Most Popular Schools for Substance Abuse/Addiction Counseling Major & Degree Program

A program that prepares individuals to help prevent substance abuse, counsel individuals and families with drug and alcohol problems, and perform intervention and therapeutic services for persons suffering from addiction. Includes instruction in individual and group counseling skills, psychology of addiction, sociology, crisis intervention, substance abuse identification methodologies, substance abuse treatment modalities, substance abuse prevention and treatment resources, pharmacology and behavioral aspects of abused substances, treatment evaluation, patient observation and education, group dynamics, professional standards and ethics, and applicable law and regulations.

Rank	School Name	Students	% of Total	Total On-Campus Cost
1	Grand Canyon University	288	1%	$32,100
2	Rio Salado College	125	3%	$3,494
3	Spokane Falls Community College	105	8%	$4,681
4	InterCoast Colleges-Anaheim	75	58%	N/A
5	Capella University	73	1%	$15,011
6	Community College of Baltimore County	73	3%	$5,706
7	Wake Technical Community College	70	1%	$4,268
8	Baltimore City Community College	68	10%	$5,146
9	Eastfield College	64	3%	$3,770
10	Mt San Antonio College	64	2%	$3,267
11	Portland Community College	63	1%	$6,029
12	Long Beach City College	58	2%	$3,091
13	Community College of Allegheny County	57	2%	$5,815
14	Hazelden Betty Ford Graduate School of Addiction Studies	56	100%	N/A
15	Columbus State Community College	54	1%	$5,813
16	Camden County College	54	3%	$6,120
17	Allan Hancock College	50	2%	$3,269
18	San Diego City College	48	3%	$2,998
19	Delaware Technical Community College-Terry	48	3%	$6,504
20	El Paso Community College	47	1%	$4,089
21	Palo Verde College	47	10%	$3,205
22	Oxnard College	46	2%	$3,179
23	Gateway Community College	45	5%	$5,624
24	San Antonio College	44	1%	$4,311
25	Peninsula College	38	3%	$5,323
26	Minneapolis Community and Technical College	38	3%	$6,796
27	Metropolitan State University	37	2%	$9,379
28	East Los Angeles College	37	1%	$3,137
29	City Colleges of Chicago-Kennedy-King College	37	5%	$5,404
30	University of Cincinnati-Main Campus	37	0%	$27,476
31	Passaic County Community College	36	3%	$6,670
32	Eastern Washington University	36	1%	$23,011
33	Anne Arundel Community College	35	2%	$5,932
34	Alvernia University	35	6%	$51,240
35	Merritt College	34	3%	$3,172
36	Los Angeles Pierce College	34	1%	$3,137
37	Ohio Christian University	34	4%	$33,532
38	Indiana Wesleyan University-National & Global	34	1%	$13,778
39	Los Angeles Southwest College	33	3%	$3,137
40	North Shore Community College	32	3%	$6,384
41	Northcentral Technical College	32	1%	$16,142
42	Community College of Philadelphia	31	1%	$6,542
43	University of South Dakota	30	2%	$22,856
44	Saddleback College	30	1%	$3,246
45	Palomar College	29	1%	$3,256
46	Tarrant County College District	29	0%	$3,266
47	Fresno City College	28	1%	$3,204
48	Drexel University	28	0%	$70,223
49	Skagit Valley College	28	2%	$18,000
50	San Jose City College	27	2%	$3,212
51	Diablo Valley College	27	1%	$3,230
52	Onondaga Community College	27	2%	$17,310
53	Suffolk County Community College	26	1%	$7,292
54	Tyler Junior College	26	1%	$16,764
55	College of the Desert	26	2%	$3,252
56	InterCoast Colleges-Riverside	26	24%	N/A
57	BridgeValley Community & Technical College	26	5%	$6,192
58	City University of Seattle	25	6%	$31,238
59	College of DuPage	25	0%	$5,464
60	San Jacinto Community College	24	0%	$3,114
61	Central Texas College	24	1%	$12,754
62	San Bernardino Valley College	24	2%	$3,518
63	Clarion University of Pennsylvania	24	2%	$27,975
64	Olympic College	24	1%	$18,621
65	Western Michigan University	24	0%	$26,009
66	Monroe Community College	23	1%	$18,016
67	Houston Community College	23	0%	$3,882
68	Edmonds Community College	23	1%	$17,666
69	Santa Barbara City College	23	1%	$3,054
70	Santa Rosa Junior College	23	0%	$3,246
71	Minnesota State University-Mankato	22	1%	$20,482
72	Indiana University-East	22	3%	$8,212
73	Lee College	22	1%	$3,543
74	Cumberland County College	22	3%	$6,420
75	Oakton Community College	22	2%	$5,395
76	Governors State University	22	1%	$25,092
77	SUNY Westchester Community College	22	1%	$7,236
78	Springfield College-School of Professional and Continuing Studies	22	4%	N/A
79	Wor-Wic Community College	21	4%	$4,840
80	University of Maine at Augusta	21	4%	$9,188
81	American River College	21	0%	$2,958
82	Arkansas State University-Main Campus	20	0%	$23,101
83	Southern University at New Orleans	20	4%	$21,353
84	City College of San Francisco	20	1%	$3,613
85	Austin Community College District	19	0%	$3,750
86	Alvin Community College	19	1%	$3,475
87	Northern Virginia Community College	19	0%	$7,410
88	Whatcom Community College	19	1%	$16,731
89	Stark State College	19	1%	$5,170
90	Miami Dade College	19	0%	$4,338
91	InterCoast Colleges-Rancho Cordova	19	12%	N/A
92	Weatherford College	18	2%	$16,237
93	Hudson Valley Community College	18	1%	$7,312
94	Coppin State University	18	4%	$23,332
95	Wayne County Community College District	18	1%	$4,346
96	Erie Community College	18	1%	$21,186
97	Montclair State University	17	0%	$31,704
98	Adirondack Community College	17	3%	$20,515
99	Indiana Wesleyan University-Marion	17	2%	$38,578
100	Washburn University	17	1%	$22,056

This list indicates the number of students that completed the Substance Abuse/Addiction Counseling 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.