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2022 Best Value Mental Health Counseling/Counselor Schools for a Master’s in Illinois For Those Getting Aid

6 Ranked Colleges
123 Degrees Awarded
$18,800 Avg Grad Tuition & Fees*
Best Value Mental Health Counseling/Counselor Schools for a Master's in Illinois For Those Getting Aid

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 Illinois For Those Getting Aid” ranking is part of that endeavor.

Mental Health Counseling/Counselor is the 126th most popular major in the country with 6,851 degrees awarded in 2019-2020.

Across Illinois, there were 138 mental health counseling/counselor graduates with average earnings and debt of $0 and $0 respectively. At the master’s degree level specifically, there were 123 mental health counseling/counselor graduates with average earnings and debt of $57,267 and $46,814 respectively.

For this year’s “Best Value Mental Health Counseling/Counselor Schools for a Master’s in Illinois For Those Getting Aid” ranking, we looked at 6 colleges that offer 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.

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.

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Best Value Mental Health Counseling/Counselor Schools for a Master’s in Illinois For Those Getting Aid

The following schools top our list of the Best Best Value Mental Health Counseling/Counselor Schools for a Master’s in Illinois For Those Getting Aid.

Top 6 Best Value Master’s Degree Colleges for Mental Health Counseling/Counselor in Illinois (With Aid)

#5 in overall quality

Out of the 6 schools in the Best Value Mental Health Counseling/Counselor Schools for a Master’s in Illinois For Those Getting Aid that were part of this year’s ranking, Northeastern Illinois University landed the #1 spot on the list. Chicago, Illinois is the setting for this medium-sized institution of higher learning. The public school handed out masters’s mental health counseling/counselor degrees to 5 students in 2019-2020.

Northeastern Illinois University also made our “Best Mental Health Counseling/Counselor Master’s Degree Schools in Illinois” list, coming in at #5. Average graduate tuition and fees at Northeastern Illinois University are $17,032, but you may pay more or less depending on your major.

Read more about Mental Health Counseling/Counselor at Northeastern Illinois University

#2

National Louis University

Chicago, Illinois

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend National Louis University. It ranked #2 on our 2022 Best Value Mental Health Counseling/Counselor Schools for a Master’s in Illinois For Those Getting Aid list. Located in Chicago, Illinois, this medium-sized private not-for-profit school handed out 3 diplomas to qualified masters’s mental health counseling/counselor students in 2019-2020.

NLU also made our “Best Mental Health Counseling/Counselor Master’s Degree Schools in Illinois” list, coming in at #0. Although you might pay more or less depending on your area of study, average graduate tuition and fees at NLU are $12,096.

Full National Louis University Mental Health Counseling/Counselor Report

#3

Lewis University

Romeoville, Illinois
#4 in overall quality

Out of the 6 schools in the Best Value Mental Health Counseling/Counselor Schools for a Master’s in Illinois For Those Getting Aid that were part of this year’s ranking, Lewis University landed the #3 spot on the list. Lewis University is a medium-sized school located in Romeoville, Illinois that handed out 25 masters’s mental health counseling/counselor degrees in 2019-2020.

Lewis also took the #4 spot in our “Best Mental Health Counseling/Counselor Master’s Degree Schools in Illinois” ranking. Average graduate tuition and fees at Lewis University are $14,780, but you may pay more or less depending on your major.

Read full report on Mental Health Counseling/Counselor at Lewis

#4

Bradley University

Peoria, Illinois
#1 in overall quality

You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend Bradley University. The school came in at #4 for the Best Value Mental Health Counseling/Counselor Schools for a Master’s in Illinois For Those Getting Aid. Bradley University is located in Peoria, Illinois and, has a medium-sized student population. In 2019-2020, this school awarded 36 masters’s mental health counseling/counselor degrees to qualified students.

As a testament to the quality of education offered at Bradley, the school also landed the #1 spot in our “Best Mental Health Counseling/Counselor Master’s Degree Schools in Illinois” ranking. Average graduate tuition and fees at Bradley are $17,040, but some majors have different tuition rates.

Read more about Mental Health Counseling/Counselor at Bradley University

#5

Roosevelt University

Chicago, Illinois
#3 in overall quality

You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend Roosevelt University. The school came in at #5 for the Best Value Mental Health Counseling/Counselor Schools for a Master’s in Illinois For Those Getting Aid. Roosevelt University is located in Chicago, Illinois and, has a small student population. In 2019-2020, this school awarded 35 masters’s mental health counseling/counselor degrees to qualified students.

Roosevelt did well in our major quality rankings, too. It placed #3 on our “Best Mental Health Counseling/Counselor Master’s Degree Schools in Illinois” list. Average graduate tuition and fees at Roosevelt University are $21,605, but some majors have different tuition rates.

Full Roosevelt Mental Health Counseling/Counselor Report

#2 in overall quality

Illinois Institute of Technology did quite well in the 2022 Best Value Mental Health Counseling/Counselor Schools for a Master’s in Illinois For Those Getting Aid ranking, coming in at #6. Chicago, Illinois is the setting for this medium-sized institution of higher learning. The private not-for-profit school handed out masters’s mental health counseling/counselor degrees to 9 students in 2019-2020.

Illinois Tech also made our “Best Mental Health Counseling/Counselor Master’s Degree Schools in Illinois” list, coming in at #2. Although you might pay more or less depending on your area of study, average graduate tuition and fees at Illinois Institute of Technology are $30,695.

Full Illinois Institute of Technology Mental Health Counseling/Counselor Report

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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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