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2022 Best Value Associate Degree Colleges for Mental Health Counseling/Counselor in the Southwest Region (With Aid)

1 Ranked Colleges
13 Degrees Awarded
$6,900 Avg Net Price*
Best Value Mental Health Counseling/Counselor Schools for an Associate in the Southwest Region For Those Getting Aid

When pursuing a degree in today’s world, students have many different options to choose from. College Factual has developed its “Best Value Mental Health Counseling/Counselor Schools for an Associate in the Southwest Region For Those Getting Aid” 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 Southwest region, there were 1,284 mental health counseling/counselor graduates with average earnings and debt of $0 and $0 respectively. At the associate degree level specifically, there were 13 mental health counseling/counselor graduates with average earnings and debt of $33,605 and $16,886 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.

To come up with these rankings, we looked at factors such as the cost to attend the school after aid is awarded and overall quality of the mental health counseling/counselor program at the school. Check out our ranking methodology for more information.

More Ways to Rank Mental Health Counseling/Counselor Schools

The mental health counseling/counselor school you choose to invest your time and money in matters. To help you make the decision that is right for you, we’ve developed a number of major-specific rankings, including this list of “Best Value Mental Health Counseling/Counselor Schools for an Associate in the Southwest Region For Those Getting Aid”.

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Best Value Mental Health Counseling/Counselor Schools for an Associate in the Southwest Region For Those Getting Aid

The colleges and universities below are the best for southwest region associate degree mental health counseling/counselor students with aid.

Top 1 Best Value Associate Degree Colleges for Mental Health Counseling/Counselor in the Southwest Region (With Aid)

#1 in overall quality

You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend Austin Community College District. The school came in at #1 for the Best Value Mental Health Counseling/Counselor Schools for an Associate in the Southwest Region For Those Getting Aid. Austin Community College District is a large school located in Austin, Texas that handed out 13 associates’s mental health counseling/counselor degrees in 2019-2020.

Austin Community College District not only placed well in this ranking. It is also #1 on our “Best Mental Health Counseling/Counselor Associate Degree Schools in the Southwest Region” list. It costs about $6,861 for southwest region associate degree mental health counseling/counselor students with aid per year to attend Austin Community College District.

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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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