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2023 Best Value Student Counseling Graduate Certificate Schools in Pennsylvania

Identifying Quality Schools at More Affordable Prices

5 Colleges
$15,472 Avg Tuition & Fees*
$48,434 Avg Salary

Finding the Best Student Counseling Graduate Certificate School for You

Student Counseling is the #25 most popular major in Pennsylvania with 576 degrees and certificates awarded in 2020-2021.

When it comes to higher education, there are a lot of options for students. As online education oppotunities continue to grow, you're not restricted to just schools in your local area anymore. Even some of the 'big name' schools are offering online courses. Also, there are a number of trade schools with offerings that you might find attractive.

Along with in-depth profiles of schools and the programs they offer, Grad Degree Search has created the Best Value Student Counseling Graduate Certificate Schools in Pennsylvania to help you in your search for the best school for you. This report analyzed 5 schools in Pennsylvania to see which ones offered the best value graduate certificate programs for student counseling students. The goal was to highlight schools with more affordable prices than others offering similar quality experiences.

This ranking is not just a list of inexpensive schools. We also consider each school's quality, since we believe a low-quality school may not be a 'bargain' at any price. More specifically, we discount our quality score by the published tuition and fees charged by a school. This gives the cost per unit of quality for each college. The value is determined by how much quality your dollar buys.

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

2023 Best Value Student Counseling Graduate Certificate Schools in Pennsylvania

The following schools top our list of the Best Value Student Counseling Graduate Certificate Colleges.

Best Pennsylvania Schools for Affordable Quality for a Postbaccalaureate Certificates in Student Counseling

Our 2023 rankings named West Chester University of Pennsylvania the best value school in Pennsylvania for student counseling students working on their graduate certificate. WCUPA is a fairly large public school located in the large suburb of West Chester.

In-state tuition fees for graduate students at WCUPA are $11,898 per year.

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You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend California University of Pennsylvania. It ranked #2 on our 2023 Best Value Student Counseling Graduate Certificate Schools in Pennsylvania list. Located in the small suburb of California, Cal U is a public college with a moderately-sized student population.

Cal U graduate students pay an average of $12,919 in in-state tuition and fees each year.

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#3

Marywood University

Scranton, PA

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Marywood University. It ranked #3 on our 2023 Best Value Student Counseling Graduate Certificate Schools in Pennsylvania list. Located in the small city of Scranton, Marywood is a private not-for-profit school with a small student population.

Marywood graduate students pay an average of $11,438 in in-state tuition and fees each year.

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#4

Eastern University

Saint Davids, PA

Out of the 5 schools in Pennsylvania that were part of this year’s ranking, Eastern University landed the # 4 spot on the list. EU is a small private not-for-profit school located in the suburb of Saint Davids.

EU graduate students pay an average of $13,976 in in-state tuition and fees each year.

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#5

Lehigh University

Bethlehem, PA

The excellent graduate certificate programs at Lehigh University helped the school earn the #5 place on this year’s ranking of the best value student counseling schools in Pennsylvania. Located in the small city of Bethlehem, Lehigh is a private not-for-profit school with a medium-sized student population.

Lehigh graduate students pay an average of $27,130 in in-state tuition and fees each year.

On top of its placing in our value ranking, Lehigh also did well on our Best Student Counseling Graduate Certificate Schools in Pennsylvania list. It’s in the top 20% of all schools reviewed in this analysis.

Full Student Counseling at Lehigh University Report

Best Value Student Counseling Colleges in the Middle Atlantic Region

Explore all the Best Value Student Counseling Schools in the Middle Atlantic Area or other specific states within that region.

State Degrees Awarded
New York 878
Maryland 149
New Jersey 448
District of Columbia 43
Delaware 73

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

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 5 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).
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