A degree in substance abuse/addiction counseling is more popular than many other degrees. In fact, it ranks #254 out of 1506 on popularity of all such degrees in the nation. As a result, there are many college that offer the degree, making your choice of school a hard one.
For its 2025 ranking, College Factual looked at 3 schools in Wisconsin to determine which ones were the best for substance abuse/addiction counseling students pursuing a degree. Combined, these schools handed out 158 degrees in substance abuse/addiction counseling to qualified students.
Choosing a Great Substance Abuse/Addiction Counseling School
Your choice of substance abuse/addiction counseling school matters, so we have put together these rankings to help you make your decision. We derive our Best Overall Substance Abuse/Addiction Counseling School rankings by rolling up our degree-level rankings after weighting them by the number of degrees awarded at each school.
You may want to choose one of the degree levels below to find the schools of most interest to you.
Pick Your Substance Abuse/Addiction Counseling Degree Level
When choosing the right school for you, it's important to arm yourself with all the facts you can. To that end, we've created a number of major-specific rankings, including this Best Substance Abuse/Addiction Counseling Schools in Wisconsin list to help you make the college decision.
If you'd like to restrict your choices to just one part of the country, you can filter this list by location.
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Best Schools for Substance Abuse/Addiction Counseling in Wisconsin
Although we recommend filtering by degree level first, you can view the list below to see which schools give the educational experience for the substance abuse/addiction counseling degree levels they offer.
Top Wisconsin Schools in Substance Abuse/Addiction Counseling
Northcentral Technical College is a great decision for students pursuing a degree in substance abuse/addiction counseling. North Central Technical College is a moderately-sized public college located in the small city of Wausau. This college ranks 17th out of 46 schools for overall quality in the state of Wisconsin.
There were roughly 20 substance abuse/addiction counseling students who graduated with this degree at North Central Technical College in the most recent year we have data available.
Chippewa Valley Technical College is a good choice for students interested in a degree in substance abuse/addiction counseling. Located in the city of Eau Claire, CVTC is a public college with a moderately-sized student population. A Best Colleges rank of #338 out of 2,152 schools nationwide means CVTC is a great college overall.
There were approximately 9 substance abuse/addiction counseling students who graduated with this degree at CVTC in the most recent data year.
Any student pursuing a degree in substance abuse/addiction counseling has to check out Nicolet Area Technical College. Nicolet Area Technical College is a small public college located in the rural area of Rhinelander. This college ranks 45th out of 46 schools for overall quality in the state of Wisconsin.
There were roughly 6 substance abuse/addiction counseling students who graduated with this degree at Nicolet Area Technical College in the most recent year we have data available.
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).