by our College Data Analytics Team
It’s not easy to decide which college to attend when there so many options available for students. College Factual has developed its “Most Well Attended Student Counseling Major in the Plains States Region for a Master’s” ranking as one item you can use to help make this decision.
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 the Plains States region, there were 1,806 student counseling graduates with average earnings and debt of $43,547 and $0 respectively. At the master’s degree level specifically, there were 1,502 student counseling graduates with average earnings and debt of $55,401 and $0 respectively.
This year’s “Most Well Attended Student Counseling Major in the Plains States Region for a Master’s” ranking analyzed 41 colleges that offered a degree in student counseling. This ranking identifies schools that graduate the most students in student counseling.
For more information, check out our ranking methodology.
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 “Most Well Attended Student Counseling Major in the Plains States Region for a Master’s” list to help you make the college decision.
In addition to College Factual’s rankings, you may want to take a look at College Combat, our unique tool that lets you pit your favorite schools head-to-head and compare how they rate on factors that most interest you. Test it out by comparing your favorite schools against others you are considering, or bookmark the tool so you can experiment with it later.
The following schools top our list of the Best “Most Well Attended Student Counseling Major in the Plains States Region for a Master’s”.
You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Capella University. It ranked #1 on our 2023 Most Well Attended Student Counseling Major in the Plains States Region for a Master’s list. Located in Minneapolis, Minnesota, this large private for-profit school awarded 219 diplomas to qualified masters’s student counseling students in 2020-2021.
Out of the 41 schools in the Most Well Attended Student Counseling Major in the Plains States Region for a Master’s that were part of this year’s ranking, University of Missouri - Columbia landed the #2 spot on the list. Mizzou is a large school located in Columbia, Missouri that handed out 183 masters’s student counseling degrees in 2020-2021.
Students who start out at the school are likely to stick around. The freshman retention rate is 89%. The low undergrad student loan default rate of 2.5% 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%.
You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend Kansas State University. The school came in at #3 for the Most Well Attended Student Counseling Major in the Plains States Region for a Master’s. Kansas State University is a public institution located in Manhattan, Kansas. The school has a large population, and it awarded 107 masters’s degrees in 2020-2021.
The low undergrad student loan default rate of 3.7% 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%. With a freshman retention rate of 87%, the school does an excellent job of retaining its undergraduate students.
You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend Walden University. The school came in at #4 for the Most Well Attended Student Counseling Major in the Plains States Region for a Master’s. Minneapolis, Minnesota is the setting for this large institution of higher learning. The private for-profit school handed out masters’s student counseling degrees to 101 students in 2020-2021.
The school has an impressive undergrad student loan default rate. It’s only 4.7%, which is much lower than the national rate of 10.1%.
You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Buena Vista University. It ranked #5 on our 2023 Most Well Attended Student Counseling Major in the Plains States Region for a Master’s list. BVU is located in Storm Lake, Iowa and, has a small student population. In 2020-2021, this school awarded 80 masters’s student counseling degrees to qualified students.
The low undergrad student loan default rate of 4.1% 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 impressive undergraduate student-to-faculty ratio of 10 to 1 means that students may have more opportunities to work more closely with their professors than they would at other schools.
Read more about Student Counseling at Buena Vista University
University of Nebraska at Omaha landed the #6 spot on the 2023 Most Well Attended Student Counseling Major in the Plains States Region for a Master’s ranking. UNOMAHA is a fairly large public school situated in Omaha, Nebraska. It awarded 58 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%.
University of Missouri - St Louis came in at #7 in this year’s edition of the Most Well Attended Student Counseling Major in the Plains States Region for a Master’s ranking. This fairly large school is located in Saint Louis, Missouri, and it awarded 55 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%.
With a ranking of #8, University of Missouri - Kansas City did quite well on the 2023 Most Well Attended Student Counseling Major in the Plains States Region for a Master’s list. Located in Kansas City, Missouri, this fairly large public school awarded 49 diplomas to qualified masters’s student counseling students in 2020-2021.
The low undergrad student loan default rate of 3.7% 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%.
Fort Hays State University came in at #9 in this year’s edition of the Most Well Attended Student Counseling Major in the Plains States Region for a Master’s ranking. Fort Hays State University is a fairly large public school situated in Hays, Kansas. It awarded 48 masters’s student counseling degrees in 2020-2021.
With a ranking of #9, Creighton University did quite well on the 2023 Most Well Attended Student Counseling Major in the Plains States Region for a Master’s list. This medium-sized school is located in Omaha, Nebraska, and it awarded 48 masters’s student counseling degrees in 2020-2021.
With a freshman retention rate of 92%, the school does an excellent job of retaining its undergraduate students. The undergrad student loan default rate at the school is 1.6%, which is quite low when compared to the national default rate of 10.1%.
University of Nebraska at Kearney did quite well in the 2023 Most Well Attended Student Counseling Major in the Plains States Region for a Master’s ranking, coming in at #11. Located in Kearney, Nebraska, this medium-sized public school handed out 45 degrees to qualified masters’s student counseling students in 2020-2021.
