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2023 Best Value Student Counseling Doctor's Degree Schools in Illinois

Identifying Quality Schools at More Affordable Prices

3 Colleges
$10,602 Avg Tuition & Fees*
$51,166 Avg Salary

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

Out of the majors we analyze each year, student counseling was ranked 7th in Illinois. In fact, 336 were awarded in the state in 2020-2021.

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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 Illinois to help you in your search for the best school for you. This report analyzed 3 schools in Illinois 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. More specifically, we discount our quality score by the published tuition and fees charged by a school. This gives the cost per unit of quality for each college. The value is determined by how much quality your dollar buys.

Our calculations use out-of-state tuition and fees in our nationwide and regional rankings. Average in-state tuition and fees are used for our statewide rankings.

2023 Best Value Student Counseling Doctor’s Degree Schools in Illinois

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

Best Illinois Schools for Affordable Quality for a Doctorate in Student Counseling

#1

Governors State University

University Park, IL

Our 2023 rankings named Governors State University the best value school in Illinois for student counseling students working on their doctor’s degree. Located in the rural area of University Park, GSU is a public school with a small student population.

The average tuition and fees for an in-state graduate student at GSU are $8,320 a year.

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A rank of #2 on this year’s list means Northern Illinois University is a great value for student counseling students working on their doctor’s degree. NIU is a fairly large public school located in the suburb of Dekalb.

In-state tuition fees for graduate students at NIU are $11,390 per year.

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The excellent doctor’s degree programs at National Louis University helped the school earn the #3 place on this year’s ranking of the best value student counseling schools in Illinois. NLU is a medium-sized private not-for-profit school located in the large city of Chicago.

NLU graduate students pay an average of $12,096 in in-state tuition and fees each year.

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Best Value Student Counseling Colleges in the Great Lakes Region

Explore all the Best Value Student Counseling Colleges in the Great Lakes Area or other specific states within that region.

State Degrees Awarded
Ohio 285
Indiana 316
Michigan 185
Wisconsin 192

One of 14 majors within the teaching area of study, student counseling has other similar majors worth exploring.

Student Counseling Focus Areas

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 3 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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