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

It’s not easy to decide which college to attend when there so many options available for students. Our mission at College Factual is to arm you with as much information as we can to help you make that decision. Our “Best Value Mental Health Counseling/Counselor Schools for a Master’s in Louisiana For Those Getting Aid” ranking is one tool we have developed to help in this regard.

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 Louisiana, there were 52 mental health counseling/counselor graduates with average earnings and debt of $0 and $0 respectively. At the master’s degree level specifically, there were 52 mental health counseling/counselor graduates with average earnings and debt of $53,288 and $46,372 respectively.

For this year’s “Best Value Mental Health Counseling/Counselor Schools for a Master’s in Louisiana For Those Getting Aid” ranking, we looked at 3 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.

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 Master’s in Louisiana For Those Getting Aid

The colleges and universities below are the best for louisiana master’s degree mental health counseling/counselor students with aid.

Top 3 Best Value Master’s Degree Colleges for Mental Health Counseling/Counselor in Louisiana (With Aid)

#1

University of Holy Cross

New Orleans, Louisiana

#1 in overall quality

$14,530 Avg Grad Tuition & Fees

Out of the 3 schools in the Best Value Mental Health Counseling/Counselor Schools for a Master’s in Louisiana For Those Getting Aid that were part of this year’s ranking, University of Holy Cross landed the #1 spot on the list. UHC is a private not-for-profit institution located in New Orleans, Louisiana. The school has a small population, and it awarded 27 masters’s degrees in 2019-2020.

UHC also made our “Best Mental Health Counseling/Counselor Master’s Degree Schools in Louisiana” list, coming in at #1. Average graduate tuition and fees at UHC are $14,530, but you may pay more or less depending on your major.

Read more about Mental Health Counseling/Counselor at UHC

#2

Xavier University of Louisiana

New Orleans, Louisiana

$10,932 Avg Grad Tuition & Fees

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Xavier University of Louisiana. It ranked #2 on our 2022 Best Value Mental Health Counseling/Counselor Schools for a Master’s in Louisiana For Those Getting Aid list. Xavier University of Louisiana is a small school located in New Orleans, Louisiana that handed out 6 masters’s mental health counseling/counselor degrees in 2019-2020.

As a testament to the quality of education offered at XULA, the school also landed the #0 spot in our “Best Mental Health Counseling/Counselor Master’s Degree Schools in Louisiana” ranking. Although you might pay more or less depending on your area of study, average graduate tuition and fees at XULA are $10,932.

Read more about Mental Health Counseling/Counselor at Xavier University of Louisiana

#3

Loyola University New Orleans

New Orleans, Louisiana

#2 in overall quality

$17,906 Avg Grad Tuition & Fees

Out of the 3 schools in the Best Value Mental Health Counseling/Counselor Schools for a Master’s in Louisiana For Those Getting Aid that were part of this year’s ranking, Loyola University New Orleans landed the #3 spot on the list. New Orleans, Louisiana is the setting for this small institution of higher learning. The private not-for-profit school handed out masters’s mental health counseling/counselor degrees to 19 students in 2019-2020.

Loyola New Orleans also made our “Best Mental Health Counseling/Counselor Master’s Degree Schools in Louisiana” list, coming in at #2. Average graduate tuition and fees at Loyola New Orleans are $17,906, but you may pay more or less depending on your major.

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