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2022 Best Value Mental Health Counseling/Counselor Schools for a Master’s in the Rocky Mountains Region For Those Making $30-$48k

1 Ranked Colleges
27 Degrees Awarded
$26,500 Avg Grad Tuition & Fees*
Best Value Mental Health Counseling/Counselor Schools for a Master's in the Rocky Mountains Region For Those Making $30-$48k

When it comes to choosing a college, students have a lot of options - but not all of them are good. 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 Mental Health Counseling/Counselor Schools for a Master’s in the Rocky Mountains Region For Those Making $30-$48k” ranking is one tool we have developed to help in this regard.

In 2019-2020, 6,851 people earned their degree in mental health counseling/counselor, making the major the 126th most popular in the United States.

Across the Rocky Mountains region, there were 72 mental health counseling/counselor graduates with average earnings and debt of $0 and $0 respectively. At the master’s degree level specifically, there were 27 mental health counseling/counselor graduates with average earnings and debt of $53,560 and $37,817 respectively.

The schools that top this list are recognized because they have great mental health counseling/counselor 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 mental health counseling/counselor 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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Since the program you select can have a significant impact on your future, we’ve developed a number of rankings, including this “Best Value Mental Health Counseling/Counselor Schools for a Master’s in the Rocky Mountains Region For Those Making $30-$48k” list, to help you choose the best school for you.

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Best Value Mental Health Counseling/Counselor Schools for a Master’s in the Rocky Mountains Region For Those Making $30-$48k

The following schools top our list of the Best Best Value Mental Health Counseling/Counselor Schools for a Master’s in the Rocky Mountains Region For Those Making $30-$48k.

Top 1 Best Value Master’s Degree Colleges for Mental Health Counseling/Counselor (Income $30-$48k) in the Rocky Mountains Region

#1

Idaho State University

Pocatello, Idaho
#1 in overall quality

Out of the 1 schools in the Best Value Mental Health Counseling/Counselor Schools for a Master’s in the Rocky Mountains Region For Those Making $30-$48k that were part of this year’s ranking, Idaho State University landed the #1 spot on the list. ISU is located in Pocatello, Idaho and, has a fairly large student population. In 2019-2020, this school awarded 14 masters’s mental health counseling/counselor degrees to qualified students.

ISU did well in our major quality rankings, too. It placed #1 on our “Best Mental Health Counseling/Counselor Master’s Degree Schools in the Rocky Mountains Region” list. Although you might pay more or less depending on your area of study, average graduate tuition and fees at Idaho State University are $26,548.

Read more about Mental Health Counseling/Counselor at Idaho State University

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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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