2022 Best Value Mental Health Counseling/Counselor Schools for a Master’s in Virginia For Those Making $75-$110k

With all of the options students have for higher education today, it can be tough to choose which direction to take. 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 Virginia For Those Making $75-$110k” 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 Virginia, there were 121 mental health counseling/counselor graduates with average earnings and debt of $0 and $0 respectively. At the master’s degree level specifically, there were 121 mental health counseling/counselor graduates with average earnings and debt of $0 and $0 respectively.

This year’s “Best Value Mental Health Counseling/Counselor Schools for a Master’s in Virginia For Those Making $75-$110k” ranking analyzed 2 colleges that offered a degree 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 Virginia For Those Making $75-$110k

The following schools top our list of the Best Best Value Mental Health Counseling/Counselor Schools for a Master’s in Virginia For Those Making $75-$110k.

Top 2 Best Value Master’s Degree Colleges for Mental Health Counseling/Counselor (Income $75-$110k) in Virginia

#1

Marymount University

Arlington, Virginia

#1 in overall quality

$20,116 Avg Grad Tuition & Fees

Out of the 2 schools in the Best Value Mental Health Counseling/Counselor Schools for a Master’s in Virginia For Those Making $75-$110k that were part of this year’s ranking, Marymount University landed the #1 spot on the list. Located in Arlington, Virginia, this small private not-for-profit school awarded 54 diplomas to qualified masters’s mental health counseling/counselor students in 2019-2020.

Marymount did well in our major quality rankings, too. It placed #1 on our “Best Mental Health Counseling/Counselor Master’s Degree Schools in Virginia” list. Average graduate tuition and fees at Marymount are $20,116, but you may pay more or less depending on your major.

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#2

Eastern Mennonite University

Harrisonburg, Virginia

#2 in overall quality

$15,225 Avg Grad Tuition & Fees

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Eastern Mennonite University. It ranked #2 on our 2022 Best Value Mental Health Counseling/Counselor Schools for a Master’s in Virginia For Those Making $75-$110k list. Eastern Mennonite is a private not-for-profit institution located in Harrisonburg, Virginia. The school has a small population, and it awarded 20 masters’s degrees in 2019-2020.

Eastern Mennonite did well in our major quality rankings, too. It placed #2 on our “Best Mental Health Counseling/Counselor Master’s Degree Schools in Virginia” list. Although you might pay more or less depending on your area of study, average graduate tuition and fees at Eastern Mennonite University are $15,225.

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• Best Value Master’s Degree Colleges for Mental Health Counseling/Counselor (Income $75-$110k)

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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