2025 Best Student Counseling Master's Degree Schools in North Dakota

If you pursue a master's degree in student counseling, you won't be alone. The field of study is the #20 most popular program in the country. This means there are lots of options to choose from when you decide to get your degree.

For its 2025 ranking, College Factual looked at 2 schools in North Dakota to determine which ones were the best for student counseling students pursuing a master's degree. Combined, these schools handed out 31 master's degrees in student counseling to qualified students.

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Early-Career Earnings

One measure we use to determine the quality of a school is to look at the average salary of master's graduates during the early years of their career. That is, everyone wants their master's degree to be worth something, and salaries are one measure of determining that.

Other Factors We Consider

In addition to the above, you should consider some of the following factors:

• Major Focus - How many resources a school devotes to student counseling students as compared to other majors.
• Major Demand - The number of student counseling students who choose to seek a master's degree at the school.
• Educational Resources - The amount of money and other resources allocated to students while they are pursuing their degree. These resources include such things as number of students per instructor and education expenditures per student.
• Student Debt - How much debt student counseling students go into to obtain their master's degree and how well they are able to pay back that debt.
• Accreditation - Whether a school is regionally accredited and/or accredited by a recognized student counseling related body.

Our complete 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.

More Ways to Rank Student Counseling Schools

Since picking the right college can be one of the most important decisions of your life, we've developed the Best Student Counseling Master's Degree Schools in North Dakota ranking, along with many other major-related rankings, to help you make that decision.

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

Below you'll see a list of the best colleges and universities for pursuing a master's degree in student counseling.

Top North Dakota Schools for a Master's in Student Counseling

1

North Dakota State University - Main Campus
Fargo, ND

15 Annual Graduates

$52,154 Median Starting Salary

It is difficult to beat North Dakota State University - Main Campus if you wish to pursue a master's degree in student counseling. North Dakota State University is a large public university located in the midsize city of Fargo.

Master's graduates who receive their degree from the student counseling program earn around $52,154 for their early career.

More information about a master’s in student counseling from North Dakota State University - Main Campus

2

University of North Dakota
Grand Forks, ND

16 Annual Graduates

$49,340 Median Starting Salary

University of North Dakota is one of the finest schools in the country for getting a master's degree in student counseling. Located in the small city of Grand Forks, UND is a public university with a large student population.

Master's graduates who receive their degree from the student counseling program earn about $49,340 for their early career.

More information about a master’s in student counseling from University of North Dakota

Best Student Counseling Colleges in the Plains States Region

Explore all the Best Student Counseling Schools in the Plains States Area or other specific states within that region.

State	Colleges	Degrees Awarded
Missouri	193	431
Minnesota	174	372
Iowa	154	181
Kansas	149	218
Nebraska	123	226
South Dakota	89	25

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Student Counseling Related Rankings by Major

Student Counseling is one of 14 different types of Education programs to choose from.

Student Counseling Focus Areas

Major	Annual Graduates
Counselor Education/School Counseling & Guidance Services	31

Most Popular Majors Related to Student Counseling

Related Major	Annual Graduates
Special Education	129
Educational Administration	76
Teacher Education Grade Specific	58
Teacher Education Subject Specific	52
Curriculum & Instruction	43
General Education	19
Instructional Media Design	6
Teaching English or French	6

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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