Top Student Counseling & Personnel Services Schools in the U.S.

By | April 20, 2019
Ranking School and Information
1 University of Maryland: College Park (College Park, MD)
Tuition: In-state, full-time: $525 per credit, Out-of-state, full-time: $1,131 per credit
Enrollment: 1,088
Average GRE verbal score, entering doctoral students: 580
Average GRE quantitative score, entering doctoral students: 659
Average amount of externally funded research expenditure per faculty member (in thousands): $151.3
Total amount of externally funded research conducted by the school (in millions): $14.2
Doctoral programs acceptance rate: 21.8%
2 University of Georgia (Athens, GA)
Tuition: In-state, full-time: $7,200 per year, Out-of-state, full-time: $21,900 per year
Enrollment: 1,989
Average GRE verbal score, entering doctoral students: 524
Average GRE quantitative score, entering doctoral students: 631
Average amount of externally funded research expenditure per faculty member (in thousands): $69.2
Total amount of externally funded research conducted by the school (in millions): $12.4
Doctoral programs acceptance rate: 40.2%
3 University of Missouri(Columbia, MO)
Tuition: In-state, full-time: $327 per credit, Out-of-state, full-time: $844 per credit
Enrollment: 1,579
Average GRE verbal score, entering doctoral students: 516
Average GRE quantitative score, entering doctoral students: 552
Average amount of externally funded research expenditure per faculty member (in thousands): $139.6
Total amount of externally funded research conducted by the school (in millions): $11.4
Doctoral programs acceptance rate: 40.4%
4 University of Wisconsin-Madison (Madison, WI)
Tuition: In-state, full-time: $11,375 per year, Out-of-state, full-time: $25,133 per year
Enrollment: 1,041
Average GRE verbal score, entering doctoral students: 555
Average GRE quantitative score, entering doctoral students: 640
Average amount of externally funded research expenditure per faculty member (in thousands): $256.9
Total amount of externally funded research conducted by the school (in millions): $28.5
Doctoral programs acceptance rate: 36.3%
5 University of North Carolina at Greensboro (Greensboro, NC)
Tuition: In-state, full-time: $3,969 per year, Out-of-state, full-time: $16,195 per year
Enrollment: 1,049
Average GRE verbal score, entering doctoral students: 521
Average GRE quantitative score, entering doctoral students: 539
Average amount of externally funded research expenditure per faculty member (in thousands): $171.1
Total amount of externally funded research conducted by the school (in millions): $12.0
Doctoral programs acceptance rate: 45.5%
6 Penn State University Park (University Park, PA)
Tuition: In-state, full-time: $17,172 per year, Out-of-state, full-time: $29,656 per year
Enrollment: 1,119
Average GRE verbal score, entering doctoral students: 553
Average GRE quantitative score, entering doctoral students: 642
Average amount of externally funded research expenditure per faculty member (in thousands): $145.1
Total amount of externally funded research conducted by the school (in millions): $17.0
Doctoral programs acceptance rate: 34.3%
7 Ohio State University: Columbus Campus (Columbus, OH)
Tuition: In-state, full-time: $11,853 per year, Out-of-state, full-time: $28,734 per year
Enrollment: 1,198
Average GRE verbal score, entering doctoral students: 549
Average GRE quantitative score, entering doctoral students: 644
Average amount of externally funded research expenditure per faculty member (in thousands): $192.8
Total amount of externally funded research conducted by the school (in millions): $30.9
Doctoral programs acceptance rate: 34.7%
8 University of Minnesota: Twin Cities (Minneapolis, MN)
Tuition: In-state, full-time: $14,012 per year, Out-of-state, full-time: $21,466 per year
Enrollment: 2,040
Average GRE verbal score, entering doctoral students: 559
Average GRE quantitative score, entering doctoral students: 624
Average amount of externally funded research expenditure per faculty member (in thousands): $216.9
Total amount of externally funded research conducted by the school (in millions): $27.8
Doctoral programs acceptance rate: 39.5%
9 University of Florida (Gainesville, FL)
Tuition: In-state, full-time: $427 per credit, Out-of-state, full-time: $1,222 per credit
Enrollment: 1,261
Average GRE verbal score, entering doctoral students: 564
Average GRE quantitative score, entering doctoral students: 656
Average amount of externally funded research expenditure per faculty member (in thousands): $212.0
Total amount of externally funded research conducted by the school (in millions): $14.8
Doctoral programs acceptance rate: 42.5%
10 Indiana University Bloomington (Bloomington, IN)
Tuition: In-state, full-time: $378 per credit, Out-of-state, full-time: $1,100 per credit
Enrollment: 965
Average GRE verbal score, entering doctoral students: 550
Average GRE quantitative score, entering doctoral students: 641
Average amount of externally funded research expenditure per faculty member (in thousands): $249.2
Total amount of externally funded research conducted by the school (in millions): $25.9
Doctoral programs acceptance rate: 30.7%
11 University of Central Florida (Orlando, FL)
Tuition: In-state, full-time: $352 per credit, Out-of-state, full-time: $1,145 per credit
Enrollment: 1,926
Average GRE verbal score, entering doctoral students: 492
Average GRE quantitative score, entering doctoral students: 564
Average amount of externally funded research expenditure per faculty member (in thousands): $60.7
Total amount of externally funded research conducted by the school (in millions): $4.7
Doctoral programs acceptance rate: 46.7%
12 University of Iowa (Iowa City, IA)
Tuition: In-state, full-time: $9,030 per year, Out-of-state, full-time: $24,402 per year
Enrollment: 674
Average GRE verbal score, entering doctoral students: 540
Average GRE quantitative score, entering doctoral students: 612
Average amount of externally funded research expenditure per faculty member (in thousands): $200.4
Total amount of externally funded research conducted by the school (in millions): $16.0
Doctoral programs acceptance rate: 45.8%
13 Boston College (Lynch) (Chestnut Hill, MA)
Tuition: Full-time: $1,122 per credit
Enrollment: 924
Average GRE verbal score, entering doctoral students: 609
Average GRE quantitative score, entering doctoral students: 682
Average amount of externally funded research expenditure per faculty member (in thousands): $269.1
Total amount of externally funded research conducted by the school (in millions): $14.8
Doctoral programs acceptance rate: 10.3%
14 Georgia State University (Atlanta, GA)
Tuition: In-state, full-time: $7,680 per year, Out-of-state, full-time: $28,800 per year
Enrollment: 1,869
Average GRE verbal score, entering doctoral students: 476
Average GRE quantitative score, entering doctoral students: 562
Average amount of externally funded research expenditure per faculty member (in thousands): $107.0
Total amount of externally funded research conducted by the school (in millions): $11.5
Doctoral programs acceptance rate: 35.7%
15 Teachers College, Columbia University (New York, NY)
Tuition: Full-time: $1,231 per credit
Enrollment: 5,108
Average GRE verbal score, entering doctoral students: 547
Average GRE quantitative score, entering doctoral students: 655
Average amount of externally funded research expenditure per faculty member (in thousands): $311.5
Total amount of externally funded research conducted by the school (in millions): $44.5
Doctoral programs acceptance rate: 21.6%
16 University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill (Chapel Hill, NC)
Tuition: In-state, full-time: $6,777 per year, Out-of-state, full-time: $22,464 per year
Enrollment: 543
Average GRE verbal score, entering doctoral students: 526
Average GRE quantitative score, entering doctoral students: 602
Average amount of externally funded research expenditure per faculty member (in thousands): $196.7
Total amount of externally funded research conducted by the school (in millions): $7.5
Doctoral programs acceptance rate: 39.5%