2022 Best Value Master’s Degree Colleges for Counseling Psychology in Missouri (With Aid)

Students have lots of options to chooose from today when trying to decide which college to attend. 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 Counseling Psychology Schools for a Master’s in Missouri For Those Getting Aid” ranking is part of that endeavor.

In 2019-2020, 9,220 people earned their degree in counseling psychology, making the major the 81st most popular in the United States.

Across Missouri, there were 245 counseling psychology graduates with average earnings and debt of $0 and $0 respectively. At the master’s degree level specifically, there were 240 counseling psychology graduates with average earnings and debt of $51,588 and $39,214 respectively.

This year’s “Best Value Counseling Psychology Schools for a Master’s in Missouri For Those Getting Aid” ranking looked at 4 colleges that offer degrees in a bachelor’s in counseling psychology. Not only do the schools that top this list have excellent counseling psychology programs, but they also cost less that schools of similar quality.

Some of the factors we look at when determining these rankings are overall quality of the counseling psychology program at the school and the cost of the school after aid is awarded among other things. Check out our ranking methodology for more information.

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Best Value Counseling Psychology Schools for a Master’s in Missouri For Those Getting Aid

The following schools top our list of the Best Best Value Counseling Psychology Schools for a Master’s in Missouri For Those Getting Aid.

Top 4 Best Value Master’s Degree Colleges for Counseling Psychology in Missouri (With Aid)

#1

University of Central Missouri

Warrensburg, Missouri

#3 in overall quality

$16,394 Avg Grad Tuition & Fees

You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend University of Central Missouri. The school came in at #1 for the Best Value Counseling Psychology Schools for a Master’s in Missouri For Those Getting Aid. Warrensburg, Missouri is the setting for this medium-sized institution of higher learning. The public school handed out masters’s counseling psychology degrees to 19 students in 2019-2020.

UCM also took the #3 spot in our “Best Counseling Psychology Master’s Degree Schools in Missouri” ranking. Average graduate tuition and fees at University of Central Missouri are $16,394, but some majors have different tuition rates.

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#2

Avila University

Kansas City, Missouri

#2 in overall quality

$7,798 Avg Grad Tuition & Fees

You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend Avila University. The school came in at #2 for the Best Value Counseling Psychology Schools for a Master’s in Missouri For Those Getting Aid. Located in Kansas City, Missouri, this small private not-for-profit school handed out 17 degrees to qualified masters’s counseling psychology students in 2019-2020.

Avila also took the #2 spot in our “Best Counseling Psychology Master’s Degree Schools in Missouri” ranking. Although you might pay more or less depending on your area of study, average graduate tuition and fees at Avila are $7,798.

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#3

Webster University

Saint Louis, Missouri

#1 in overall quality

$13,500 Avg Grad Tuition & Fees

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Webster University. It ranked #3 on our 2022 Best Value Counseling Psychology Schools for a Master’s in Missouri For Those Getting Aid list. Located in Saint Louis, Missouri, this medium-sized private not-for-profit school handed out 160 diplomas to qualified masters’s counseling psychology students in 2019-2020.

Webster not only placed well in this ranking. It is also #1 on our “Best Counseling Psychology Master’s Degree Schools in Missouri” list. Average graduate tuition and fees at Webster are $13,500, but you may pay more or less depending on your major.

Read full report on Counseling Psychology at Webster

#4

Central Methodist University - College of Graduate & Extended Studies

Fayette, Missouri

#5 in overall quality

$6,435 Avg Grad Tuition & Fees

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Central Methodist University - College of Graduate & Extended Studies. It ranked #4 on our 2022 Best Value Counseling Psychology Schools for a Master’s in Missouri For Those Getting Aid list. Fayette, Missouri is the setting for this small institution of higher learning. The private not-for-profit school handed out masters’s counseling psychology degrees to 15 students in 2019-2020.

CMU CGES did well in our major quality rankings, too. It placed #5 on our “Best Counseling Psychology Master’s Degree Schools in Missouri” list. Average graduate tuition and fees at Central Methodist University - College of Graduate & Extended Studies are $6,435, but you may pay more or less depending on your major.

Full Central Methodist University - College of Graduate & Extended Studies Counseling Psychology Report

• Best Value Master’s Degree Colleges for Counseling Psychology in the Plains States Region (With Aid)
• Best Value Master’s Degree Colleges for Counseling Psychology (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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