2022 Best Value Master’s Degree Colleges for College Student Counseling & Personnel Services in Illinois (With Aid)

When it comes to choosing a college, students have a lot of options - but not all of them are good. One of our goals at College Factual is to give you as much information as we can - such as our “Best Value College Student Counseling Schools for a Master’s in Illinois For Those Getting Aid” ranking - to help you make that decision.

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.

This year’s “Best Value College Student Counseling Schools for a Master’s in Illinois For Those Getting Aid” ranking analyzed 3 colleges that offered a degree in college student counseling and personnel services. This ranking identifies schools with high-quality college student counseling and personnel services programs that also have a lower cost than 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 Illinois For Those Getting Aid

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

Top 3 Best Value Master’s Degree Colleges for College Student Counseling & Personnel Services in Illinois (With Aid)

#1

Eastern Illinois University

Charleston, Illinois

#1 in overall quality

$20,761 Avg Grad Tuition & Fees

You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend Eastern Illinois University. The school came in at #1 for the Best Value College Student Counseling Schools for a Master’s in Illinois For Those Getting Aid. Eastern Illinois University is located in Charleston, Illinois and, has a medium-sized student population. In 2019-2020, this school awarded 15 masters’s college student counseling degrees to qualified students.

EIU not only placed well in this ranking. It is also #1 on our “Best College Student Counseling & Personnel Services Master’s Degree Schools in Illinois” list. Average graduate tuition and fees at EIU are $20,761, but you may pay more or less depending on your major.

Read full report on 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 be in good company if you decide to attend Western Illinois University. It ranked #2 on our 2022 Best Value College Student Counseling Schools for a Master’s in Illinois For Those Getting Aid list. Western Illinois University is a medium-sized school located in Macomb, Illinois that handed out 36 masters’s college student counseling degrees in 2019-2020.

WIU also took the #2 spot in our “Best College Student Counseling & Personnel Services Master’s Degree Schools in Illinois” ranking. Average graduate tuition and fees at Western Illinois University are $11,996, but you may pay more or less depending on your major.

Full Western Illinois University College Student Counseling & Personnel Services Report

#3

Illinois State University

Normal, Illinois

#3 in overall quality

$11,069 Avg Grad Tuition & Fees

You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend Illinois State University. The school came in at #3 for the Best Value College Student Counseling Schools for a Master’s in Illinois For Those Getting Aid. Located in Normal, Illinois, this large public school handed out 21 diplomas to qualified masters’s college student counseling students in 2019-2020.

Illinois State also took the #3 spot in our “Best College Student Counseling & Personnel Services Master’s Degree Schools in Illinois” ranking. Average graduate tuition and fees at Illinois State are $11,069, but some majors have different tuition rates.

Read full report on College Student Counseling & Personnel Services at Illinois State

• Best Value Master’s Degree Colleges for College Student Counseling & Personnel Services in the Great Lakes Region (With Aid)
• 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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