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

With all of the options students have for higher education today, it can be tough to choose which direction to take. Our mission at College Factual is to arm you with as much information as we can to help you make that decision. Our “Best Value Counselor Education/School Counseling and Guidance Services Schools for a Master’s in West Virginia For Those Making $30-$48k” ranking is one tool we have developed to help in this regard.

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 West Virginia, there were 83 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 83 counselor education/school counseling and guidance services graduates with average earnings and debt of $0 and $0 respectively.

For this year’s “Best Value Counselor Education/School Counseling and Guidance Services Schools for a Master’s in West Virginia 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.

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. For more information, check out our ranking methodology.

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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 Master’s in West Virginia For Those Making $30-$48k”.

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

The colleges and universities below are the best for west virginia master’s degree counselor education/school counseling and guidance services students whose families make $30-$48k.

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

#1

Marshall University

Huntington, West Virginia

#1 in overall quality

$21,162 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 West Virginia For Those Making $30-$48k that were part of this year’s ranking, Marshall University landed the #1 spot on the list. Marshall University is a fairly large public school situated in Huntington, West Virginia. It awarded 49 masters’s counselor education/school counseling and guidance services degrees in 2019-2020.

Marshall University not only placed well in this ranking. It is also #1 on our “Best Counselor Education/School Counseling & Guidance Services Master’s Degree Schools in West Virginia” list. Although you might pay more or less depending on your area of study, average graduate tuition and fees at Marshall University are $21,162.

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#2

West Virginia University

Morgantown, West Virginia

#2 in overall quality

$26,154 Avg Grad Tuition & Fees

You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend West Virginia University. The school came in at #2 for the Best Value Counselor Education/School Counseling and Guidance Services Schools for a Master’s in West Virginia For Those Making $30-$48k. Morgantown, West Virginia is the setting for this large institution of higher learning. The public school handed out masters’s counselor education/school counseling and guidance services degrees to 24 students in 2019-2020.

WVU also made our “Best Counselor Education/School Counseling & Guidance Services Master’s Degree Schools in West Virginia” list, coming in at #2. Average graduate tuition and fees at WVU are $26,154, but some majors have different tuition rates.

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#3

American Public University System

Charles Town, West Virginia

#3 in overall quality

$7,050 Avg Grad Tuition & Fees

You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend American Public University System. The school came in at #3 for the Best Value Counselor Education/School Counseling and Guidance Services Schools for a Master’s in West Virginia For Those Making $30-$48k. American Public University System is a large school located in Charles Town, West Virginia that handed out 10 masters’s counselor education/school counseling and guidance services degrees in 2019-2020.

American Military University did well in our major quality rankings, too. It placed #3 on our “Best Counselor Education/School Counseling & Guidance Services Master’s Degree Schools in West Virginia” list. Average graduate tuition and fees at American Military University are $7,050, but some majors have different tuition rates.

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