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2023 Best Value Student Counseling Graduate Certificate Schools in the Plains States Region

Highlighting Quality Schools With More Affordable Pricing

14 Colleges
$16,756 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.

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The Best Value Student Counseling Graduate Certificate Schools in the Plains States Region ranking is one of many tools that Teaching Degree Search has developed to help you make your educational decision. This report analyzed 14 schools in the Plains States Region 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. 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.

In our regional and nationwide rankings, out-of-state tution and fees are used in our calculations. For statewide rankings, we use average in-state tuition and fees.

2023 Best Value Student Counseling Graduate Certificate Schools in the Plains States Region

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

Top 10 Best Student Counseling Graduate Certificate Schools

#1

Hamline University

Saint Paul, MN

Our 2023 rankings named Hamline University the best value school in the Plains States Region for student counseling students working on their graduate certificate. Located in the city of Saint Paul, Hamline 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 Hamline are $10,402 a year.

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You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around you if you attend Minnesota State University - Moorhead. The school came in at #2 on this year’s Best Value Student Counseling Graduate Certificate Schools in the Plains States Region list. MSU Moorhead is a moderately-sized public school located in the suburb of Moorhead.

Out-of-state tuition fees for graduate students at MSU Moorhead are $11,052 per year.

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#3

Saint Cloud State University

Saint Cloud, MN

You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around you if you attend Saint Cloud State University. The school came in at #3 on this year’s Best Value Student Counseling Graduate Certificate Schools in the Plains States Region list. St. Cloud State University is a large public school located in the city of Saint Cloud.

Out-of-state tuition fees for graduate students at St. Cloud State University are $13,412 per year.

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#4

University of North Dakota

Grand Forks, ND

Out of the 14 schools in the Plains States Region that were part of this year’s ranking, University of North Dakota landed the # 4 spot on the list. UND is a fairly large public school located in the small city of Grand Forks.

Out-of-state tuition fees for graduate students at UND are $18,968 per year.

UND also claimed a spot on our Best Student Counseling Graduate Certificate Schools in the Plains States Region list. It’s in the top 15% of all schools in this category.

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You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around you if you attend University of Nebraska at Kearney. The school came in at #5 on this year’s Best Value Student Counseling Graduate Certificate Schools in the Plains States Region list. Located in the town of Kearney, UNK is a public college with a medium-sized student population.

Out-of-state tuition fees for graduate students at UNK are $14,982 per year.

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South Dakota State University ranked #6 on this year’s Best Value Student Counseling Graduate Certificate Schools in the Plains States Region list. South Dakota State is a fairly large public school located in the remote town of Brookings.

Out-of-state tuition fees for graduate students at South Dakota State are $16,917 per year.

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Southeast Missouri State University ranked #6 on this year’s Best Value Student Counseling Graduate Certificate Schools in the Plains States Region list. Southeast Missouri State University is a moderately-sized public school located in the city of Cape Girardeau.

Out-of-state tuition fees for graduate students at Southeast Missouri State University are $11,593 per year.

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Wichita State University came in at #8 in this year’s edition of the Best Value Student Counseling Graduate Certificate Schools in the Plains States Region ranking. Located in the city of Wichita, WSU is a public school with a large student population.

The average tuition and fees for an out-of-state graduate students at WSU are $15,323 a year.

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With a ranking of #9, Missouri State University - Springfield did quite well on this year’s best value schools for student counseling students working on their graduate certificate. Missouri State is a very large public school located in the midsize city of Springfield.

The average tuition and fees for an out-of-state graduate students at Missouri State are $12,618 a year.

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#10

Kansas State University

Manhattan, KS

Kansas State University did quite well in this year’s ranking of the best places for student counseling students to get a graduate certificate. It came in at #10 on the list. K -State is a fairly large public school located in the small city of Manhattan.

Out-of-state tuition fees for graduate students at K -State are $23,949 per year.

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Best Student Counseling Colleges by State

Explore the best student counseling schools for a specific state in the Plains States region.

State Degrees Awarded
Missouri 495
Kansas 275
Minnesota 532
Iowa 191
South Dakota 26
North Dakota 53
Nebraska 234

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

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 14 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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