Student counseling and personnel services

Ranked in 2013, part of Best Education Schools

A degree in student counseling and personnel services trains graduates to work in schools, mental health centers, and other organizations. These are the top schools for programs in student counseling and personnel services.

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Rankings Overall Education School Program Data
Rank School name Tuition Total enrollment Average GRE verbal score, entering doctoral students Average GRE quantitative score, entering doctoral students Doctoral programs acceptance rate Average amount of externally funded research expenditure per faculty member (in thousands) Peer assessment score (out of 5) Student-faculty ratio Superintendent assessment score (out of 5) Total amount of externally funded research conducted by the school (in millions)
#1 University of Maryland–​College Park

College Park, MD

$551 per credit (in-state, full-time); $1,188 per credit (out-of-state, full-time) 986
#2 University of Georgia

Athens, GA

$7,400 per year (in-state, full-time); $22,400 per year (out-of-state, full-time) 1,857
#3 University of North Carolina–​Greensboro

Greensboro, NC

$4,366 per year (in-state, full-time); $17,815 per year (out-of-state, full-time) 925
#4 University of Minnesota–​Twin Cities

Minneapolis, MN

$14,570 per year (in-state, full-time); $22,320 per year (out-of-state, full-time) 1,880
#4 University of Missouri

Columbia, MO

$337 per credit (in-state, full-time); $869 per credit (out-of-state, full-time) 1,498
#4 University of Wisconsin–​Madison

Madison, WI

$11,839 per year (in-state, full-time); $25,166 per year (out-of-state, full-time) 1,010
#7 Ohio State University

Columbus, OH

$11,336 per year (in-state, full-time); $28,648 per year (out-of-state, full-time) 1,161
#8 University of Florida

Gainesville, FL

$449 per credit (in-state, full-time); $1,249 per credit (out-of-state, full-time) 1,268
#9 Pennsylvania State University–​University Park

University Park, PA

$17,670 per year (in-state, full-time); $30,374 per year (out-of-state, full-time) 1,138
#9 University of Central Florida

Orlando, FL

$357 per credit (in-state, full-time); $1,182 per credit (out-of-state, full-time) 1,928
#11 Indiana University–​Bloomington

Bloomington, IN

$397 per credit (in-state, full-time); $1,155 per credit (out-of-state, full-time) 919