2023 Most Popular Associate Degree Colleges for Mental Health Counseling/Counselor in the Great Lakes Region

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 “Most Well Attended Mental Health Counseling/Counselor Major in the Great Lakes Region for an Associate” ranking is part of that endeavor.

In 2020-2021, 7,609 people earned their degree in mental health counseling/counselor, making the major the 118th most popular in the United States.

Across the Great Lakes region, there were 921 mental health counseling/counselor graduates with average earnings and debt of $0 and $0 respectively. At the associate degree level specifically, there were 11 mental health counseling/counselor graduates with average earnings and debt of $36,077 and $19,490 respectively.

This year’s “Most Well Attended Mental Health Counseling/Counselor Major in the Great Lakes Region for an Associate” ranking analyzed 2 colleges that offered a degree in mental health counseling/counselor. The schools that top this list are recognized because they have one of the most popular mental health counseling/counselor programs in the United States.

See our ranking methodology to learn more.

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Most Well Attended Mental Health Counseling/Counselor Major in the Great Lakes Region for an Associate

The following schools top our list of the Best “Most Well Attended Mental Health Counseling/Counselor Major in the Great Lakes Region for an Associate”.

Top 2 Most Popular Associate Degree Colleges for Mental Health Counseling/Counselor in the Great Lakes Region

1

Elgin Community College
Elgin, Illinois

Top 20% overall quality in Great Lakes

You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend Elgin Community College. The school came in at #1 for the Most Well Attended Mental Health Counseling/Counselor Major in the Great Lakes Region for an Associate. Located in Elgin, Illinois, this medium-sized public school handed out 11 degrees to qualified associates’s mental health counseling/counselor students in 2020-2021.

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2

Illinois Central College
East Peoria, Illinois

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Illinois Central College. It ranked #2 on our 2023 Most Well Attended Mental Health Counseling/Counselor Major in the Great Lakes Region for an Associate list. Located in East Peoria, Illinois, this medium-sized public school handed out 0 degrees to qualified associates’s mental health counseling/counselor students in 2020-2021.

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• Most Popular Associate Degree Colleges for Mental Health Counseling/Counselor

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.