoria Student Counseling Report
Lubbock Christian University did quite well in the 2023 Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Student Counseling Major in the Southwest Region ranking, coming in at #12. Lubbock Christian University is a small school located in Lubbock, Texas that handed out 8 masters’s student counseling degrees in 2020-2021.
With a ranking of #13, East Central University did quite well on the 2023 Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Student Counseling Major in the Southwest Region list. This small school is located in Ada, Oklahoma, and it awarded 17 masters’s student counseling degrees in 2020-2021.
Texas A&M International University came in at #14 in this year’s edition of the Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Student Counseling Major in the Southwest Region ranking. Laredo, Texas is the setting for this medium-sized institution of higher learning. The public school handed out masters’s student counseling degrees to 34 students in 2020-2021.
Read more about Student Counseling at Texas A&M International University
With a ranking of #15, Northern Arizona University did quite well on the 2023 Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Student Counseling Major in the Southwest Region list. This large school is located in Flagstaff, Arizona, and it awarded 133 masters’s student counseling degrees in 2020-2021.
The undergrad student loan default rate at the school is 4.6%, which is quite low when compared to the national default rate of 10.1%.
University of Central Oklahoma did quite well in the 2023 Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Student Counseling Major in the Southwest Region ranking, coming in at #16. Located in Edmond, Oklahoma, this fairly large public school handed out 45 diplomas to qualified masters’s student counseling students in 2020-2021.
Our Lady of the Lake University came in at #17 in this year’s edition of the Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Student Counseling Major in the Southwest Region ranking. Our Lady of the Lake University is a private not-for-profit institution located in San Antonio, Texas. The school has a small population, and it awarded 9 masters’s degrees in 2020-2021.
Texas A&M University - Commerce came in at #18 in this year’s edition of the Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Student Counseling Major in the Southwest Region ranking. Texas A&M University - Commerce is a fairly large school located in Commerce, Texas that handed out 35 masters’s student counseling degrees in 2020-2021.
Full Texas A&M University - Commerce Student Counseling Report
With a ranking of #19, Western New Mexico University did quite well on the 2023 Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Student Counseling Major in the Southwest Region list. Silver City, New Mexico is the setting for this small institution of higher learning. The public school handed out masters’s student counseling degrees to 7 students in 2020-2021.
Full Western New Mexico University Student Counseling Report
West Texas A&M University landed the #20 spot on the 2023 Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Student Counseling Major in the Southwest Region ranking. West Texas A&M University is a public institution located in Canyon, Texas. The school has a medium-sized population, and it awarded 23 masters’s degrees in 2020-2021.
Read more about Student Counseling at West Texas A&M University
Texas A&M University - San Antonio landed the #21 spot on the 2023 Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Student Counseling Major in the Southwest Region ranking. Texas A&M San Antonio is a medium-sized school located in San Antonio, Texas that handed out 13 masters’s student counseling degrees in 2020-2021.
Texas A&M University - Corpus Christi came in at #22 in this year’s edition of the Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Student Counseling Major in the Southwest Region ranking. Texas A&M University - Corpus Christi is a fairly large school located in Corpus Christi, Texas that handed out 23 masters’s student counseling degrees in 2020-2021.
Read full report on Student Counseling at Texas A&M Corpus Christi
Dallas Baptist University ranked #23 on this year’s Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Student Counseling Major in the Southwest Region list. Dallas, Texas is the setting for this small institution of higher learning. The private not-for-profit school handed out masters’s student counseling degrees to 9 students in 2020-2021.
Hardin - Simmons University came in at #24 in this year’s edition of the Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Student Counseling Major in the Southwest Region ranking. Hardin - Simmons is a small school located in Abilene, Texas that handed out 4 masters’s student counseling degrees in 2020-2021.
Read full report on Student Counseling at Hardin - Simmons University
Texas Southern University landed the #25 spot on the 2023 Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Student Counseling Major in the Southwest Region ranking. This medium-sized school is located in Houston, Texas, and it awarded 10 masters’s student counseling degrees in 2020-2021.
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