2022 Best Value Doctor’s Degree Colleges for Substance Abuse/Addiction Counseling (With 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 Substance Abuse/Addiction Counseling Schools for a Doctorate For Those Getting Aid” ranking is one tool we have developed to help in this regard.

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

At the doctor’s degree level specifically, there were 11 substance abuse/addiction counseling graduates with average earnings and debt of $72,680 and $116,043 respectively.

This year’s “Best Value Substance Abuse/Addiction Counseling Schools for a Doctorate For Those Getting Aid” ranking looked at 2 colleges that offer degrees in a bachelor’s 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.

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. See our ranking methodology to learn more.

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Best Value Substance Abuse/Addiction Counseling Schools for a Doctorate For Those Getting Aid

The colleges and universities below are the best for doctor’s degree substance abuse/addiction counseling students with aid.

Top 2 Best Value Doctor’s Degree Colleges for Substance Abuse/Addiction Counseling (With Aid)

#1

University of California - San Diego

La Jolla, California

#1 in overall quality

$28,631 Avg Grad Tuition & Fees

You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend University of California - San Diego. The school came in at #1 for the Best Value Substance Abuse/Addiction Counseling Schools for a Doctorate For Those Getting Aid. UCSD is a large school located in La Jolla, California that handed out 5 doctorate’s substance abuse/addiction counseling degrees in 2019-2020.

In addition to being on our doctor’s degree substance abuse/addiction counseling students with aid list, UCSD has also earned the #1 rank in our “Best Substance Abuse/Addiction Counseling Doctor’s Degree Schools” ranking. Although you might pay more or less depending on your area of study, average graduate tuition and fees at University of California - San Diego are $28,631.

Full UCSD Substance Abuse/Addiction Counseling Report

#2

Capella University

Minneapolis, Minnesota

#1 in overall quality

$14,767 Avg Grad Tuition & Fees

You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend Capella University. The school came in at #2 for the Best Value Substance Abuse/Addiction Counseling Schools for a Doctorate For Those Getting Aid. Minneapolis, Minnesota is the setting for this large institution of higher learning. The private for-profit school handed out doctorate’s substance abuse/addiction counseling degrees to 6 students in 2019-2020.

Capella University also took the #1 spot in our “Best Substance Abuse/Addiction Counseling Doctor’s Degree Schools” ranking. Average graduate tuition and fees at Capella University are $14,767, but you may pay more or less depending on your major.

Read full report on Substance Abuse/Addiction Counseling at Capella University

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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