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2023 Best Value Student Counseling Graduate Certificate Schools in Georgia

Highlighting Quality Schools With More Affordable Pricing

5 Colleges
$7,954 Avg Tuition & Fees*
$48,434 Avg Salary

Finding the Best Student Counseling Graduate Certificate School for You

Student Counseling is the #24 most popular major in Georgia with 358 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.

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 Georgia ranking. Our analysis looked at 5 schools in Georgia 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.

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 Graduate Certificate Schools in Georgia

Check out the student counseling graduate certificate programs at these schools if you want to get the best value for your educational dollar.

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

Our analysis found Valdosta State University to be the best value school for student counseling students who want to pursue a graduate certificate in Georgia. VSU is a large public school located in the city of Valdosta.

In-state tuition fees for graduate students at VSU are $6,784 per year.

Full Student Counseling at Valdosta State University Report

#2

University of West Georgia

Carrollton, GA

Out of the 5 schools in Georgia that were part of this year’s ranking, University of West Georgia landed the # 2 spot on the list. Located in the fringe town of Carrollton, University of West Georgia is a public school with a large student population.

The average tuition and fees for an in-state graduate student at University of West Georgia are $6,488 a year.

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#3

Fort Valley State University

Fort Valley, GA

The excellent graduate certificate programs at Fort Valley State University helped the school earn the #3 place on this year’s ranking of the best value student counseling schools in Georgia. Located in the fringe town of Fort Valley, Fort Valley State University is a public college with a small student population.

The average tuition and fees for an in-state graduate student at Fort Valley State University are $6,052 a year.

Full Student Counseling at Fort Valley State University Report

#4

University of Georgia

Athens, GA

The excellent graduate certificate programs at University of Georgia helped the school earn the #4 place on this year’s ranking of the best value student counseling schools in Georgia. Located in the city of Athens, UGA is a public school with a very large student population.

In-state tuition fees for graduate students at UGA are $11,156 per year.

UGA did well in our overall quality rankings, too. It placed #5 on our Best Student Counseling Graduate Certificate Schools in Georgia list.

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You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Georgia State University. It ranked #5 on our 2023 Best Value Student Counseling Graduate Certificate Schools in Georgia list. Georgia State is a fairly large public school located in the large city of Atlanta.

Georgia State graduate students pay an average of $9,292 in in-state tuition and fees each year.

Full Student Counseling at Georgia State University Report

Best Value Student Counseling Colleges in the Southeast Region

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

State Degrees Awarded
Virginia 701
Florida 385
North Carolina 557
Tennessee 239
Kentucky 352
Louisiana 150
Alabama 329
South Carolina 224
Mississippi 179
Arkansas 305
West Virginia 83

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 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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