2022 Best Value Mental Health Counseling/Counselor Schools for a Doctorate in Massachusetts For Those Making $0-$30k

Students have lots of options to chooose from today when trying to decide which college to attend. 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 Mental Health Counseling/Counselor Schools for a Doctorate in Massachusetts For Those Making $0-$30k” ranking is part of that endeavor.

Mental Health Counseling/Counselor is the 126th most popular major in the country with 6,851 degrees awarded in 2019-2020.

Across Massachusetts, there were 536 mental health counseling/counselor graduates with average earnings and debt of $0 and $0 respectively. At the doctor’s degree level specifically, there were 14 mental health counseling/counselor graduates with average earnings and debt of $73,213 and $99,210 respectively.

This year’s “Best Value Mental Health Counseling/Counselor Schools for a Doctorate in Massachusetts For Those Making $0-$30k” ranking looked at 3 colleges that offer degrees in a bachelor’s in mental health counseling/counselor. This ranking identifies schools with high-quality mental health counseling/counselor 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 mental health counseling/counselor program at the school and the cost of the school after aid is awarded among other things. 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 Mental Health Counseling/Counselor Schools for a Doctorate in Massachusetts For Those Making $0-$30k” list to help you make the college decision.

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Best Value Mental Health Counseling/Counselor Schools for a Doctorate in Massachusetts For Those Making $0-$30k

The following schools top our list of the Best Best Value Mental Health Counseling/Counselor Schools for a Doctorate in Massachusetts For Those Making $0-$30k.

Top 3 Best Value Doctor’s Degree Colleges for Mental Health Counseling/Counselor (Income $0-$30k) in Massachusetts

#1

Springfield College

Springfield, Massachusetts

#2 in overall quality

$33,535 Avg Grad Tuition & Fees

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Springfield College. It ranked #1 on our 2022 Best Value Mental Health Counseling/Counselor Schools for a Doctorate in Massachusetts For Those Making $0-$30k list. Springfield College is a private not-for-profit institution located in Springfield, Massachusetts. The school has a small population, and it awarded 1 doctorate’s degrees in 2019-2020.

Springfield College not only placed well in this ranking. It is also #2 on our “Best Mental Health Counseling/Counselor Doctor’s Degree Schools in Massachusetts” list. Although you might pay more or less depending on your area of study, average graduate tuition and fees at Springfield College are $33,535.

Full Springfield College Mental Health Counseling/Counselor Report

#2

American International College

Springfield, Massachusetts

#2 in overall quality

$12,717 Avg Grad Tuition & Fees

Out of the 3 schools in the Best Value Mental Health Counseling/Counselor Schools for a Doctorate in Massachusetts For Those Making $0-$30k that were part of this year’s ranking, American International College landed the #2 spot on the list. Springfield, Massachusetts is the setting for this small institution of higher learning. The private not-for-profit school handed out doctorate’s mental health counseling/counselor degrees to 2 students in 2019-2020.

AIC did well in our major quality rankings, too. It placed #2 on our “Best Mental Health Counseling/Counselor Doctor’s Degree Schools in Massachusetts” list. Although you might pay more or less depending on your area of study, average graduate tuition and fees at American International College are $12,717.

Read more about Mental Health Counseling/Counselor at AIC

#3

Lesley University

Cambridge, Massachusetts

#1 in overall quality

$19,050 Avg Grad Tuition & Fees

Out of the 3 schools in the Best Value Mental Health Counseling/Counselor Schools for a Doctorate in Massachusetts For Those Making $0-$30k that were part of this year’s ranking, Lesley University landed the #3 spot on the list. Lesley University is a small school located in Cambridge, Massachusetts that handed out 11 doctorate’s mental health counseling/counselor degrees in 2019-2020.

Lesley not only placed well in this ranking. It is also #1 on our “Best Mental Health Counseling/Counselor Doctor’s Degree Schools in Massachusetts” list. Although you might pay more or less depending on your area of study, average graduate tuition and fees at Lesley University are $19,050.

Full Lesley Mental Health Counseling/Counselor Report

• Best Value Doctor’s Degree Colleges for Mental Health Counseling/Counselor (Income $0-$30k) in the New England Region
• Best Value Doctor’s Degree Colleges for Mental Health Counseling/Counselor (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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