2022 Best Value Master’s Degree Colleges for Mental Health Counseling/Counselor (Income $30-$48k) in Louisiana

When it comes to choosing a college, students have a lot of options - but not all of them are good. 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 Master’s in Louisiana For Those Making $30-$48k” ranking is part of that endeavor.

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 Louisiana, there were 52 mental health counseling/counselor graduates with average earnings and debt of $0 and $0 respectively. At the master’s degree level specifically, there were 52 mental health counseling/counselor graduates with average earnings and debt of $53,288 and $46,372 respectively.

This year’s “Best Value Mental Health Counseling/Counselor Schools for a Master’s in Louisiana For Those Making $30-$48k” ranking analyzed 3 colleges that offered a degree in mental health counseling/counselor. 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.

When determining these rankings, we looked at things such as overall quality of the mental health counseling/counselor program at the school and the cost to attend the school once aid has been awarded. See our ranking methodology to learn more.

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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 Master’s in Louisiana For Those Making $30-$48k” list to help you make the college decision.

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

The colleges and universities below are the best for louisiana master’s degree mental health counseling/counselor students whose families make $30-$48k.

Top 3 Best Value Master’s Degree Colleges for Mental Health Counseling/Counselor (Income $30-$48k) in Louisiana

#1

University of Holy Cross

New Orleans, Louisiana

#1 in overall quality

$14,530 Avg Grad Tuition & Fees

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend University of Holy Cross. It ranked #1 on our 2022 Best Value Mental Health Counseling/Counselor Schools for a Master’s in Louisiana For Those Making $30-$48k list. University of Holy Cross is located in New Orleans, Louisiana and, has a small student population. In 2019-2020, this school awarded 27 masters’s mental health counseling/counselor degrees to qualified students.

UHC not only placed well in this ranking. It is also #1 on our “Best Mental Health Counseling/Counselor Master’s Degree Schools in Louisiana” list. Average graduate tuition and fees at University of Holy Cross are $14,530, but some majors have different tuition rates.

Read more about Mental Health Counseling/Counselor at UHC

#2

Loyola University New Orleans

New Orleans, Louisiana

#2 in overall quality

$17,906 Avg Grad Tuition & Fees

Out of the 3 schools in the Best Value Mental Health Counseling/Counselor Schools for a Master’s in Louisiana For Those Making $30-$48k that were part of this year’s ranking, Loyola University New Orleans landed the #2 spot on the list. Loyola University New Orleans is a small school located in New Orleans, Louisiana that handed out 19 masters’s mental health counseling/counselor degrees in 2019-2020.

Loyola New Orleans did well in our major quality rankings, too. It placed #2 on our “Best Mental Health Counseling/Counselor Master’s Degree Schools in Louisiana” list. Although you might pay more or less depending on your area of study, average graduate tuition and fees at Loyola University New Orleans are $17,906.

Read more about Mental Health Counseling/Counselor at Loyola University New Orleans

#3

Xavier University of Louisiana

New Orleans, Louisiana

$10,932 Avg Grad Tuition & Fees

Out of the 3 schools in the Best Value Mental Health Counseling/Counselor Schools for a Master’s in Louisiana For Those Making $30-$48k that were part of this year’s ranking, Xavier University of Louisiana landed the #3 spot on the list. Located in New Orleans, Louisiana, this small private not-for-profit school awarded 6 diplomas to qualified masters’s mental health counseling/counselor students in 2019-2020.

As a testament to the quality of education offered at XULA, the school also landed the #0 spot in our “Best Mental Health Counseling/Counselor Master’s Degree Schools in Louisiana” ranking. Average graduate tuition and fees at Xavier University of Louisiana are $10,932, but some majors have different tuition rates.

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