2023 Most Focused Master’s Degree Colleges for Mental Health Counseling/Counselor in District of Columbia

When it comes to choosing a college, students have a lot of options - but not all of them are good. College Factual has developed its “Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Mental Health Counseling/Counselor Major in District of Columbia” ranking as one item you can use to help make this decision.

Mental Health Counseling/Counselor is the 118th most popular major in the country with 7,609 degrees awarded in 2020-2021.

Across District of Columbia, there were 19 mental health counseling/counselor graduates with average earnings and debt of $0 and $0 respectively. At the master’s degree level specifically, there were 19 mental health counseling/counselor graduates with average earnings and debt of $64,645 and $0 respectively.

For this year’s “Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Mental Health Counseling/Counselor Major in District of Columbia” ranking, we looked at 2 colleges that offer a degree in mental health counseling/counselor. This a ranking of the schools where the largest percentage of students has enrolled in mental health counseling/counselor.

See our ranking methodology to learn more.

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Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Mental Health Counseling/Counselor Major in District of Columbia

The following schools top our list of the Best “Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Mental Health Counseling/Counselor Major in District of Columbia”.

Top 2 Most Focused Master’s Degree Colleges for Mental Health Counseling/Counselor in District of Columbia

1

Gallaudet University
Washington, District of Columbia

#5 overall quality in District of Columbia

Out of the 2 schools in the Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Mental Health Counseling/Counselor Major in District of Columbia that were part of this year’s ranking, Gallaudet University landed the #1 spot on the list. Located in Washington, District of Columbia, this small private not-for-profit school handed out 1 degrees to qualified masters’s mental health counseling/counselor students in 2020-2021.

With a undergrad student-to-faculty ratio of 6 to 1, it’s easy to see that the school is committed to helping their undergraduates succeed.

Full Gallaudet University Mental Health Counseling/Counselor Report

2

George Washington University
Washington, District of Columbia

#2 overall quality in District of Columbia

Out of the 2 schools in the Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Mental Health Counseling/Counselor Major in District of Columbia that were part of this year’s ranking, George Washington University landed the #2 spot on the list. GWU is a large school located in Washington, District of Columbia that handed out 18 masters’s mental health counseling/counselor degrees in 2020-2021.

With a freshman retention rate of 88%, the school does an excellent job of retaining its undergraduate students. The school has an impressive undergrad student loan default rate. It’s only 1.3%, which is much lower than the national rate of 10.1%.

Full GWU Mental Health Counseling/Counselor Report

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Notes and References

References

• The Integrated Postsecondary Education Data System (IPEDS) from the National Center for Education Statistics (NCES), a branch of the U.S. Department of Education (DOE) serves as the core of our data about colleges.
• Some other college data, including much of the graduate earnings data, comes from the U.S. Department of Education’s (College Scorecard).
• Information about the national average student loan default rate is from the U.S. Department of Education and refers to data about the 2016 borrower cohort tracking period for which the cohort default rate (CDR) was 10.1%.

Read more about our data sources and methodologies

Footnotes

• *Avg Salary and Avg 4-Year Grad Rate are for the top schools only.
• Some schools otherwise deserving of recognition may have been removed from this ranking in the event that new data identified post-publication warranted it, or at the request of the school.