2024 Best Substance Abuse/Addiction Counseling Schools in Michigan

A degree in substance abuse/addiction counseling is more popular than many other degrees. In fact, it ranks #254 out of 1506 on popularity of all such degrees in the nation. As a result, there are many college that offer the degree, making your choice of school a hard one.

For its 2024 ranking, College Factual looked at 2 schools in Michigan to determine which ones were the best for substance abuse/addiction counseling students pursuing a degree. When you put them all together, these colleges and universities awarded 49 degrees in substance abuse/addiction counseling during the 2020-2021 academic year.

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• Best Overall Substance Abuse/Addiction Counseling Schools List

Pick Your Substance Abuse/Addiction Counseling Degree Level

The substance abuse/addiction counseling school you choose to invest your time and money in matters. To help you make the decision that is right for you, we've developed a number of major-specific rankings, including this list of the Best Substance Abuse/Addiction Counseling Schools in Michigan. If you'd like to restrict your choices to just one part of the country, you can filter this list by location.

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If you want to learn more about how we derive our rankings, see College Factual's Methodology.

 

Best Schools for Substance Abuse/Addiction Counseling in Michigan

Although we recommend filtering by degree level first, you can view the list below to see which schools give the educational experience for the substance abuse/addiction counseling degree levels they offer.

Top Michigan Schools in Substance Abuse/Addiction Counseling

1

University of Detroit Mercy
Detroit, MI

Master's Degree Highest Degree Type

55.6% Growth in Graduates

University of Detroit Mercy is a wonderful choice for students interested in a degree in substance abuse/addiction counseling. Detroit Mercy is a moderately-sized private not-for-profit university located in the large city of Detroit.More information about a degree in substance abuse/addiction counseling from University of Detroit Mercy

2

Central Michigan University
Mount Pleasant, MI

Master's Degree Highest Degree Type

Any student pursuing a degree in substance abuse/addiction counseling has to check out Central Michigan University. Central Michigan is a large public university located in the town of Mount Pleasant.More information about a degree in substance abuse/addiction counseling from Central Michigan University

 

Best Substance Abuse/Addiction Counseling Colleges in the Great Lakes Region

Explore all the Best Substance Abuse/Addiction Counseling Colleges in the Great Lakes Area or other specific states within that region.

State	Colleges	Degrees Awarded
Ohio	939	70
Illinois	870	52
Indiana	737	40
Wisconsin	672	48

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Rankings in Majors Related to Substance Abuse/Addiction Counseling

Substance Abuse/Addiction Counseling is one of 13 different types of Mental & Social Health Services programs to choose from.

Majors Similar to Substance Abuse/Addiction Counseling

Related Major	Annual Graduates
Clinical/Medical Social Work	267
Mental Health Counseling/Counselor	140
Community Health Services/Liaison/Counseling	129
Other Mental and Social Health Services and Allied Professions	15
Marriage and Family Therapy/Counseling	9
Genetic Counseling/Counselor	8
Psychiatric/Mental Health Services Technician	4

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Notes and References

• The bars on the spread charts above show the distribution of the schools on this list +/- one standard deviation from the mean.
• 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 the rest 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).

More about our data sources and methodologies.