2022 Best Value College Student Counseling Schools for a Master’s in Illinois For Those Making $48-$75k

It’s not easy to decide which college to attend when there so many options available for students. College Factual was founded, in part, to help students make the decision as to what would be the best school for them. Our “Best Value College Student Counseling Schools for a Master’s in Illinois For Those Making $48-$75k” ranking is part of that endeavor.

College Student Counseling & Personnel Services is the 413th most popular major in the country with 1,195 degrees awarded in 2019-2020.

Across Illinois, there were 72 college student counseling and personnel services graduates with average earnings and debt of $0 and $0 respectively. At the master’s degree level specifically, there were 72 college student counseling and personnel services graduates with average earnings and debt of $57,267 and $46,814 respectively.

For this year’s “Best Value College Student Counseling Schools for a Master’s in Illinois For Those Making $48-$75k” ranking, we looked at 3 colleges that offer a degree in college student counseling and personnel services. The schools that top this list are recognized because they have great college student counseling and personnel services programs and cost less that schools of similar quality.

Some of the factors we look at when determining these rankings are overall quality of the college student counseling and personnel services program at the school and the cost of the school after aid is awarded among other things. For more information, check out our ranking methodology.

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Best Value College Student Counseling Schools for a Master’s in Illinois For Those Making $48-$75k

The following schools top our list of the Best Best Value College Student Counseling Schools for a Master’s in Illinois For Those Making $48-$75k.

Top 3 Best Value Master’s Degree Colleges for College Student Counseling & Personnel Services (Income $48-$75k) in Illinois

#1

Eastern Illinois University

Charleston, Illinois

#1 in overall quality

$20,761 Avg Grad Tuition & Fees

Out of the 3 schools in the Best Value College Student Counseling Schools for a Master’s in Illinois For Those Making $48-$75k that were part of this year’s ranking, Eastern Illinois University landed the #1 spot on the list. Located in Charleston, Illinois, this medium-sized public school awarded 15 diplomas to qualified masters’s college student counseling students in 2019-2020.

EIU did well in our major quality rankings, too. It placed #1 on our “Best College Student Counseling & Personnel Services Master’s Degree Schools in Illinois” list. Although you might pay more or less depending on your area of study, average graduate tuition and fees at Eastern Illinois University are $20,761.

Read more about College Student Counseling & Personnel Services at Eastern Illinois University

#2

Western Illinois University

Macomb, Illinois

#2 in overall quality

$11,996 Avg Grad Tuition & Fees

You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend Western Illinois University. The school came in at #2 for the Best Value College Student Counseling Schools for a Master’s in Illinois For Those Making $48-$75k. Western Illinois University is a public institution located in Macomb, Illinois. The school has a medium-sized population, and it awarded 36 masters’s degrees in 2019-2020.

WIU did well in our major quality rankings, too. It placed #2 on our “Best College Student Counseling & Personnel Services Master’s Degree Schools in Illinois” list. Average graduate tuition and fees at Western Illinois University are $11,996, but some majors have different tuition rates.

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#3

Illinois State University

Normal, Illinois

#3 in overall quality

$11,069 Avg Grad Tuition & Fees

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Illinois State University. It ranked #3 on our 2022 Best Value College Student Counseling Schools for a Master’s in Illinois For Those Making $48-$75k list. This large school is located in Normal, Illinois, and it awarded 21 masters’s college student counseling degrees in 2019-2020.

Illinois State not only placed well in this ranking. It is also #3 on our “Best College Student Counseling & Personnel Services Master’s Degree Schools in Illinois” list. Average graduate tuition and fees at Illinois State University are $11,069, but some majors have different tuition rates.

Read more about College Student Counseling & Personnel Services at Illinois State University

• Best Value Master’s Degree Colleges for College Student Counseling & Personnel Services (Income $48-$75k) in the Great Lakes Region
• Best Value Master’s Degree Colleges for College Student Counseling & Personnel Services (Income $48-$75k)

Notes and References

References

• 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 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).
• Information about the national average student loan default rate is from the U.S. Department of Education and refers to data about the 2016 borrower cohort tracking period for which the cohort default rate (CDR) was 10.1%.

Read more about our data sources and methodologies

Footnotes

• *Average salary, average net price, and average tuition and fees are for the top schools only.
• Some schools otherwise deserving of recognition may have been removed from this ranking in the event that new data identified post-publication warranted it, or at the request of the school.

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