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

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 Master’s in District of Columbia For Those Getting Aid” ranking as one item you can use to help make this decision.

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

Across District of Columbia, there were 21 mental health counseling/counselor graduates with average earnings and debt of $0 and $0 respectively. At the master’s degree level specifically, there were 21 mental health counseling/counselor graduates with average earnings and debt of $61,525 and $61,455 respectively.

For this year’s “Best Value Mental Health Counseling/Counselor Schools for a Master’s in District of Columbia For Those Getting Aid” ranking, we looked at 2 colleges that offer 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. See our ranking methodology to learn more.

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Since picking the right college can be one of the most important decisions of your life, we’ve developed the “Best Value Mental Health Counseling/Counselor Schools for a Master’s in District of Columbia For Those Getting Aid” ranking, along with many other major-related rankings, to help you make that decision.

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Best Value Mental Health Counseling/Counselor Schools for a Master’s in District of Columbia 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 District of Columbia For Those Getting Aid.

Top 2 Best Value Master’s Degree Colleges for Mental Health Counseling/Counselor in District of Columbia (With Aid)

#1

Gallaudet University

Washington, District of Columbia

$18,706 Avg Grad Tuition & Fees

You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend Gallaudet University. The school came in at #1 for the Best Value Mental Health Counseling/Counselor Schools for a Master’s in District of Columbia For Those Getting Aid. Gallaudet University is a small private not-for-profit school situated in Washington, District of Columbia. It awarded 3 masters’s mental health counseling/counselor degrees in 2019-2020.

Gallaudet did well in our major quality rankings, too. It placed #0 on our “Best Mental Health Counseling/Counselor Master’s Degree Schools in District of Columbia” list. Average graduate tuition and fees at Gallaudet are $18,706, but some majors have different tuition rates.

Read full report on Mental Health Counseling/Counselor at Gallaudet

#2

George Washington University

Washington, District of Columbia

#1 in overall quality

$31,824 Avg Grad Tuition & Fees

You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend George Washington University. The school came in at #2 for the Best Value Mental Health Counseling/Counselor Schools for a Master’s in District of Columbia For Those Getting Aid. George Washington University is a large private not-for-profit school situated in Washington, District of Columbia. It awarded 18 masters’s mental health counseling/counselor degrees in 2019-2020.

As a testament to the quality of education offered at GWU, the school also landed the #1 spot in our “Best Mental Health Counseling/Counselor Master’s Degree Schools in District of Columbia” ranking. Average graduate tuition and fees at GWU are $31,824, but you may pay more or less depending on your major.

Full GWU Mental Health Counseling/Counselor Report

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• Best Value Master’s Degree Colleges for Mental Health Counseling/Counselor (With Aid)

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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