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2023 Best Value Student Counseling Graduate Certificate Schools in Connecticut

Highlighting Quality Schools With More Affordable Pricing

2 Colleges
$16,823 Avg Tuition & Fees*
$48,434 Avg Salary

Finding the Best Student Counseling Graduate Certificate School for You

In 2020-2021, 162 degrees and certificates were awarded to student counseling students who went to a Connecticut college or university. This makes it the #25 most popular major in the state.

There are so many programs in today's world that it can tough to figure out which one is the right one for you. 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.

To assist you in seeing some of the education options that are available to you, Grad Degree Search has created its Best Value Student Counseling Graduate Certificate Schools in Connecticut ranking. Our analysis looked at 2 schools in Connecticut to see which graduate certificate 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.

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. 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.

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

2023 Best Value Student Counseling Graduate Certificate Schools in Connecticut

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

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

Our analysis found Southern Connecticut State University to be the best value school for student counseling students who want to pursue a graduate certificate in Connecticut. Located in the midsize city of New Haven, SCSU is a public school with a moderately-sized student population.

The average tuition and fees for an in-state graduate student at SCSU are $13,321 a year.

Full Student Counseling at Southern Connecticut State University Report

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend University of Connecticut. It ranked #2 on our 2023 Best Value Student Counseling Graduate Certificate Schools in Connecticut list. UCONN is a fairly large public school located in the suburb of Storrs.

UCONN graduate students pay an average of $20,325 in in-state tuition and fees each year.

In addition to its best value ranking, and one of the reasons why the school is on the list, UCONN is ranked #5 for overall quality for student counseling in Connecticut.

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Best Value Student Counseling Colleges in the New England Region

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

State Degrees Awarded
Massachusetts 216
Rhode Island 22
New Hampshire 30
Maine 29
Vermont 23

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

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 2 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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More about our data sources and methodologies.

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