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Most Popular Schools for Counselor Education/School Counseling and Guidance Services Major & Degree Program

A program that prepares individuals to apply the theory and principles of guidance and counseling to the provision of support for the personal, social, educational, and vocational development of students, and the organizing of guidance services within elementary, middle and secondary educational institutions. Includes instruction in legal and professional requirements, therapeutic counselor intervention, vocational counseling, and related sociological and psychological foundations.


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Rank School Name Students % of Total Total On-Campus Cost
1 Lamar University 338 6% $22,641
2 Liberty University 232 1% $40,075
3 Capella University 210 2% $15,011
4 Angelo State University 172 10% $21,046
5 University of Missouri-Columbia 163 2% $26,766
6 National University 154 3% $15,024
7 University of West Alabama 134 12% $21,841
8 Alfred University 131 18% $45,104
9 California State University-Fresno 124 2% $21,418
10 University of the Cumberlands 116 5% $38,400
11 New York University 115 1% $73,566
12 California State University-Northridge 113 1% $22,969
13 University of La Verne 113 5% $61,696
14 Northern Arizona University 110 1% $27,266
15 Clemson University 108 2% $31,270
16 California State University-Los Angeles 107 2% $26,139
17 University of St Thomas 93 10% $47,646
18 San Diego State University 88 1% $29,318
19 Regent University 88 5% $29,763
20 California State University-Long Beach 84 1% $24,738
21 University of West Georgia 83 3% $24,396
22 Long Island University 83 2% $56,283
23 Missouri Baptist University 83 10% $41,185
24 California State University-Sacramento 78 1% $26,454
25 Montclair State University 76 1% $31,704
26 Wilmington University 71 1% $13,010
27 University of Colorado Denver/Anschutz Medical Campus 71 2% $29,357
28 Wake Forest University 70 3% $71,638
29 Oregon State University 69 1% $26,892
30 Kean University 69 2% $30,475
31 Loyola Marymount University 67 3% $67,369
32 DePaul University 67 1% $57,678
33 West Chester University of Pennsylvania 65 1% $27,074
34 University of North Texas 65 1% $24,712
35 University of Missouri-St Louis 64 2% $24,894
36 Florida State University 62 1% $22,168
37 Monmouth University 61 3% $56,979
38 Central Connecticut State University 60 2% $25,869
39 University of Central Florida 60 0% $22,548
40 Marshall University 60 2% $21,969
41 Seattle Pacific University 58 4% $58,794
42 Central Michigan University 58 1% $24,889
43 University of Louisville 57 1% $27,980
44 University of Central Arkansas 56 2% $22,563
45 Mercy College 55 2% $38,200
46 Saint Mary's College of California 55 5% $67,168
47 California State University-Fullerton 54 0% $27,738
48 New Mexico Highlands University 54 6% $19,134
49 University of Colorado Colorado Springs 54 2% $25,843
50 The College of New Jersey 53 3% $34,992
51 University of Nevada-Las Vegas 53 1% $24,035
52 California State University-East Bay 52 1% $25,143
53 Arizona State University-Tempe 51 0% $28,048
54 Louisiana Tech University 51 3% $21,267
55 Loyola University Maryland 51 3% $66,200
56 Cleveland State University 50 1% $29,045
57 Georgia State University 50 1% $26,014
58 University of Nebraska at Kearney 50 4% $23,040
59 University of the Southwest 50 18% $27,626
60 Harding University 49 4% $30,671
61 George Mason University 49 1% $30,284
62 New Jersey City University 49 3% $32,076
63 University of Redlands 49 3% $68,922
64 Texas A&M University-San Antonio 49 3% $26,076
65 Providence College 48 4% $67,300
66 Old Dominion University 47 1% $26,456
67 CUNY Brooklyn College 47 1% $8,604
68 Youngstown State University 46 2% $22,851
69 Universidad Ana G. Mendez-Gurabo Campus 46 2% $7,520
70 Portland State University 45 1% $26,085
71 Wayne State University 45 1% $27,157
72 University of Nebraska at Omaha 45 1% $22,300
73 Cambridge College 45 6% $17,088
74 University of North Carolina at Charlotte 45 1% $23,694
75 CUNY Hunter College 44 1% $22,379
76 Gonzaga University 44 2% $59,795
77 The University of Texas Rio Grande Valley 44 1% $20,471
78 University of Montevallo 43 6% $26,290
79 California Lutheran University 43 4% $61,599
80 The College of New Rochelle 43 5% $55,694
81 Southern Connecticut State University 42 2% $26,810
82 Fort Hays State University 42 1% $18,048
83 Concordia University-Wisconsin 41 3% $44,850
84 California State University-San Bernardino 40 1% $23,878
85 Eastern Kentucky University 39 1% $23,706
86 University of Memphis 39 1% $25,423
87 Florida International University 39 0% $23,506
88 University of Southern Maine 38 2% $22,968
89 Bridgewater State University 38 1% $26,811
90 Texas A & M University-Commerce 38 1% $22,983
91 Kansas State University 37 1% $24,923
92 University of Wisconsin-Whitewater 37 1% $19,062
93 Citadel Military College of South Carolina 37 4% $29,663
94 University of Houston 36 0% $23,225
95 Sul Ross State University 36 5% $20,466
96 Buena Vista University 36 5% $46,808
97 Concordia University-Irvine 36 2% $51,930
98 Texas Woman's University 36 1% $20,272
99 Auburn University 36 1% $31,590
100 Mississippi State University 35 1% $24,957

This list indicates the number of students that completed the Counselor Education/School Counseling and Guidance Services program at the schools above.
It is not necessarily an indicator of academic rigor or quality of education.
Note that some schools do not have enough data to be ranked, and these schools will not appear in our lists.