2022 Best Value Master’s Degree Colleges for Counselor Education/School Counseling & Guidance Services (Income $30-$48k) in Maryland

When it comes to choosing a college, students have a lot of options - but not all of them are good. 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 Master’s in Maryland For Those Making $30-$48k” 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.

Across Maryland, there were 94 counselor education/school counseling and guidance services graduates with average earnings and debt of $0 and $0 respectively. At the master’s degree level specifically, there were 79 counselor education/school counseling and guidance services graduates with average earnings and debt of $60,477 and $45,000 respectively.

For this year’s “Best Value Counselor Education/School Counseling and Guidance Services Schools for a Master’s in Maryland For Those Making $30-$48k” ranking, we looked at 3 colleges that offer a degree in counselor education/school counseling and guidance services. 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.

When determining these rankings, we looked at things such as overall quality of the counselor education/school counseling and guidance services program at the school and the cost to attend the school once aid has been awarded. For more information, check out our ranking methodology.

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When choosing the right school for you, it’s important to arm yourself with all the facts you can. To that end, we’ve created a number of major-specific rankings, including this “Best Value Counselor Education/School Counseling and Guidance Services Schools for a Master’s in Maryland For Those Making $30-$48k” list to help you make the college decision.

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Best Value Counselor Education/School Counseling and Guidance Services Schools for a Master’s in Maryland For Those Making $30-$48k

The following schools top our list of the Best Best Value Counselor Education/School Counseling and Guidance Services Schools for a Master’s in Maryland For Those Making $30-$48k.

Top 3 Best Value Master’s Degree Colleges for Counselor Education/School Counseling & Guidance Services (Income $30-$48k) in Maryland

#1

University of Maryland - College Park

College Park, Maryland

#1 in overall quality

$30,885 Avg Grad Tuition & Fees

You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend University of Maryland - College Park. The school came in at #1 for the Best Value Counselor Education/School Counseling and Guidance Services Schools for a Master’s in Maryland For Those Making $30-$48k. University of Maryland - College Park is a public institution located in College Park, Maryland. The school has a large population, and it awarded 18 masters’s degrees in 2019-2020.

UMCP did well in our major quality rankings, too. It placed #1 on our “Best Counselor Education/School Counseling & Guidance Services Master’s Degree Schools in Maryland” list. Average graduate tuition and fees at UMCP are $30,885, but some majors have different tuition rates.

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#2

Bowie State University

Bowie, Maryland

#3 in overall quality

$15,281 Avg Grad Tuition & Fees

You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend Bowie State University. The school came in at #2 for the Best Value Counselor Education/School Counseling and Guidance Services Schools for a Master’s in Maryland For Those Making $30-$48k. This medium-sized school is located in Bowie, Maryland, and it awarded 14 masters’s counselor education/school counseling and guidance services degrees in 2019-2020.

Bowie State University not only placed well in this ranking. It is also #3 on our “Best Counselor Education/School Counseling & Guidance Services Master’s Degree Schools in Maryland” list. Average graduate tuition and fees at Bowie State University are $15,281, but some majors have different tuition rates.

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#3

Loyola University Maryland

Baltimore, Maryland

#2 in overall quality

$17,970 Avg Grad Tuition & Fees

Out of the 3 schools in the Best Value Counselor Education/School Counseling and Guidance Services Schools for a Master’s in Maryland For Those Making $30-$48k that were part of this year’s ranking, Loyola University Maryland landed the #3 spot on the list. Loyola University Maryland is a medium-sized school located in Baltimore, Maryland that handed out 38 masters’s counselor education/school counseling and guidance services degrees in 2019-2020.

Loyola Maryland not only placed well in this ranking. It is also #2 on our “Best Counselor Education/School Counseling & Guidance Services Master’s Degree Schools in Maryland” list. Although you might pay more or less depending on your area of study, average graduate tuition and fees at Loyola Maryland are $17,970.

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• Best Value Master’s Degree Colleges for Counselor Education/School Counseling & Guidance Services (Income $30-$48k) in the Middle Atlantic Region
• Best Value Master’s Degree Colleges for Counselor Education/School Counseling & Guidance Services (Income $30-$48k)

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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