2022 Best Value Doctor’s Degree Colleges for Mental Health Counseling/Counselor (Income $75-$110k) in the Middle Atlantic Region

It’s not easy to decide which college to attend when there so many options available for students. College Factual has developed its “Best Value Mental Health Counseling/Counselor Schools for a Doctorate in the Middle Atlantic Region For Those Making $75-$110k” ranking as one item you can use to help make this decision.

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 Middle Atlantic region, there were 1,590 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 $73,944 and $116,843 respectively.

This year’s “Best Value Mental Health Counseling/Counselor Schools for a Doctorate in the Middle Atlantic Region For Those Making $75-$110k” 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. See our ranking methodology to learn more.

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Best Value Mental Health Counseling/Counselor Schools for a Doctorate in the Middle Atlantic Region For Those Making $75-$110k

The colleges and universities below are the best for middle atlantic region doctor’s degree mental health counseling/counselor students whose families make $75-$110k.

Top 2 Best Value Doctor’s Degree Colleges for Mental Health Counseling/Counselor (Income $75-$110k) in the Middle Atlantic Region

#1

Waynesburg University

Waynesburg, Pennsylvania

#2 in overall quality

$16,320 Avg Grad Tuition & Fees

Out of the 2 schools in the Best Value Mental Health Counseling/Counselor Schools for a Doctorate in the Middle Atlantic Region For Those Making $75-$110k that were part of this year’s ranking, Waynesburg University landed the #1 spot on the list. Waynesburg, Pennsylvania 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 4 students in 2019-2020.

Waynesburg did well in our major quality rankings, too. It placed #2 on our “Best Mental Health Counseling/Counselor Doctor’s Degree Schools in the Middle Atlantic Region” list. Average graduate tuition and fees at Waynesburg University are $16,320, but some majors have different tuition rates.

Read more about Mental Health Counseling/Counselor at Waynesburg University

#2

Pace University - New York

New York, New York

#1 in overall quality

$33,356 Avg Grad Tuition & Fees

You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend Pace University - New York. The school came in at #2 for the Best Value Mental Health Counseling/Counselor Schools for a Doctorate in the Middle Atlantic Region For Those Making $75-$110k. New York, New York is the setting for this fairly large institution of higher learning. The private not-for-profit school handed out doctorate’s mental health counseling/counselor degrees to 10 students in 2019-2020.

Pace University also took the #1 spot in our “Best Mental Health Counseling/Counselor Doctor’s Degree Schools in the Middle Atlantic Region” ranking. Although you might pay more or less depending on your area of study, average graduate tuition and fees at Pace University - New York are $33,356.

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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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