2022 Best Value College Student Counseling Schools for a Master’s in the Far Western US Region For Those Getting Aid

It’s not easy to decide which college to attend when there so many options available for students. College Factual has developed its “Best Value College Student Counseling Schools for a Master’s in the Far Western US Region For Those Getting Aid” ranking as one item you can use to help make this decision.

In 2019-2020, 1,195 people earned their degree in college student counseling and personnel services, making the major the 413th most popular in the United States.

Across the Far Western US region, there were 104 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 104 college student counseling and personnel services graduates with average earnings and debt of $59,319 and $48,880 respectively.

This year’s “Best Value College Student Counseling Schools for a Master’s in the Far Western US Region For Those Getting Aid” ranking analyzed 4 colleges that offered a degree in college student counseling and personnel services. Not only do the schools that top this list have excellent college student counseling and personnel services programs, but they also cost less that schools of similar quality.

To come up with these rankings, we looked at factors such as the cost to attend the school after aid is awarded and overall quality of the college student counseling and personnel services program at the school. For more information, check out our ranking methodology.

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Best Value College Student Counseling Schools for a Master’s in the Far Western US Region For Those Getting Aid

The following schools top our list of the Best Best Value College Student Counseling Schools for a Master’s in the Far Western US Region For Those Getting Aid.

Top 4 Best Value Master’s Degree Colleges for College Student Counseling & Personnel Services in the Far Western US Region (With Aid)

#1

California Polytechnic State University - San Luis Obispo

San Luis Obispo, California

#4 in overall quality

$21,009 Avg Grad Tuition & Fees

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend California Polytechnic State University - San Luis Obispo. It ranked #1 on our 2022 Best Value College Student Counseling Schools for a Master’s in the Far Western US Region For Those Getting Aid list. San Luis Obispo, California is the setting for this large institution of higher learning. The public school handed out masters’s college student counseling degrees to 17 students in 2019-2020.

As a testament to the quality of education offered at Cal Poly San Luis Obispo, the school also landed the #4 spot in our “Best College Student Counseling & Personnel Services Master’s Degree Schools in the Far Western US Region” ranking. Average graduate tuition and fees at Cal Poly San Luis Obispo are $21,009, but you may pay more or less depending on your major.

Read more about College Student Counseling & Personnel Services at Cal Poly San Luis Obispo

#2

California Lutheran University

Thousand Oaks, California

#3 in overall quality

$20,600 Avg Grad Tuition & Fees

You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend California Lutheran University. The school came in at #2 for the Best Value College Student Counseling Schools for a Master’s in the Far Western US Region For Those Getting Aid. Thousand Oaks, California is the setting for this small institution of higher learning. The private not-for-profit school handed out masters’s college student counseling degrees to 32 students in 2019-2020.

CLU did well in our major quality rankings, too. It placed #3 on our “Best College Student Counseling & Personnel Services Master’s Degree Schools in the Far Western US Region” list. Average graduate tuition and fees at California Lutheran University are $20,600, but you may pay more or less depending on your major.

Full California Lutheran University College Student Counseling & Personnel Services Report

#3

University of Southern California

Los Angeles, California

#1 in overall quality

$48,715 Avg Grad Tuition & Fees

You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend University of Southern California. The school came in at #3 for the Best Value College Student Counseling Schools for a Master’s in the Far Western US Region For Those Getting Aid. This large school is located in Los Angeles, California, and it awarded 39 masters’s college student counseling degrees in 2019-2020.

As a testament to the quality of education offered at USC, the school also landed the #1 spot in our “Best College Student Counseling & Personnel Services Master’s Degree Schools in the Far Western US Region” ranking. Average graduate tuition and fees at USC are $48,715, but some majors have different tuition rates.

Read full report on College Student Counseling & Personnel Services at USC

#4

Seattle University

Seattle, Washington

#2 in overall quality

$14,040 Avg Grad Tuition & Fees

You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend Seattle University. The school came in at #4 for the Best Value College Student Counseling Schools for a Master’s in the Far Western US Region For Those Getting Aid. Seattle University is a medium-sized school located in Seattle, Washington that handed out 16 masters’s college student counseling degrees in 2019-2020.

Seattle U not only placed well in this ranking. It is also #2 on our “Best College Student Counseling & Personnel Services Master’s Degree Schools in the Far Western US Region” list. Average graduate tuition and fees at Seattle University are $14,040, but you may pay more or less depending on your major.

Full Seattle U College Student Counseling & Personnel Services Report

• Best Value Master’s Degree Colleges for College Student Counseling & Personnel Services (With Aid)

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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