2022 Best Value Master’s Degree Colleges for Substance Abuse/Addiction Counseling in Pennsylvania (With Aid)

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

Across Pennsylvania, there were 191 substance abuse/addiction counseling graduates with average earnings and debt of $0 and $0 respectively. At the master’s degree level specifically, there were 7 substance abuse/addiction counseling graduates with average earnings and debt of $0 and $0 respectively.

This year’s “Best Value Substance Abuse/Addiction Counseling Schools for a Master’s in Pennsylvania For Those Getting Aid” ranking analyzed 2 colleges that offered 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 Pennsylvania For Those Getting Aid

The following schools top our list of the Best Best Value Substance Abuse/Addiction Counseling Schools for a Master’s in Pennsylvania For Those Getting Aid.

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

#1

Carlow University

Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania

$20,164 Avg Grad Tuition & Fees

Out of the 2 schools in the Best Value Substance Abuse/Addiction Counseling Schools for a Master’s in Pennsylvania For Those Getting Aid that were part of this year’s ranking, Carlow University landed the #1 spot on the list. Carlow University is a private not-for-profit institution located in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. The school has a small population, and it awarded 2 masters’s degrees in 2019-2020.

As a testament to the quality of education offered at Carlow, the school also landed the #0 spot in our “Best Substance Abuse/Addiction Counseling Master’s Degree Schools in Pennsylvania” ranking. Average graduate tuition and fees at Carlow are $20,164, but some majors have different tuition rates.

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#2

Drexel University

Philadelphia, Pennsylvania

#1 in overall quality

$37,074 Avg Grad Tuition & Fees

You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend Drexel University. The school came in at #2 for the Best Value Substance Abuse/Addiction Counseling Schools for a Master’s in Pennsylvania For Those Getting Aid. Drexel University is a large school located in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania that handed out 5 masters’s substance abuse/addiction counseling degrees in 2019-2020.

Drexel also made our “Best Substance Abuse/Addiction Counseling Master’s Degree Schools in Pennsylvania” list, coming in at #1. Average graduate tuition and fees at Drexel University are $37,074, but some majors have different tuition rates.

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• Best Value Master’s Degree Colleges for Substance Abuse/Addiction Counseling in the Middle Atlantic Region (With Aid)
• Best Value Master’s Degree Colleges for Substance Abuse/Addiction Counseling (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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