Substance Abuse Addiction Counseling

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.

Degree Statistics

This program is offered at 372 institutions across the United States, with a total of 19014 degrees awarded annually.

Certificates Below Bachelor's

3,060

certificates awarded

Associate Degrees

1,274

degrees awarded

Bachelor's Degrees

415

degrees awarded

Post-Baccalaureate Certificates

403

certificates awarded

Master's Degrees

521

degrees awarded

Doctoral Degrees

degrees awarded

Other Awards

13,290

awards given

Top Schools for Substance Abuse Addiction Counseling

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

Rank	Institution	Degrees
1	Sinclair Community College Dayton, OH	1,410
2	Grand Canyon University Phoenix, AZ	855
3	Rio Salado College Tempe, AZ	575
4	Community College of Baltimore County Baltimore, MD	520
5	Palo Verde College Blythe, CA	417
6	East Los Angeles College Monterey Park, CA	331
7	InterCoast Colleges-West Covina West Covina, CA	303
8	Old Dominion University Norfolk, VA	243
9	Portland Community College Portland, OR	233
10	Ivy Tech Community College Indianapolis, IN	228
11	Mt San Antonio College Walnut, CA	219
12	Baltimore City Community College Baltimore, MD	219
13	Dallas College Dallas, TX	218
14	San Diego City College San Diego, CA	216
15	San Jacinto Community College Pasadena, TX	215
16	Oxnard College Oxnard, CA	214
17	McLennan Community College Waco, TX	213
18	University of Kentucky Lexington, KY	207
19	San Antonio College San Antonio, TX	204
20	Capella University Minneapolis, MN	204
21	Columbus State Community College Columbus, OH	181
22	Anne Arundel Community College Arnold, MD	176
23	Fresno City College Fresno, CA	159
24	Northwood Technical College Rice Lake, WI	153
25	East Stroudsburg University of Pennsylvania East Stroudsburg, PA	152
26	Hazelden Betty Ford Graduate School Center City, MN	150
27	Metropolitan State University Saint Paul, MN	135
28	Camden County College Blackwood, NJ	135
29	Liberty University Lynchburg, VA	132
30	Connecticut State Community College Hartford, CT	130
31	University of Cincinnati-Main Campus Cincinnati, OH	129
32	Allan Hancock College Santa Maria, CA	128
33	Minneapolis Community and Technical College Minneapolis, MN	123
34	Minnesota State University-Mankato Mankato, MN	117
35	Madison Area Technical College Madison, WI	116
36	Diablo Valley College Pleasant Hill, CA	116
37	University of South Dakota Vermillion, SD	113
38	Long Beach City College Long Beach, CA	111
39	Wake Technical Community College Raleigh, NC	110
40	Passaic County Community College Paterson, NJ	108
41	Tarrant County College District Fort Worth, TX	101
42	City College of San Francisco San Francisco, CA	100
43	Eastern Washington University Cheney, WA	96
44	Arizona State University Digital Immersion Scottsdale, AZ	96
45	University of Utah Salt Lake City, UT	96
46	San Bernardino Valley College San Bernardino, CA	92
47	Olympic College Bremerton, WA	90
48	Yuba College Marysville, CA	90
49	Governors State University University Park, IL	90
50	Washburn University Topeka, KS	87
51	Utah Valley University Orem, UT	84
52	Klamath Community College Klamath Falls, OR	83
53	Beal University Bangor, ME	81
54	Lindsey Wilson College Columbia, KY	78
55	The University of Texas Rio Grande Valley Edinburg, TX	78
56	Quincy College Quincy, MA	76
57	Palomar College San Marcos, CA	75
58	Saint Mary's University of Minnesota Winona, MN	75
59	Northcentral Technical College Wausau, WI	75
60	Pennsylvania Western University California, PA	73
61	Cuesta College San Luis Obispo, CA	73
62	East Carolina University Greenville, NC	72
63	Indiana Wesleyan University-National & Global Marion, IN	72
64	Union College Barbourville, KY	72
65	Wor-Wic Community College Salisbury, MD	72
66	Delaware Technical Community College-Terry Dover, DE	71
67	Saddleback College Mission Viejo, CA	69
68	Kent State University at Kent Kent, OH	68
69	Blackhawk Technical College Janesville, WI	67
70	Alvernia University Reading, PA	66
71	Weatherford College Weatherford, TX	66
72	Randolph Community College Asheboro, NC	64
73	Lee College Baytown, TX	64
74	Spokane Falls Community College Spokane, WA	63
75	Stark State College North Canton, OH	62
76	Los Angeles Southwest College Los Angeles, CA	61
77	North Shore Community College Danvers, MA	61
78	University of Georgia Athens, GA	60
79	Belmont College St Clairsville, OH	60
80	Glendale Community College Glendale, CA	60
81	American River College Sacramento, CA	60
82	Minnesota North College Hibbing, MN	57
83	Imperial Valley College Imperial, CA	57
84	Peninsula College Port Angeles, WA	57
85	Central Texas College Killeen, TX	56
86	Los Angeles Pierce College Woodland Hills, CA	54
87	Monroe Community College Rochester, NY	54
88	Yakima Valley College Yakima, WA	54
89	City Vision University Kansas City, MO	54
90	City Colleges of Chicago-Kennedy-King College Chicago, IL	54
91	Ocean County College Toms River, NJ	52
92	Lake Washington Institute of Technology Kirkland, WA	52
93	Pennsylvania Highlands Community College Johnstown, PA	52
94	Tohono O'odham Community College Sells, AZ	51
95	Austin Community College District Austin, TX	51
96	University of Central Oklahoma Edmond, OK	51
97	University of Central Arkansas Conway, AR	48
98	Centralia College Centralia, WA	48
99	Northeast Community College Norfolk, NE	48
100	Lamar State College-Port Arthur Port Arthur, TX	48