2022 Best Value Master’s Degree Colleges for Counselor Education/School Counseling & Guidance Services in Maryland (With Aid)

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Counselor Education/School Counseling & Guidance Services is the 70th most popular major in the country with 12,388 degrees awarded in 2019-2020.

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.

This year’s “Best Value Counselor Education/School Counseling and Guidance Services Schools for a Master’s in Maryland For Those Getting Aid” ranking analyzed 3 colleges that offered a degree in counselor education/school counseling and guidance services. The schools that top this list are recognized because they have great counselor education/school counseling and guidance services programs and cost less that schools of similar quality.

Some of the factors we look at when determining these rankings are overall quality of the counselor education/school counseling and guidance services program at the school and the cost of the school after aid is awarded among other things. See our ranking methodology to learn more.

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Best Value Counselor Education/School Counseling and Guidance Services Schools for a Master’s in Maryland For Those Getting Aid

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 Getting Aid.

Top 3 Best Value Master’s Degree Colleges for Counselor Education/School Counseling & Guidance Services in Maryland (With Aid)

#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 Getting Aid. College Park, Maryland 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 18 students 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. Although you might pay more or less depending on your area of study, average graduate tuition and fees at University of Maryland - College Park are $30,885.

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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 Getting Aid. Bowie State University is a medium-sized school located in Bowie, Maryland that handed out 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. Although you might pay more or less depending on your area of study, average graduate tuition and fees at Bowie State University are $15,281.

Full Bowie State University Counselor Education/School Counseling & Guidance Services Report

#3

Loyola University Maryland

Baltimore, Maryland

#2 in overall quality

$17,970 Avg Grad Tuition & Fees

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Loyola University Maryland. It ranked #3 on our 2022 Best Value Counselor Education/School Counseling and Guidance Services Schools for a Master’s in Maryland For Those Getting Aid list. Located in Baltimore, Maryland, this medium-sized private not-for-profit school handed out 38 diplomas to qualified masters’s counselor education/school counseling and guidance services students in 2019-2020.

Loyola Maryland did well in our major quality rankings, too. It placed #2 on our “Best Counselor Education/School Counseling & Guidance Services Master’s Degree Schools in Maryland” list. Average graduate tuition and fees at Loyola Maryland are $17,970, but you may pay more or less depending on your major.

Full Loyola University Maryland Counselor Education/School Counseling & Guidance Services Report

• Best Value Master’s Degree Colleges for Counselor Education/School Counseling & Guidance Services in the Middle Atlantic Region (With Aid)
• Best Value Master’s Degree Colleges for Counselor Education/School Counseling & Guidance 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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