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2023 Best Value Student Counseling Graduate Certificate Schools in the Great Lakes Region

Highlighting Quality Schools With More Affordable Pricing

8 Colleges
$22,750 Avg Tuition & Fees*
$48,434 Avg Salary

Finding the Best Student Counseling Graduate Certificate 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.

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 Graduate Certificate Schools in the Great Lakes Region ranking. Our analysis looked at 8 schools in the Great Lakes Region to see which graduate certificate programs offered the best value experiences for student counseling students with the aim of identifying those quality schools that are more affordable than some of their counterparts.

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 Graduate Certificate Schools in the Great Lakes Region

The colleges and universities below are the best value schools for student counseling majors pursuing a graduate certificate.

Best Great Lakes Region Schools for Affordable Quality for a Postbaccalaureate Certificates in Student Counseling

#1

Concordia University, Chicago

River Forest, IL

Our 2023 rankings named Concordia University, Chicago the best value school in the Great Lakes Region for student counseling students working on their graduate certificate. Located in the large suburb of River Forest, Concordia University, Chicago is a private not-for-profit school with a moderately-sized student population.

The average tuition and fees for an out-of-state graduate students at Concordia University, Chicago are $9,378 a year.

Full Student Counseling at Concordia University, Chicago Report

#2

Bradley University

Peoria, IL

You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around you if you attend Bradley University. The school came in at #2 on this year’s Best Value Student Counseling Graduate Certificate Schools in the Great Lakes Region list. Bradley is a moderately-sized private not-for-profit school located in the midsize city of Peoria.

Out-of-state tuition fees for graduate students at Bradley are $17,400 per year.

In addition to its great value ranking, Bradley is in the top 15% of all schools on our Best Student Counseling Graduate Certificate Schools in the Great Lakes Region list.

Full Student Counseling at Bradley University Report

The excellent graduate certificate programs at Indiana Wesleyan University helped the school earn the #3 place on this year’s ranking of the best value student counseling schools in the Great Lakes Region . IWU is a small private not-for-profit school located in the town of Marion.

The average tuition and fees for an out-of-state graduate students at IWU are $13,512 a year.

Full Student Counseling at Indiana Wesleyan University Report

#4

Lakeland University

Plymouth, WI

You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around you if you attend Lakeland University. The school came in at #4 on this year’s Best Value Student Counseling Graduate Certificate Schools in the Great Lakes Region list. Located in the rural area of Plymouth, Lakeland is a private not-for-profit college with a small student population.

The average tuition and fees for an out-of-state graduate students at Lakeland are $12,366 a year.

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A rank of #5 on this year’s list means Chicago State University is a great value for student counseling students working on their graduate certificate. CSU is a small public school located in the large city of Chicago.

Out-of-state tuition fees for graduate students at CSU are $15,218 per year.

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Indiana University - Bloomington came in at #6 in this year’s edition of the Best Value Student Counseling Graduate Certificate Schools in the Great Lakes Region ranking. Located in the city of Bloomington, IU Bloomington is a public school with a fairly large student population.

The average tuition and fees for an out-of-state graduate students at IU Bloomington are $33,352 a year.

As a testament to the quality of education it offers, IU Bloomington also is in the top 10% of our Best Student Counseling Graduate Certificate Schools in the Great Lakes Region ranking.

Full Student Counseling at Indiana University - Bloomington Report

With a ranking of #7, Miami University - Oxford did quite well on this year’s best value schools for student counseling students working on their graduate certificate. Miami University - Oxford is a fairly large public school located in the fringe town of Oxford.

Out-of-state tuition fees for graduate students at Miami University - Oxford are $32,332 per year.

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Eastern Michigan University ranked #8 on this year’s Best Value Student Counseling Graduate Certificate Schools in the Great Lakes Region list. Located in the large suburb of Ypsilanti, Eastern Michigan is a public school with a large student population.

The average tuition and fees for an out-of-state graduate students at Eastern Michigan are $28,818 a year.

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Best Student Counseling Colleges by State

Explore the best student counseling schools 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 8 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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