2022 Best Value Other Psychology & Counseling Schools for a Master’s in Illinois For Those Making $30-$48k

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 Other Psychology & Counseling Schools for a Master’s in Illinois For Those Making $30-$48k” ranking is one tool we have developed to help in this regard.

In 2019-2020, 689 people earned their degree in other psychology and counseling, making the major the 586th most popular in the United States.

Across Illinois, there were 25 other psychology and counseling graduates with average earnings and debt of $0 and $0 respectively. At the master’s degree level specifically, there were 13 other psychology and counseling graduates with average earnings and debt of $57,267 and $46,814 respectively.

This ranking identifies schools with high-quality other psychology and counseling programs that also have a lower cost than schools of similar quality.

When determining these rankings, we looked at things such as overall quality of the other psychology and counseling program at the school and the cost to attend the school once aid has been awarded. See our ranking methodology to learn more.

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Best Value Other Psychology & Counseling Schools for a Master’s in Illinois For Those Making $30-$48k

The following schools top our list of the Best Best Value Other Psychology & Counseling Schools for a Master’s in Illinois For Those Making $30-$48k.

Top 1 Best Value Master’s Degree Colleges for Other Psychology & Counseling (Income $30-$48k) in Illinois

#1

Judson University

Elgin, Illinois

#1 in overall quality

$18,900 Avg Grad Tuition & Fees

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Judson University. It ranked #1 on our 2022 Best Value Other Psychology & Counseling Schools for a Master’s in Illinois For Those Making $30-$48k list. Elgin, Illinois is the setting for this small institution of higher learning. The private not-for-profit school handed out masters’s other psychology and counseling degrees to 13 students in 2019-2020.

Judson did well in our major quality rankings, too. It placed #1 on our “Best Other Psychology & Counseling Master’s Degree Schools in Illinois” list. Average graduate tuition and fees at Judson University are $18,900, but you may pay more or less depending on your major.

Full Judson University Other Psychology & Counseling Report

• Best Value Master’s Degree Colleges for Other Psychology & Counseling (Income $30-$48k) in the Great Lakes Region
• Best Value Master’s Degree Colleges for Other Psychology & 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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