2022 Best Value Student Counseling Schools for a Master’s in Maine For Those Making $30-$48k

With all of the options students have for higher education today, it can be tough to choose which direction to take. College Factual has developed its “Best Value Student Counseling Schools for a Master’s in Maine For Those Making $30-$48k” ranking as one item you can use to help make this decision.

In 2019-2020, 14,055 people earned their degree in student counseling, making the major the 73rd most popular in the United States. 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 Maine, there were 41 student counseling graduates with average earnings and debt of $43,300 and $37,740 respectively. At the master’s degree level specifically, there were 36 student counseling graduates with average earnings and debt of $54,633 and $49,829 respectively.

This year’s “Best Value Student Counseling Schools for a Master’s in Maine For Those Making $30-$48k” ranking looked at 2 colleges that offer degrees in a bachelor’s in student counseling. This ranking identifies schools with high-quality student counseling programs that also have a lower cost than 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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The student counseling 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 Student Counseling Schools for a Master’s in Maine For Those Making $30-$48k”.

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Best Value Student Counseling Schools for a Master’s in Maine For Those Making $30-$48k

The following schools top our list of the Best Best Value Student Counseling Schools for a Master’s in Maine For Those Making $30-$48k.

Top 2 Best Value Master’s Degree Colleges for Student Counseling (Income $30-$48k) in Maine

#1

University of Southern Maine

Portland, Maine

#1 in overall quality

$22,308 Avg Grad Tuition & Fees

$40,419 Average Early-Career Earnings

Out of the 2 schools in the Best Value Student Counseling Schools for a Master’s in Maine For Those Making $30-$48k that were part of this year’s ranking, University of Southern Maine landed the #1 spot on the list. This medium-sized school is located in Portland, Maine, and it awarded 29 masters’s student counseling degrees in 2019-2020.

University of Southern Maine also made our “Best Student Counseling Master’s Degree Schools in Maine” list, coming in at #1. Average graduate tuition and fees at University of Southern Maine are $22,308, but you may pay more or less depending on your major.

Full University of Southern Maine Student Counseling Report

#2

Husson University

Bangor, Maine

$17,100 Avg Grad Tuition & Fees

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Husson University. It ranked #2 on our 2022 Best Value Student Counseling Schools for a Master’s in Maine For Those Making $30-$48k list. Husson is a small private not-for-profit school situated in Bangor, Maine. It awarded 7 masters’s student counseling degrees in 2019-2020.

Husson did well in our major quality rankings, too. It placed #0 on our “Best Student Counseling Master’s Degree Schools in Maine” list. Although you might pay more or less depending on your area of study, average graduate tuition and fees at Husson University are $17,100.

Read full report on Student Counseling at Husson

• Best Value Master’s Degree Colleges for Student Counseling (Income $30-$48k) in the New England Region
• Best Value Master’s Degree Colleges for Student Counseling (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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