2025 Best Student Counseling Master's Degree Schools in Oregon

Student Counseling is of the hottest master's degree programs in the United States, coming in as the #20 most popular major in the country. So, there are lots of possibilities to explore when you're trying to determine where you want to get your degree.

For its 2025 ranking, College Factual looked at 2 schools in Oregon to determine which ones were the best for student counseling students pursuing a master's degree. When you put them all together, these colleges and universities awarded 152 master's degrees in student counseling during the 2022-2023 academic year.

What's on this page: * Our Methodology

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Average Early-Career Salaries

Average early-career salary of those graduating with their master's degree is one indicator we use in our analysis to find the schools that offer the highest-quality education. After all, your master's degree won't mean much if it doesn't help you find a job that will help you earn a living.

Other Factors We Consider

The metrics below are just some of the other metrics that we use to determine our rankings.

• Major Focus - How much a school focuses on student counseling students vs. other majors.
• Major Demand - How many other student counseling students want to attend this school to pursue a master's degree.
• Educational Resources - How many resources are allocated to students. These resources may include educational expenditures per student, number of students per instructor, and graduation rate among other things.
• Student Debt - How easy is it for student counseling to pay back their student loans after receiving their master's degree.
• Accreditation - Whether a school is regionally accredited and/or accredited by a recognized student counseling related body.

Our full ranking methodology documents in more detail how we consider these factors to identify the best colleges for student counseling students working on their master's degree.

One Size Does Not Fit All

Since the program you select can have a significant impact on your future, we've developed a number of rankings, including this Best Student Counseling Master's Degree Schools in Oregon list, to help you choose the best school for you.

Best Schools for Master’s Students to Study Student Counseling in Oregon

The following list ranks the best colleges and universities for pursuing a master's degree in student counseling.

Top Oregon Schools for a Master's in Student Counseling

1

Oregon State University
Corvallis, OR

57 Annual Graduates

$55,911 Median Starting Salary

Oregon State University is one of the finest schools in the country for getting a master's degree in student counseling. Located in the small city of Corvallis, Oregon State is a public university with a fairly large student population.

Master's students who receive their degree from the student counseling program earn around $55,911 for their early career.

More information about a master’s in student counseling from Oregon State University

2

George Fox University
Newberg, OR

11 Annual Graduates

$56,769 Median Starting Salary

Any student who is interested in a master's degree in student counseling needs to take a look at George Fox University. GFU is a small private not-for-profit university located in the town of Newberg.

Soon after graduating, student counseling master's recipients typically earn around $56,769 in the first five years of their career.

More information about a master’s in student counseling from George Fox University

Best Student Counseling Colleges in the Far Western US Region

Explore all the Best Student Counseling Schools in the Far Western US Area or other specific states within that region.

State	Colleges	Degrees Awarded
California	253	1,978
Washington	183	141
Nevada	105	36
Alaska	52	13

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Rankings in Majors Related to Student Counseling

One of 14 majors within the Education area of study, Student Counseling has other similar majors worth exploring.

Student Counseling Concentrations

Major	Annual Graduates
Counselor Education/School Counseling & Guidance Services	152

Majors Similar to Student Counseling

Related Major	Annual Graduates
Teacher Education Grade Specific	569
General Education	332
Special Education	144
Educational Administration	88
Curriculum & Instruction	60
Teacher Education Subject Specific	57
Teaching English or French	22
Other Education	1

Notes and References

• The bars on the spread charts above show the distribution of the schools on this list +/- one standard deviation from the mean.
• The Integrated Postsecondary Education Data System (IPEDS) from the National Center for Education Statistics (NCES), a branch of the U.S. Department of Education (DOE) serves as the core of the rest of our data about colleges.
• Some other college data, including much of the graduate earnings data, comes from the U.S. Department of Education’s (College Scorecard).
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