2022 Best Value Student Counseling Schools for a Doctorate in Michigan For Those Making $0-$30k

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Student Counseling is the 73rd most popular major in the country with 14,055 degrees awarded in 2019-2020. In 2017-2018, student counseling graduates who were awarded their degree in 2015-2017, earned an average of $43,174 and had an average of $42,631 in loans still to pay off.

Across Michigan, there were 188 student counseling graduates with average earnings and debt of $40,933 and $50,741 respectively. At the doctor’s degree level specifically, there were 5 student counseling graduates with average earnings and debt of $70,785 and $113,051 respectively.

For this year’s “Best Value Student Counseling Schools for a Doctorate in Michigan For Those Making $0-$30k” ranking, we looked at 2 colleges that offer a degree in student counseling. The schools that top this list are recognized because they have great student counseling 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 student counseling program at the school and the cost of the school after aid is awarded among other things. Check out our ranking methodology for more information.

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Best Value Student Counseling Schools for a Doctorate in Michigan For Those Making $0-$30k

The following schools top our list of the Best Best Value Student Counseling Schools for a Doctorate in Michigan For Those Making $0-$30k.

Top 2 Best Value Doctor’s Degree Colleges for Student Counseling (Income $0-$30k) in Michigan

#1

Western Michigan University

Kalamazoo, Michigan

#1 in overall quality

$31,355 Avg Grad Tuition & Fees

Out of the 2 schools in the Best Value Student Counseling Schools for a Doctorate in Michigan For Those Making $0-$30k that were part of this year’s ranking, Western Michigan University landed the #1 spot on the list. Western Michigan University is a fairly large public school situated in Kalamazoo, Michigan. It awarded 4 doctorate’s student counseling degrees in 2019-2020.

WMU did well in our major quality rankings, too. It placed #1 on our “Best Student Counseling Doctor’s Degree Schools in Michigan” list. Although you might pay more or less depending on your area of study, average graduate tuition and fees at WMU are $31,355.

Read full report on Student Counseling at WMU

#2

Wayne State University

Detroit, Michigan

#2 in overall quality

$37,215 Avg Grad Tuition & Fees

You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend Wayne State University. The school came in at #2 for the Best Value Student Counseling Schools for a Doctorate in Michigan For Those Making $0-$30k. Wayne State University is a large public school situated in Detroit, Michigan. It awarded 1 doctorate’s student counseling degrees in 2019-2020.

Wayne State did well in our major quality rankings, too. It placed #2 on our “Best Student Counseling Doctor’s Degree Schools in Michigan” list. Average graduate tuition and fees at Wayne State University are $37,215, but some majors have different tuition rates.

Read full report on Student Counseling at Wayne State

• Best Value Doctor’s Degree Colleges for Student Counseling (Income $0-$30k) in the Great Lakes Region
• Best Value Doctor’s Degree Colleges for Student Counseling (Income $0-$30k)

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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