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2023 Best Value Student Counseling Doctor's Degree Schools

Highlighting Quality Schools With More Affordable Pricing

66 Colleges
$17,286 Avg Tuition & Fees*
$51,166 Avg Salary

Finding the Best Student Counseling Doctor's Degree School for You

Student Counseling is the #22 most popular major in the country with 13,840 degrees and certificates awarded in 2020-2021.

It's not easy to decide which program to enroll in when you have so many options available. With more and more schools offering online options, you could even register for a great program on the other side of the country. On top of that, there are a considerable number of trade schools that offer fast-track entry to many fields.

The Best Value Student Counseling Doctor's Degree Schools ranking is one of many tools that Grad Degree Search has developed to help you make your educational decision. Our analysis looked at 66 schools in the United States to see which doctor's degree programs offered the best value experiences for student counseling students with the aim of identifying those quality schools that are more affordable than some of their counterparts.

Our ranking of value is based on the quality of a program as defined in our per sticker price dollar. Specifically, our score for quality is discounted by the published tuition and fees charged by the given college. This gives the cost per unit of quality for each college. The more quality your dollar buys, the better the value.

In our regional and nationwide rankings, out-of-state tution and fees are used in our calculations. For statewide rankings, we use average in-state tuition and fees.

2023 Best Value Student Counseling Doctor’s Degree Schools in the United States

Check out the student counseling doctor's degree programs at these schools if you want to get the best value for your educational dollar.

Top 10 Best Student Counseling Doctor's Degree Schools

Our analysis found Brigham Young University - Provo to be the best value school for student counseling students who want to pursue a doctor’s degree in the United States. BYU is a fairly large private not-for-profit school located in the city of Provo.

The average tuition and fees for an out-of-state graduate students at BYU are $7,700 a year.

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A rank of #2 on this year’s list means Minnesota State University - Mankato is a great value for student counseling students working on their doctor’s degree. Minnesota State Mankato is a large public school located in the city of Mankato.

Minnesota State Mankato graduate students pay an average of $9,308 in tuition and fees each year.

Full Student Counseling at Minnesota State University - Mankato Report

The excellent doctor’s degree programs at Northern Illinois University helped the school earn the #3 place on this year’s ranking of the best value student counseling schools in the United States. Located in the small suburb of Dekalb, NIU is a public college with a large student population.

Out-of-state tuition fees for graduate students at NIU are $11,390 per year.

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Out of the 66 schools in the United States that were part of this year’s ranking, North Dakota State University - Main Campus landed the # 4 spot on the list. Located in the medium-sized city of Fargo, North Dakota State University is a public school with a fairly large student population.

Out-of-state tuition fees for graduate students at North Dakota State University are $12,028 per year.

On top of its placing in our value ranking, North Dakota State University also did well on our Best Student Counseling Doctor’s Degree Schools list. It’s in the top 15% of all schools reviewed in this analysis.

Full Student Counseling at North Dakota State University - Main Campus Report

You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around you if you attend National Louis University. The school came in at #5 on this year’s Best Value Student Counseling Doctor’s Degree Schools list. Located in the city of Chicago, NLU is a private not-for-profit college with a moderately-sized student population.

Out-of-state tuition fees for graduate students at NLU are $12,096 per year.

Full Student Counseling at National Louis University Report

#6

Montclair State University

Montclair, NJ

Montclair State University ranked #6 on this year’s Best Value Student Counseling Doctor’s Degree Schools list. Montclair State is a fairly large public school located in the suburb of Montclair.

The average tuition and fees for an out-of-state graduate students at Montclair State are $13,519 a year.

Full Student Counseling at Montclair State University Report

#7

University of West Georgia

Carrollton, GA

University of West Georgia landed the #7 spot in the 2023 rankings for the best value doctor’s degree student counseling programs. Located in the fringe town of Carrollton, University of West Georgia is a public school with a fairly large student population.

The average tuition and fees for an out-of-state graduate students at University of West Georgia are $18,980 a year.

As a testament to the quality of education it offers, University of West Georgia also is in the top 5% of our Best Student Counseling Doctor’s Degree Schools ranking.

Full Student Counseling at University of West Georgia Report

#8

Governors State University

University Park, IL

Governors State University ranked #8 on this year’s Best Value Student Counseling Doctor’s Degree Schools list. GSU is a small public school located in the rural area of University Park.

The average tuition and fees for an out-of-state graduate students at GSU are $14,674 a year.

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Seattle Pacific University landed the #9 spot in the 2023 rankings for the best value doctor’s degree student counseling programs. SPU is a small private not-for-profit school located in the large city of Seattle.

The average tuition and fees for an out-of-state graduate students at SPU are $24,273 a year.

SPU also claimed a spot on our Best Student Counseling Doctor’s Degree Schools list. It’s in the top 20% of all schools in this category.

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#10

University of Georgia

Athens, GA

University of Georgia came in at #10 in this year’s edition of the Best Value Student Counseling Doctor’s Degree Schools ranking. Located in the midsize city of Athens, UGA is a public school with a very large student population.

Out-of-state tuition fees for graduate students at UGA are $27,464 per year.

Read full report on Student Counseling at University of Georgia

Honorable Mentions

These are some additional schools worth mentioning that are also great but just didn't quite make the cut to earn our top Best Value Student Counseling Doctor's Degree Schools award.

Rank College Location
11 Shippensburg University of Pennsylvania Shippensburg, PA
12 University of Wyoming Laramie, WY
13 Sam Houston State University Huntsville, TX

Student Counseling by Region

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Region
Southeast
New England
Rocky Mountains
Plains States
Middle Atlantic
Far Western US
Southwest
Great Lakes

One of 14 majors within the area of study, student counseling has other similar majors worth exploring.

Majors Similar to Student Counseling

Related Major Annual Graduates
Educational Administration 45,458
Teacher Education Grade Specific 34,451
Special Education 25,158
General Education 21,189
Teacher Education Subject Specific 20,616

Notes and References

*These averages are for the top 25 schools only.

  • 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).
  • Credit for the banner image above goes to Umary.marketing.

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