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2023 Best Value Student Counseling Doctor's Degree Schools in the Great Lakes Region

Highlighting Quality Schools With More Affordable Pricing

12 Colleges
$22,868 Avg Tuition & Fees*
$51,166 Avg Salary

Finding the Best Student Counseling Doctor's Degree School for You

With 13,858 degrees and certificates handed out in 2020-2021, student counseling is the #7 most popular major in the United States.

With all the teaching programs available today, it can be tough to choose which one is the best for you. With more and more schools offering online options, you could even register for a great program on the other side of the country. On top of that, there are a considerable number of trade schools that offer fast-track entry to many fields.

Along with in-depth profiles of schools and the programs they offer, Teaching Degree Search has created the Best Value Student Counseling Doctor's Degree Schools in the Great Lakes Region to help you in your search for the best school for you. This report analyzed 12 schools in the Great Lakes Region to see which ones offered the best value doctor's degree programs for student counseling students. The goal was to highlight schools with more affordable prices than others offering similar quality experiences.

When determining this ranking, we place a high emphasis on the school's quality as well as its sticker price. Even though a college may be affordable, it may not offer value. Specifically, our score for quality is discounted by the published tuition and fees charged by the given college. This gives the cost per unit of quality for each college. The more quality your dollar buys, the better the value.

Our calculations use out-of-state tuition and fees in our nationwide and regional rankings. For statewide rankings, we use average in-state tuition and fees.

2023 Best Value Student Counseling Doctor’s Degree Schools in the Great Lakes Region

The colleges and universities below are the best value schools for student counseling majors pursuing a doctor's degree.

Top 10 Best Student Counseling Doctor's Degree Schools

Our analysis found Northern Illinois University to be the best value school for student counseling students who want to pursue a doctor’s degree in the Great Lakes Region . Located in the suburb of Dekalb, NIU is a public college with a fairly large student population.

The average tuition and fees for an out-of-state graduate students at NIU are $11,390 a year.

On top of its placing in our value ranking, NIU also did well on our Best Student Counseling Doctor’s Degree Schools in the Great Lakes Region list. It’s in the top 20% of all schools reviewed in this analysis.

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Out of the 12 schools in the Great Lakes Region that were part of this year’s ranking, National Louis University landed the # 2 spot on the list. Located in the large city of Chicago, NLU is a private not-for-profit college with a medium-sized student population.

Out-of-state tuition fees for graduate students at NLU are $12,096 per year.

NLU excels when it comes to quality. It’s ranked in the top 15% of all schools on our Best Student Counseling Doctor’s Degree Schools in the Great Lakes Region list.

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#3

Governors State University

University Park, IL

You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around you if you attend Governors State University. The school came in at #3 on this year’s Best Value Student Counseling Doctor’s Degree Schools in the Great Lakes Region list. GSU is a small public school located in the rural area of University Park.

GSU graduate students pay an average of $14,674 in tuition and fees each year.

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#4

Indiana State University

Terre Haute, IN

The excellent doctor’s degree programs at Indiana State University helped the school earn the #4 place on this year’s ranking of the best value student counseling schools in the Great Lakes Region . Located in the small city of Terre Haute, Indiana State is a public college with a medium-sized student population.

Out-of-state tuition fees for graduate students at Indiana State are $15,562 per year.

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You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around you if you attend Ohio University - Athens Campus. The school came in at #5 on this year’s Best Value Student Counseling Doctor’s Degree Schools in the Great Lakes Region list. OHIO Athens is a fairly large public school located in the distant town of Athens.

The average tuition and fees for an out-of-state graduate students at OHIO Athens are $17,712 a year.

Full Student Counseling at Ohio University - Athens Campus Report

With a ranking of #6, Western Michigan University did quite well on this year’s best value schools for student counseling students working on their doctor’s degree. Located in the small city of Kalamazoo, WMU is a public school with a large student population.

Out-of-state tuition fees for graduate students at WMU are $26,248 per year.

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#7

Oakland University

Rochester Hills, MI

With a ranking of #7, Oakland University did quite well on this year’s best value schools for student counseling students working on their doctor’s degree. Oakland is a large public school located in the large suburb of Rochester Hills.

Oakland graduate students pay an average of $24,648 in tuition and fees each year.

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Indiana University - Bloomington landed the #8 spot in the 2023 rankings for the best value doctor’s degree student counseling programs. Located in the city of Bloomington, IU Bloomington is a public college with a very large student population.

IU Bloomington graduate students pay an average of $33,352 in tuition and fees each year.

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Kent State University at Kent ranked #9 on this year’s Best Value Student Counseling Doctor’s Degree Schools in the Great Lakes Region list. Located in the large suburb of Kent, Kent State is a public school with a fairly large student population.

Out-of-state tuition fees for graduate students at Kent State are $21,952 per year.

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University of Cincinnati - Main Campus did quite well in this year’s ranking of the best places for student counseling students to get a doctor’s degree. It came in at #9 on the list. Located in the large city of Cincinnati, UC is a public college with a very large student population.

Out-of-state tuition fees for graduate students at UC are $26,644 per year.

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Best Student Counseling Colleges by State

Explore the best student counseling colleges for a specific state in the Great Lakes region.

State Degrees Awarded
Ohio 285
Illinois 336
Indiana 316
Michigan 185
Wisconsin 192

Student Counseling is one of 14 different types of teaching programs to choose from.

Student Counseling Concentrations

Major Annual Graduates
Counselor Education/School Counseling & Guidance Services 12,323
College Student Counseling & Personnel Services 1,082
Other Student Counseling & Personnel Services 453

Related Major Annual Graduates
Teacher Education Grade Specific 110,226
Educational Administration 46,469
Teacher Education Subject Specific 43,297
Special Education 36,792
General Education 29,810

Notes and References

*These averages are for the top 12 schools only.

  • 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 the rest 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).
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