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2023 Best Value Student Counseling Graduate Certificate Schools in Georgia

Identifying Quality Schools at More Affordable Prices

5 Colleges
$7,954 Avg Tuition & Fees*
$48,434 Avg Salary

Finding the Best Student Counseling Graduate Certificate School for You

Student Counseling is one of the most popular subjects to study in Georgia. With 358 degrees and certificates handed out in 2020-2021, it ranked 7th out of all the majors we track in the state.

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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 Graduate Certificate Schools in Georgia to help you in your search for the best school for you. This report analyzed 5 schools in Georgia to see which ones offered the best value graduate certificate 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 Graduate Certificate Schools in Georgia

Check out the student counseling graduate certificate programs at these schools if you want to get the best value for your educational dollar.

Best Georgia Schools for Affordable Quality for a Postbaccalaureate Certificates in Student Counseling

Our 2023 rankings named Valdosta State University the best value school in Georgia for student counseling students working on their graduate certificate. Located in the city of Valdosta, VSU is a public school with a fairly large student population.

VSU graduate students pay an average of $6,784 in in-state tuition and fees each year.

VSU not only placed well in our value ranking, but it is also #5 on our Best Student Counseling Graduate Certificate Schools in Georgia list.

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#2

University of West Georgia

Carrollton, GA

You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around you if you attend University of West Georgia. The school came in at #2 on this year’s Best Value Student Counseling Graduate Certificate Schools in Georgia list. University of West Georgia is a large public school located in the fringe town of Carrollton.

The average tuition and fees for an in-state graduate student at University of West Georgia are $6,488 a year.

Full Student Counseling at University of West Georgia Report

#3

Fort Valley State University

Fort Valley, GA

The excellent graduate certificate programs at Fort Valley State University helped the school earn the #3 place on this year’s ranking of the best value student counseling schools in Georgia. Fort Valley State University is a small public school located in the fringe town of Fort Valley.

Fort Valley State University graduate students pay an average of $6,052 in in-state tuition and fees each year.

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#4

University of Georgia

Athens, GA

The excellent graduate certificate programs at University of Georgia helped the school earn the #4 place on this year’s ranking of the best value student counseling schools in Georgia. UGA is a very large public school located in the medium-sized city of Athens.

The average tuition and fees for an in-state graduate student at UGA are $11,156 a year.

In addition to its best value ranking, and one of the reasons why the school is on the list, UGA is ranked #2 for overall quality for student counseling in Georgia.

Full Student Counseling at University of Georgia Report

The excellent graduate certificate programs at Georgia State University helped the school earn the #5 place on this year’s ranking of the best value student counseling schools in Georgia. Located in the city of Atlanta, Georgia State is a public college with a very large student population.

In-state tuition fees for graduate students at Georgia State are $9,292 per year.

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Best Value Student Counseling Colleges in the Southeast Region

Explore all the Best Value Student Counseling Schools in the Southeast Area or other specific states within that region.

State Degrees Awarded
Kentucky 352
Tennessee 239
North Carolina 557
Florida 385
Virginia 701
West Virginia 83
South Carolina 224
Arkansas 305
Louisiana 151
Mississippi 179
Alabama 329

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 5 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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