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2023 Best Value Student Counseling Graduate Certificate Schools in North Carolina

Identifying Quality Schools at More Affordable Prices

5 Colleges
$8,656 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 North Carolina. With 557 degrees and certificates handed out in 2020-2021, it ranked 4th out of all the majors we track in the state.

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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 Graduate Certificate Schools in North Carolina ranking. Our analysis looked at 5 schools in North Carolina 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.

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 North Carolina

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

Best North Carolina Schools for Affordable Quality for a Postbaccalaureate Certificates in Student Counseling

#1

East Carolina University

Greenville, NC

Our analysis found East Carolina University to be the best value school for student counseling students who want to pursue a graduate certificate in North Carolina. ECU is a very large public school located in the city of Greenville.

ECU graduate students pay an average of $7,594 in in-state tuition and fees each year.

ECU also made our Best Student Counseling Graduate Certificate Schools in North Carolina list, coming in at #5.

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

In-state tuition fees for graduate students at Appalachian State are $8,007 per year.

Appalachian State also made our Best Student Counseling Graduate Certificate Schools in North Carolina list, coming in at #4.

Full Student Counseling at Appalachian State University Report

The excellent graduate certificate programs at University of North Carolina at Charlotte helped the school earn the #3 place on this year’s ranking of the best value student counseling schools in North Carolina. Located in the large city of Charlotte, UNC Charlotte is a public school with a very large student population.

In-state tuition fees for graduate students at UNC Charlotte are $7,713 per year.

UNC Charlotte did well in our overall quality rankings, too. It placed #3 on our Best Student Counseling Graduate Certificate Schools in North Carolina list.

Read full report on Student Counseling at University of North Carolina at Charlotte

The excellent graduate certificate programs at North Carolina State University helped the school earn the #4 place on this year’s ranking of the best value student counseling schools in North Carolina. Located in the city of Raleigh, NC State is a public school with a very large student population.

In-state tuition fees for graduate students at NC State are $11,703 per year.

NC State not only placed well in our value ranking, but it is also #2 on our Best Student Counseling Graduate Certificate Schools in North Carolina list.

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Out of the 5 schools in North Carolina that were part of this year’s ranking, University of North Carolina at Greensboro landed the # 5 spot on the list. Located in the city of Greensboro, UNC Greensboro is a public school with a fairly large student population.

UNC Greensboro graduate students pay an average of $8,265 in in-state tuition and fees each year.

Read full report on Student Counseling at University of North Carolina at Greensboro

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
Georgia 358
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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