by our College Data Analytics Team
When it comes to choosing a college, students have a lot of options - but not all of them are good. Our mission at College Factual is to arm you with as much information as we can to help you make that decision. Our “Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Counseling Psychology Major in Kentucky” ranking is one tool we have developed to help in this regard.
In 2020-2021, 9,463 people earned their degree in counseling psychology, making the major the 90th most popular in the United States.
Across Kentucky, there were 574 counseling psychology graduates with average earnings and debt of $0 and $0 respectively. At the master’s degree level specifically, there were 556 counseling psychology graduates with average earnings and debt of $51,023 and $0 respectively.
This year’s “Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Counseling Psychology Major in Kentucky” ranking analyzed 6 colleges that offered a degree in counseling psychology. This a ranking of the schools where the largest percentage of students has enrolled in counseling psychology.
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Since the program you select can have a significant impact on your future, we’ve developed a number of rankings, including this “Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Counseling Psychology Major in Kentucky” list, to help you choose the best school for you.
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The following schools top our list of the Best “Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Counseling Psychology Major in Kentucky”.
You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend Lindsey Wilson College. The school came in at #1 for the Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Counseling Psychology Major in Kentucky. Lindsey Wilson College is a private not-for-profit institution located in Columbia, Kentucky. The school has a small population, and it awarded 216 masters’s degrees in 2020-2021.
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You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Asbury Theological Seminary. It ranked #2 on our 2023 Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Counseling Psychology Major in Kentucky list. Located in Wilmore, Kentucky, this small private not-for-profit school awarded 31 degrees to qualified masters’s counseling psychology students in 2020-2021.
The school has an impressive undergrad student loan default rate. It’s only 3.4%, which is much lower than the national rate of 10.1%. The undergraduate student-to-faculty ratio of to 1 is a sign that students will have more opportunities to engage with their professors one-on-one.
You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend University of the Cumberlands. The school came in at #3 for the Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Counseling Psychology Major in Kentucky. This fairly large school is located in Williamsburg, Kentucky, and it awarded 243 masters’s counseling psychology degrees in 2020-2021.
Full University of the Cumberlands Counseling Psychology Report
You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend Western Kentucky University. The school came in at #4 for the Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Counseling Psychology Major in Kentucky. Bowling Green, Kentucky is the setting for this fairly large institution of higher learning. The public school handed out masters’s counseling psychology degrees to 35 students in 2020-2021.
Out of the 6 schools in the Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Counseling Psychology Major in Kentucky that were part of this year’s ranking, Campbellsville University landed the #5 spot on the list. Campbellsville University is a fairly large school located in Campbellsville, Kentucky that handed out 23 masters’s counseling psychology degrees in 2020-2021.
Read more about Counseling Psychology at Campbellsville University
University of Kentucky came in at #6 in this year’s edition of the Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Counseling Psychology Major in Kentucky ranking. UK is a large school located in Lexington, Kentucky that handed out 8 masters’s counseling psychology degrees in 2020-2021.
With a freshman retention rate of 86%, the school does an excellent job of retaining its undergraduate students. The low undergrad student loan default rate of 4.3% 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 full report on Counseling Psychology at University of Kentucky
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