2022 Best Value Mental Health Counseling/Counselor Schools for a Master’s in Iowa 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. 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 Iowa 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 Iowa, there were 28 mental health counseling/counselor graduates with average earnings and debt of $0 and $0 respectively. At the master’s degree level specifically, there were 28 mental health counseling/counselor graduates with average earnings and debt of $52,298 and $45,299 respectively.

This year’s “Best Value Mental Health Counseling/Counselor Schools for a Master’s in Iowa For Those Making $30-$48k” ranking looked at 2 colleges that offer degrees in a bachelor’s in mental health counseling/counselor. Not only do the schools that top this list have excellent mental health counseling/counselor programs, but they also 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. For more information, check out our ranking methodology.

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

Top 2 Best Value Master’s Degree Colleges for Mental Health Counseling/Counselor (Income $30-$48k) in Iowa

#1

University of Northern Iowa

Cedar Falls, Iowa

#2 in overall quality

$22,648 Avg Grad Tuition & Fees

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend University of Northern Iowa. It ranked #1 on our 2022 Best Value Mental Health Counseling/Counselor Schools for a Master’s in Iowa For Those Making $30-$48k list. UNI is a medium-sized public school situated in Cedar Falls, Iowa. It awarded 15 masters’s mental health counseling/counselor degrees in 2019-2020.

UNI also made our “Best Mental Health Counseling/Counselor Master’s Degree Schools in Iowa” list, coming in at #2. Average graduate tuition and fees at UNI are $22,648, but you may pay more or less depending on your major.

Full University of Northern Iowa Mental Health Counseling/Counselor Report

#2

University of Iowa

Iowa City, Iowa

#1 in overall quality

$27,613 Avg Grad Tuition & Fees

You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend University of Iowa. The school came in at #2 for the Best Value Mental Health Counseling/Counselor Schools for a Master’s in Iowa For Those Making $30-$48k. University of Iowa is a large public school situated in Iowa City, Iowa. It awarded 13 masters’s mental health counseling/counselor degrees in 2019-2020.

Iowa did well in our major quality rankings, too. It placed #1 on our “Best Mental Health Counseling/Counselor Master’s Degree Schools in Iowa” list. Average graduate tuition and fees at Iowa are $27,613, but some majors have different tuition rates.

Full University of Iowa Mental Health Counseling/Counselor Report

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