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2022 Best Value Substance Abuse/Addiction Counseling Schools for a Master’s in the Southeast Region For Those Making $48-$75k

6 Ranked Colleges
67 Degrees Awarded
$18,400 Avg Grad Tuition & Fees*
Best Value Substance Abuse/Addiction Counseling Schools for a Master's in the Southeast Region For Those Making $48-$75k

When pursuing a degree in today’s world, students have many different options to choose from. 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 Substance Abuse/Addiction Counseling Schools for a Master’s in the Southeast Region For Those Making $48-$75k” ranking is part of that endeavor.

In 2019-2020, 5,728 people earned their degree in substance abuse/addiction counseling, making the major the 253rd most popular in the United States.

Across the Southeast region, there were 464 substance abuse/addiction counseling graduates with average earnings and debt of $0 and $0 respectively. At the master’s degree level specifically, there were 67 substance abuse/addiction counseling graduates with average earnings and debt of $53,950 and $43,286 respectively.

For this year’s “Best Value Substance Abuse/Addiction Counseling Schools for a Master’s in the Southeast Region For Those Making $48-$75k” ranking, we looked at 6 colleges that offer a degree in substance abuse/addiction counseling. This ranking identifies schools with high-quality substance abuse/addiction counseling programs that also have a lower cost than 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 substance abuse/addiction counseling program at the school. For more information, check out our ranking methodology.

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Best Value Substance Abuse/Addiction Counseling Schools for a Master’s in the Southeast Region For Those Making $48-$75k

The colleges and universities below are the best for southeast region master’s degree substance abuse/addiction counseling students whose families make $48-$75k.

Top 6 Best Value Master’s Degree Colleges for Substance Abuse/Addiction Counseling (Income $48-$75k) in the Southeast Region

#1

Wake Forest University

Winston-Salem, North Carolina
#2 in overall quality

You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend Wake Forest University. The school came in at #1 for the Best Value Substance Abuse/Addiction Counseling Schools for a Master’s in the Southeast Region For Those Making $48-$75k. Winston-Salem, North Carolina is the setting for this medium-sized institution of higher learning. The private not-for-profit school handed out masters’s substance abuse/addiction counseling degrees to 7 students in 2019-2020.

Wake Forest University did well in our major quality rankings, too. It placed #2 on our “Best Substance Abuse/Addiction Counseling Master’s Degree Schools in the Southeast Region” list. Average graduate tuition and fees at Wake Forest University are $39,216, but you may pay more or less depending on your major.

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#1 in overall quality

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Virginia Commonwealth University. It ranked #2 on our 2022 Best Value Substance Abuse/Addiction Counseling Schools for a Master’s in the Southeast Region For Those Making $48-$75k list. This large school is located in Richmond, Virginia, and it awarded 9 masters’s substance abuse/addiction counseling degrees in 2019-2020.

VCU also took the #1 spot in our “Best Substance Abuse/Addiction Counseling Master’s Degree Schools in the Southeast Region” ranking. Although you might pay more or less depending on your area of study, average graduate tuition and fees at Virginia Commonwealth University are $29,228.

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#5 in overall quality

Out of the 6 schools in the Best Value Substance Abuse/Addiction Counseling Schools for a Master’s in the Southeast Region For Those Making $48-$75k that were part of this year’s ranking, University of Arkansas at Pine Bluff landed the #3 spot on the list. University of Arkansas at Pine Bluff is a small public school situated in Pine Bluff, Arkansas. It awarded 3 masters’s substance abuse/addiction counseling degrees in 2019-2020.

UAPB did well in our major quality rankings, too. It placed #5 on our “Best Substance Abuse/Addiction Counseling Master’s Degree Schools in the Southeast Region” list. Although you might pay more or less depending on your area of study, average graduate tuition and fees at University of Arkansas at Pine Bluff are $14,146.

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#4

Palm Beach Atlantic University

West Palm Beach, Florida
#4 in overall quality

You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend Palm Beach Atlantic University. The school came in at #4 for the Best Value Substance Abuse/Addiction Counseling Schools for a Master’s in the Southeast Region For Those Making $48-$75k. Palm Beach Atlantic University is a small private not-for-profit school situated in West Palm Beach, Florida. It awarded 14 masters’s substance abuse/addiction counseling degrees in 2019-2020.

Palm Beach Atlantic also made our “Best Substance Abuse/Addiction Counseling Master’s Degree Schools in the Southeast Region” list, coming in at #4. Average graduate tuition and fees at Palm Beach Atlantic are $11,036, but you may pay more or less depending on your major.

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#5

Union College Kentucky

Barbourville, Kentucky

You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend Union College Kentucky. The school came in at #5 for the Best Value Substance Abuse/Addiction Counseling Schools for a Master’s in the Southeast Region For Those Making $48-$75k. This small school is located in Barbourville, Kentucky, and it awarded 1 masters’s substance abuse/addiction counseling degrees in 2019-2020.

In addition to being on our southeast region master’s degree substance abuse/addiction counseling students whose families make $48-$75k list, Union College has also earned the #0 rank in our “Best Substance Abuse/Addiction Counseling Master’s Degree Schools in the Southeast Region” ranking. Average graduate tuition and fees at Union College are $8,210, but you may pay more or less depending on your major.

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#6

Liberty University

Lynchburg, Virginia
#3 in overall quality

Liberty University did quite well in the 2022 Best Value Substance Abuse/Addiction Counseling Schools for a Master’s in the Southeast Region For Those Making $48-$75k ranking, coming in at #6. Located in Lynchburg, Virginia, this large private not-for-profit school awarded 33 diplomas to qualified masters’s substance abuse/addiction counseling students in 2019-2020.

Liberty University did well in our major quality rankings, too. It placed #3 on our “Best Substance Abuse/Addiction Counseling Master’s Degree Schools in the Southeast Region” list. Average graduate tuition and fees at Liberty University are $8,349, but some majors have different tuition rates.

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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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