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

Identifying Quality Schools at More Affordable Prices

10 Colleges
$20,301 Avg Tuition & Fees*
$51,166 Avg Salary

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

In 2020-2021, 13,858 student counseling students received a degree or certificate, making the major the #7 most popular in the country.

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To assist you in seeing some of the education options that are available to you, Teaching Degree Search has created its Best Value Student Counseling Doctor's Degree Schools in the Southwest Region ranking. This report analyzed 10 schools in the Southwest 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.

Our ranking of value is based on the quality of a program as defined in our per sticker price dollar. 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.

In our regional and nationwide rankings, out-of-state tution and fees are used in our calculations. Average in-state tuition and fees are used for our statewide rankings.

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

Check out the student counseling doctor's degree programs at these schools if you want to get the best value for your educational dollar.

Top 10 Best Student Counseling Doctor's Degree Schools

Our analysis found Sam Houston State University to be the best value school for student counseling students who want to pursue a doctor’s degree in the Southwest Region . Located in the town of Huntsville, SHSU is a public school with a very large student population.

The average tuition and fees for an out-of-state graduate students at SHSU are $16,009 a year.

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You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around you if you attend University of North Texas. The school came in at #2 on this year’s Best Value Student Counseling Doctor’s Degree Schools in the Southwest Region list. UNT is a fairly large public school located in the medium-sized city of Denton.

Out-of-state tuition fees for graduate students at UNT are $15,600 per year.

Full Student Counseling at University of North Texas Report

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Texas A&M University - Commerce. It ranked #3 on our 2023 Best Value Student Counseling Doctor’s Degree Schools in the Southwest Region list. Texas A&M Commerce is a large public school located in the distant town of Commerce.

Out-of-state tuition fees for graduate students at Texas A&M Commerce are $14,682 per year.

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#4

Texas Tech University

Lubbock, TX

The excellent doctor’s degree programs at Texas Tech University helped the school earn the #4 place on this year’s ranking of the best value student counseling schools in the Southwest Region . Located in the city of Lubbock, Texas Tech is a public college with a very large student population.

Texas Tech graduate students pay an average of $17,698 in tuition and fees each year.

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You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Texas A&M University - Corpus Christi. It ranked #5 on our 2023 Best Value Student Counseling Doctor’s Degree Schools in the Southwest Region list. Texas A&M Corpus Christi is a large public school located in the large city of Corpus Christi.

The average tuition and fees for an out-of-state graduate students at Texas A&M Corpus Christi are $15,995 a year.

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Arizona State University - Tempe 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 #6 on the list. Located in the midsize city of Tempe, ASU - Tempe is a public school with a very large student population.

The average tuition and fees for an out-of-state graduate students at ASU - Tempe are $24,432 a year.

In addition to its great value ranking, ASU - Tempe is in the top 20% of all schools on our Best Student Counseling Doctor’s Degree Schools in the Southwest Region list.

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#7

Texas Christian University

Fort Worth, TX

Texas Christian University came in at #7 in this year’s edition of the Best Value Student Counseling Doctor’s Degree Schools in the Southwest Region ranking. TCU is a fairly large private not-for-profit school located in the city of Fort Worth.

Out-of-state tuition fees for graduate students at TCU are $32,268 per year.

TCU not only placed well in our value ranking, but it is also #1 on our Best Student Counseling Doctor’s Degree Schools in the Southwest Region list.

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The University of Texas at San Antonio 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 #8 on the list. Located in the large city of San Antonio, UTSA is a public school with a very large student population.

UTSA graduate students pay an average of $27,560 in tuition and fees each year.

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With a ranking of #9, University of New Mexico - Main Campus did quite well on this year’s best value schools for student counseling students working on their doctor’s degree. Located in the large city of Albuquerque, UNM is a public college with a fairly large student population.

The average tuition and fees for an out-of-state graduate students at UNM are $20,487 a year.

Full Student Counseling at University of New Mexico - Main Campus Report

New Mexico State University - 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 #10 on the list. NMSU Main Campus is a fairly large public school located in the suburb of Las Cruces.

Out-of-state tuition fees for graduate students at NMSU Main Campus are $18,275 per year.

Full Student Counseling at New Mexico State University - Main Campus Report

Best Student Counseling Colleges by State

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

State Degrees Awarded
Arizona 211
Texas 836
New Mexico 176
Oklahoma 214

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

Majors Similar to Student Counseling

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 10 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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