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

With all of the options students have for higher education today, it can be tough to choose which direction to take. 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 Other Psychology & Counseling Schools for a Master’s in the Plains States Region For Those Making $30-$48k” ranking is part of that endeavor.

Other Psychology & Counseling is the 586th most popular major in the country with 689 degrees awarded in 2019-2020.

Across the Plains States region, there were 145 other psychology and counseling graduates with average earnings and debt of $0 and $0 respectively. At the master’s degree level specifically, there were 132 other psychology and counseling graduates with average earnings and debt of $53,438 and $39,783 respectively.

Not only do the schools that top this list have excellent other psychology and counseling 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 other psychology and counseling program at the school and the cost of the school after aid is awarded among other things. For more information, check out our ranking methodology.

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The other psychology & counseling school you choose to invest your time and money in matters. To help you make the decision that is right for you, we’ve developed a number of major-specific rankings, including this list of “Best Value Other Psychology & Counseling Schools for a Master’s in the Plains States Region For Those Making $30-$48k”.

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

The colleges and universities below are the best for plains states region master’s degree other psychology & counseling students whose families make $30-$48k.

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

#1

Upper Iowa University

Fayette, Iowa

#1 in overall quality

$19,152 Avg Grad Tuition & Fees

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Upper Iowa University. It ranked #1 on our 2022 Best Value Other Psychology & Counseling Schools for a Master’s in the Plains States Region For Those Making $30-$48k list. Located in Fayette, Iowa, this small private not-for-profit school handed out 15 diplomas to qualified masters’s other psychology and counseling students in 2019-2020.

As a testament to the quality of education offered at UIU, the school also landed the #1 spot in our “Best Other Psychology & Counseling Master’s Degree Schools in the Plains States Region” ranking. Although you might pay more or less depending on your area of study, average graduate tuition and fees at UIU are $19,152.

Read more about Other Psychology & Counseling at Upper Iowa University

• 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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