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2023 Best Value Student Counseling Graduate Certificate Schools in Virginia

Identifying Quality Schools at More Affordable Prices

3 Colleges
$15,686 Avg Tuition & Fees*
$48,434 Avg Salary

Finding the Best Student Counseling Graduate Certificate School for You

With 701 degrees and certificates handed out in 2020-2021, student counseling is the #13 most popular major in Virginia.

With all the programs available today, it can be tough to choose which one is the best for you. 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.

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 Virginia to help you in your search for the best school for you. Our analysis looked at 3 schools in Virginia 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. 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.

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

2023 Best Value Student Counseling Graduate Certificate Schools in Virginia

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

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

#1

George Mason University

Fairfax, VA

Our 2023 rankings named George Mason University the best value school in Virginia for student counseling students working on their graduate certificate. GMU is a very large public school located in the suburb of Fairfax.

The average tuition and fees for an in-state graduate student at GMU are $16,644 a year.

GMU did well in our overall quality rankings, too. It placed #3 on our Best Student Counseling Graduate Certificate Schools in Virginia list.

Full Student Counseling at George Mason University Report

#2

Old Dominion University

Norfolk, VA

Out of the 3 schools in Virginia that were part of this year’s ranking, Old Dominion University landed the # 2 spot on the list. Old Dominion is a very large public school located in the city of Norfolk.

In-state tuition fees for graduate students at Old Dominion are $13,224 per year.

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#3

Regent University

Virginia Beach, VA

The excellent graduate certificate programs at Regent University helped the school earn the #3 place on this year’s ranking of the best value student counseling schools in Virginia. Located in the city of Virginia Beach, Regent is a private not-for-profit school with a large student population.

Regent graduate students pay an average of $17,190 in in-state tuition and fees each year.

Read full report on Student Counseling at Regent University

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
Florida 385
Georgia 358
North Carolina 557
Tennessee 239
Kentucky 352
Louisiana 150
Alabama 329
South Carolina 224
Mississippi 179
Arkansas 305
West Virginia 83

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

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 3 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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