2022 Best Value Doctor’s Degree Colleges for Substance Abuse/Addiction Counseling (Income $30-$48k) in California

Students have lots of options to chooose from today when trying to decide which college to attend. College Factual has developed its “Best Value Substance Abuse/Addiction Counseling Schools for a Doctorate in California For Those Making $30-$48k” ranking as one item you can use to help make this decision.

Substance Abuse/Addiction Counseling is the 253rd most popular major in the country with 5,728 degrees awarded in 2019-2020.

Across California, there were 1,031 substance abuse/addiction counseling graduates with average earnings and debt of $0 and $0 respectively. At the doctor’s degree level specifically, there were 5 substance abuse/addiction counseling graduates with average earnings and debt of $71,544 and $133,402 respectively.

This ranking identifies schools with high-quality substance abuse/addiction counseling programs that also have a lower cost than schools of similar quality.

Some of the factors we look at when determining these rankings are overall quality of the substance abuse/addiction counseling 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 Substance Abuse/Addiction Counseling Schools for a Doctorate in California For Those Making $30-$48k

The following schools top our list of the Best Best Value Substance Abuse/Addiction Counseling Schools for a Doctorate in California For Those Making $30-$48k.

Top 1 Best Value Doctor’s Degree Colleges for Substance Abuse/Addiction Counseling (Income $30-$48k) in California

#1

University of California - San Diego

La Jolla, California

#1 in overall quality

$28,631 Avg Grad Tuition & Fees

Out of the 1 schools in the Best Value Substance Abuse/Addiction Counseling Schools for a Doctorate in California For Those Making $30-$48k that were part of this year’s ranking, University of California - San Diego landed the #1 spot on the list. University of California - San Diego is a large public school situated in La Jolla, California. It awarded 5 doctorate’s substance abuse/addiction counseling degrees in 2019-2020.

UCSD did well in our major quality rankings, too. It placed #1 on our “Best Substance Abuse/Addiction Counseling Doctor’s Degree Schools in California” list. Average graduate tuition and fees at University of California - San Diego are $28,631, but you may pay more or less depending on your major.

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• Best Value Doctor’s Degree Colleges for Substance Abuse/Addiction Counseling (Income $30-$48k) in the Far Western US Region
• Best Value Doctor’s Degree Colleges for Substance Abuse/Addiction Counseling (Income $30-$48k)

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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