Counselor Education School Counseling and Guidance Services

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.

Degree Statistics

This program is offered at 425 institutions across the United States, with a total of 39149 degrees awarded annually.

Certificates Below Bachelor's

certificates awarded

Associate Degrees

degrees awarded

Bachelor's Degrees

degrees awarded

Post-Baccalaureate Certificates

255

certificates awarded

Master's Degrees

11,820

degrees awarded

Doctoral Degrees

951

degrees awarded

Other Awards

26,102

awards given

Top Schools for Counselor Education School Counseling and Guidance Services

These institutions offer the most degrees in this program, ranked by total annual completions.

Rank	Institution	Degrees
1	Liberty University Lynchburg, VA	1,278
2	Capella University Minneapolis, MN	876
3	National University San Diego, CA	687
4	University of Missouri-Columbia Columbia, MO	612
5	New York University New York, NY	570
6	Walden University Minneapolis, MN	534
7	University of the Cumberlands Williamsburg, KY	495
8	Southeastern Oklahoma State University Durant, OK	489
9	University of Southern California Los Angeles, CA	459
10	Angelo State University San Angelo, TX	447
11	Concordia University-Irvine Irvine, CA	447
12	Grand Canyon University Phoenix, AZ	429
13	Arkansas State University Jonesboro, AR	393
14	St Bonaventure University Saint Bonaventure, NY	354
15	Wake Forest University Winston-Salem, NC	330
16	Florida State University Tallahassee, FL	330
17	Alfred University Alfred, NY	321
18	Montclair State University Montclair, NJ	321
19	California State University-Northridge Northridge, CA	315
20	University of West Alabama Livingston, AL	312
21	University of La Verne La Verne, CA	309
22	William & Mary Williamsburg, VA	303
23	Clemson University Clemson, SC	300
24	University of North Carolina at Charlotte Charlotte, NC	297
25	Marshall University Huntington, WV	285
26	University of Massachusetts Global Irvine, CA	273
27	Regent University Virginia Beach, VA	267
28	University of Central Florida Orlando, FL	261
29	California State University-Sacramento Sacramento, CA	255
30	Oregon State University Corvallis, OR	252
31	Wichita State University Wichita, KS	252
32	California State University-Los Angeles Los Angeles, CA	246
33	University of South Carolina-Columbia Columbia, SC	240
34	California State University-Fresno Fresno, CA	234
35	Kean University Union, NJ	234
36	University of West Georgia Carrollton, GA	231
37	University of North Texas Denton, TX	225
38	Pennsylvania Western University California, PA	220
39	Azusa Pacific University Azusa, CA	216
40	Wilmington University New Castle, DE	216
41	The College of New Jersey Ewing, NJ	213
42	Texas A & M University-Commerce Commerce, TX	213
43	University of Colorado Colorado Springs Colorado Springs, CO	210
44	University of Louisville Louisville, KY	207
45	Florida Atlantic University Boca Raton, FL	201
46	Missouri State University-Springfield Springfield, MO	198
47	University of Nebraska at Omaha Omaha, NE	195
48	Wayne State University Detroit, MI	195
49	Fort Hays State University Hays, KS	192
50	University of Memphis Memphis, TN	183
51	San Diego State University San Diego, CA	180
52	Northern Arizona University Flagstaff, AZ	180
53	University of Wisconsin-Whitewater Whitewater, WI	178
54	Harding University Searcy, AR	177
55	Valdosta State University Valdosta, GA	177
56	George Mason University Fairfax, VA	177
57	San Jose State University San Jose, CA	174
58	University of Denver Denver, CO	162
59	California State University-Long Beach Long Beach, CA	162
60	California State University-East Bay Hayward, CA	162
61	Youngstown State University Youngstown, OH	162
62	University of Missouri-St Louis Saint Louis, MO	159
63	University of Nebraska at Kearney Kearney, NE	156
64	Campbellsville University Campbellsville, KY	153
65	California Lutheran University Thousand Oaks, CA	147
66	Old Dominion University Norfolk, VA	147
67	Central Connecticut State University New Britain, CT	144
68	Saint Mary's College of California Moraga, CA	144
69	Cleveland State University Cleveland, OH	144
70	Buena Vista University Storm Lake, IA	144
71	California State University-Fullerton Fullerton, CA	144
72	CUNY Hunter College New York, NY	144
73	New Mexico Highlands University Las Vegas, NM	141
74	Seton Hall University South Orange, NJ	141
75	The University of Texas Rio Grande Valley Edinburg, TX	138
76	Loyola University Maryland Baltimore, MD	138
77	Loyola Marymount University Los Angeles, CA	135
78	University of Missouri-Kansas City Kansas City, MO	135
79	Georgia State University Atlanta, GA	132
80	University of Georgia Athens, GA	129
81	Cambridge College Boston, MA	129
82	Mississippi State University Mississippi State, MS	126
83	Portland State University Portland, OR	126
84	Arizona State University Campus Immersion Tempe, AZ	123
85	Florida International University Miami, FL	123
86	University of Arkansas Fayetteville, AR	120
87	University of the Southwest Hobbs, NM	117
88	University of Southern Maine Portland, ME	117
89	University of St Thomas Houston, TX	117
90	University of Redlands Redlands, CA	114
91	Doane University Crete, NE	114
92	Fresno Pacific University Fresno, CA	114
93	University of Alabama at Birmingham Birmingham, AL	114
94	University of Mississippi University, MS	114
95	University of Montevallo Montevallo, AL	114
96	University of Wisconsin-Superior Superior, WI	114
97	Tennessee Technological University Cookeville, TN	111
98	Texas Tech University Lubbock, TX	111
99	Pennsylvania State University-Main Campus University Park, PA	111
100	Sonoma State University Rohnert Park, CA	108