2022 Best Value Bachelor’s Degree Colleges for Counselor Education/School Counseling & Guidance Services (Income $0-$30k)

When pursuing a degree in today’s world, students have many different options to choose from. 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 Counselor Education/School Counseling and Guidance Services Schools for a Bachelor’s For Those Making $0-$30k” ranking is part of that endeavor.

In 2019-2020, 12,388 people earned their degree in counselor education/school counseling and guidance services, making the major the 70th most popular in the United States.

At the bachelor’s degree level specifically, there were 5 counselor education/school counseling and guidance services graduates with average earnings and debt of $38,303 and $24,501 respectively.

This ranking identifies schools with high-quality counselor education/school counseling and guidance 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 counselor education/school counseling and guidance services program at the school. See our ranking methodology to learn more.

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The counselor education/school counseling and guidance services school you choose to invest your time and money in matters. To help you make the decision that is right for you, we’ve developed a number of major-specific rankings, including this list of “Best Value Counselor Education/School Counseling and Guidance Services Schools for a Bachelor’s For Those Making $0-$30k”.

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Best Value Counselor Education/School Counseling and Guidance Services Schools for a Bachelor’s For Those Making $0-$30k

The following schools top our list of the Best Best Value Counselor Education/School Counseling and Guidance Services Schools for a Bachelor’s For Those Making $0-$30k.

Top 1 Best Value Bachelor’s Degree Colleges for Counselor Education/School Counseling & Guidance Services (Income $0-$30k)

#1

University of Holy Cross

New Orleans, Louisiana

#1 in overall quality

$15,584 Average Net Price

You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend University of Holy Cross. The school came in at #1 for the Best Value Counselor Education/School Counseling and Guidance Services Schools for a Bachelor’s For Those Making $0-$30k. University of Holy Cross is a private not-for-profit institution located in New Orleans, Louisiana. The school has a small population, and it awarded 5 bachelors’s degrees in 2019-2020.

UHC not only placed well in this ranking. It is also #1 on our “Best Counselor Education/School Counseling & Guidance Services Bachelor’s Degree Schools” list. The yearly cost to attend University of Holy Cross is $15,584 for bachelor’s degree counselor education/school counseling and guidance services students whose families make $0-$30k.

Since the school has a student-to-faculty ratio of 10 to 1, those pursuing a degree will have more opportunities to interact with their professors.

Read full report on Counselor Education/School Counseling & Guidance Services at UHC

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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