2023 Most Popular Bachelor’s Degree Colleges for Substance Abuse/Addiction Counseling in the Southeast Region

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In 2020-2021, 5,433 people earned their degree in substance abuse/addiction counseling, making the major the 254th most popular in the United States.

Across the Southeast region, there were 578 substance abuse/addiction counseling graduates with average earnings and debt of $0 and $0 respectively. At the bachelor’s degree level specifically, there were 60 substance abuse/addiction counseling graduates with average earnings and debt of $37,400 and $27,180 respectively.

For this year’s “Most Well Attended Substance Abuse/Addiction Counseling Major in the Southeast Region for a Bachelor’s” ranking, we looked at 6 colleges that offer a degree in substance abuse/addiction counseling. This ranking identifies schools that graduate the most students in substance abuse/addiction counseling.

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Most Well Attended Substance Abuse/Addiction Counseling Major in the Southeast Region for a Bachelor’s

The following schools top our list of the Best “Most Well Attended Substance Abuse/Addiction Counseling Major in the Southeast Region for a Bachelor’s”.

Top 6 Most Popular Bachelor’s Degree Colleges for Substance Abuse/Addiction Counseling in the Southeast Region

1

Northwestern State University of Louisiana
Natchitoches, Louisiana

Out of the 6 schools in the Most Well Attended Substance Abuse/Addiction Counseling Major in the Southeast Region for a Bachelor’s that were part of this year’s ranking, Northwestern State University of Louisiana landed the #1 spot on the list. NSU is a fairly large school located in Natchitoches, Louisiana that handed out 26 bachelors’s substance abuse/addiction counseling degrees in 2020-2021.

Read full report on Substance Abuse/Addiction Counseling at Northwestern State University of Louisiana

2

University of Central Arkansas
Conway, Arkansas

Out of the 6 schools in the Most Well Attended Substance Abuse/Addiction Counseling Major in the Southeast Region for a Bachelor’s that were part of this year’s ranking, University of Central Arkansas landed the #2 spot on the list. Located in Conway, Arkansas, this fairly large public school handed out 18 degrees to qualified bachelors’s substance abuse/addiction counseling students in 2020-2021.

The low undergrad student loan default rate of 4.8% 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%.

Full University of Central Arkansas Substance Abuse/Addiction Counseling Report

3

Union College Kentucky
Barbourville, Kentucky

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Union College Kentucky. It ranked #3 on our 2023 Most Well Attended Substance Abuse/Addiction Counseling Major in the Southeast Region for a Bachelor’s list. Located in Barbourville, Kentucky, this small private not-for-profit school handed out 10 degrees to qualified bachelors’s substance abuse/addiction counseling students in 2020-2021.

Read more about Substance Abuse/Addiction Counseling at Union College

4

Southern University at New Orleans
New Orleans, Louisiana

You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend Southern University at New Orleans. The school came in at #4 for the Most Well Attended Substance Abuse/Addiction Counseling Major in the Southeast Region for a Bachelor’s. Southern University at New Orleans is a public institution located in New Orleans, Louisiana. The school has a small population, and it awarded 6 bachelors’s degrees in 2020-2021.

Read more about Substance Abuse/Addiction Counseling at SUNO

5

Mid-South Christian College
Memphis, Tennessee

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Mid-South Christian College. It ranked #5 on our 2023 Most Well Attended Substance Abuse/Addiction Counseling Major in the Southeast Region for a Bachelor’s list. Mid-South Christian College is a small private not-for-profit school situated in Memphis, Tennessee. It awarded 0 bachelors’s substance abuse/addiction counseling degrees in 2020-2021.

Read more about Substance Abuse/Addiction Counseling at MSCC

5

University of Holy Cross
New Orleans, Louisiana

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend University of Holy Cross. It ranked #5 on our 2023 Most Well Attended Substance Abuse/Addiction Counseling Major in the Southeast Region for a Bachelor’s list. UHC is a small school located in New Orleans, Louisiana that handed out 0 bachelors’s substance abuse/addiction counseling degrees 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.

Full University of Holy Cross Substance Abuse/Addiction Counseling Report

• Most Popular Bachelor’s Degree Colleges for Substance Abuse/Addiction Counseling

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.