The school has an impressive undergrad student loan default rate. It’s only 3.1%, which is much lower than the national rate of 10.1%.
Missouri Baptist University did quite well in the 2023 Most Well Attended Student Counseling Major in the Plains States Region for a Master’s ranking, coming in at #11. Missouri Baptist University is located in Saint Louis, Missouri and, has a small student population. In 2020-2021, this school awarded 45 masters’s student counseling degrees to qualified students.
Drake University landed the #13 spot on the 2023 Most Well Attended Student Counseling Major in the Plains States Region for a Master’s ranking. Drake University is located in Des Moines, Iowa and, has a small student population. In 2020-2021, this school awarded 37 masters’s student counseling degrees to qualified students.
The school has an excellent freshman retention rate of 86%, which means students like the school well enough to return for a second year. Since the school has a undergrad student-to-faculty ratio of 10 to 1, those pursuing a degree will have more opportunities to interact with their professors. The school has an impressive undergrad student loan default rate. It’s only 1.9%, which is much lower than the national rate of 10.1%.
Wichita State University landed the #14 spot on the 2023 Most Well Attended Student Counseling Major in the Plains States Region for a Master’s ranking. Wichita, Kansas is the setting for this fairly large institution of higher learning. The public school handed out masters’s student counseling degrees to 36 students in 2020-2021.
Wayne State College did quite well in the 2023 Most Well Attended Student Counseling Major in the Plains States Region for a Master’s ranking, coming in at #15. WSC is a small school located in Wayne, Nebraska that handed out 34 masters’s student counseling degrees in 2020-2021.
The school has an impressive undergrad student loan default rate. It’s only 2.8%, which is much lower than the national rate of 10.1%.
University of Northern Iowa ranked #16 on this year’s Most Well Attended Student Counseling Major in the Plains States Region for a Master’s list. University of Northern Iowa is a medium-sized school located in Cedar Falls, Iowa that handed out 33 masters’s student counseling 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 low undergrad student loan default rate of 2.8% 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 North Dakota did quite well in the 2023 Most Well Attended Student Counseling Major in the Plains States Region for a Master’s ranking, coming in at #17. University of North Dakota is located in Grand Forks, North Dakota and, has a fairly large student population. In 2020-2021, this school awarded 31 masters’s student counseling degrees to qualified students.
The low undergrad student loan default rate of 2.8% 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%.
Missouri State University - Springfield ranked #18 on this year’s Most Well Attended Student Counseling Major in the Plains States Region for a Master’s list. Missouri State University - Springfield is a large school located in Springfield, Missouri that handed out 30 masters’s student counseling degrees in 2020-2021.
The low undergrad student loan default rate of 3.9% 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%.
Saint Cloud State University ranked #19 on this year’s Most Well Attended Student Counseling Major in the Plains States Region for a Master’s list. Located in Saint Cloud, Minnesota, this fairly large public school awarded 25 diplomas to qualified masters’s student counseling 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%.
Read more about Student Counseling at Saint Cloud State University
With a ranking of #20, Southeast Missouri State University did quite well on the 2023 Most Well Attended Student Counseling Major in the Plains States Region for a Master’s list. Southeast Missouri State University is located in Cape Girardeau, Missouri and, has a medium-sized student population. In 2020-2021, this school awarded 21 masters’s student counseling degrees to qualified students.
Read more about Student Counseling at Southeast Missouri State University
Emporia State University landed the #20 spot on the 2023 Most Well Attended Student Counseling Major in the Plains States Region for a Master’s ranking. ESU is a medium-sized public school situated in Emporia, Kansas. It awarded 21 masters’s student counseling degrees in 2020-2021.
The low undergrad student loan default rate of 3.8% 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%.
Loras College ranked #20 on this year’s Most Well Attended Student Counseling Major in the Plains States Region for a Master’s list. Loras is a private not-for-profit institution located in Dubuque, Iowa. The school has a small population, and it awarded 21 masters’s degrees in 2020-2021.
The school has an impressive undergrad student loan default rate. It’s only 2.8%, which is much lower than the national rate of 10.1%.
Doane University ranked #23 on this year’s Most Well Attended Student Counseling Major in the Plains States Region for a Master’s list. Located in Crete, Nebraska, this small private not-for-profit school awarded 20 degrees to qualified masters’s student counseling students in 2020-2021.
The low undergrad student loan default rate of 3.6% 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%.
Chadron State College came in at #24 in this year’s edition of the Most Well Attended Student Counseling Major in the Plains States Region for a Master’s ranking. Chadron State College is located in Chadron, Nebraska and, has a small student population. In 2020-2021, this school awarded 19 masters’s student counseling degrees to qualified students.
North Dakota State University - Main Campus came in at #25 in this year’s edition of the Most Well Attended Student Counseling Major in the Plains States Region for a Master’s ranking. This fairly large school is located in Fargo, North Dakota, and it awarded 18 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%.
Full North Dakota State University Student Counseling Report
Read more about our data sources and methodologies
