2023 Best Value Student Counseling Master's Degree Schools in the Plains States Region
Highlighting Quality Schools With More Affordable Pricing
Finding the Best Student Counseling Master's Degree 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 Master's Degree 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 37 schools in the Plains States Region to see which ones offered the best value master'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. 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.
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2023 Best Value Student Counseling Master’s Degree Schools in the Plains States Region
The colleges and universities below are the best value schools for student counseling majors pursuing a master's degree.
Top 10 Best Student Counseling Master's Degree Schools
Our analysis found Wayne State College to be the best value school for student counseling students who want to pursue a master’s degree in the Plains States Region . Located in the town of Wayne, WSC is a public school with a small student population.
Out-of-state tuition fees for graduate students at WSC are $9,597 per year.
WSC excels when it comes to quality. It’s ranked in the top 15% of all schools on our Best Student Counseling Master’s Degree Schools in the Plains States Region list.
You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around you if you attend Doane University. The school came in at #2 on this year’s Best Value Student Counseling Master’s Degree Schools in the Plains States Region list. Doane Crete is a small private not-for-profit school located in the distant town of Crete.
Doane Crete graduate students pay an average of $8,586 in tuition and fees each year.
The excellent master’s degree programs at Drake University helped the school earn the #3 place on this year’s ranking of the best value student counseling schools in the Plains States Region . Located in the medium-sized city of Des Moines, Drake is a private not-for-profit college with a small student population.
Out-of-state tuition fees for graduate students at Drake are $11,988 per year.
Drake did well in our overall quality rankings, too. It placed #2 on our Best Student Counseling Master’s Degree Schools in the Plains States Region list.
The excellent master’s degree programs at Buena Vista University helped the school earn the #4 place on this year’s ranking of the best value student counseling schools in the Plains States Region . Located in the remote town of Storm Lake, BVU 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 BVU are $9,936 a year.
BVU also claimed a spot on our Best Student Counseling Master’s Degree Schools in the Plains States Region list. It’s in the top 15% of all schools in this category.
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Out of the 37 schools in the Plains States Region that were part of this year’s ranking, Chadron State College landed the # 5 spot on the list. Located in the town of Chadron, Chadron State College is a public school with a small student population.
Chadron State College graduate students pay an average of $10,727 in tuition and fees each year.
Northwest Missouri State University came in at #6 in this year’s edition of the Best Value Student Counseling Master’s Degree Schools in the Plains States Region ranking. Northwest is a moderately-sized public school located in the town of Maryville.
The average tuition and fees for an out-of-state graduate students at Northwest are $7,064 a year.
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Northern State University came in at #7 in this year’s edition of the Best Value Student Counseling Master’s Degree Schools in the Plains States Region ranking. Located in the remote town of Aberdeen, NSU is a public college with a small student population.
Out-of-state tuition fees for graduate students at NSU are $11,936 per year.
NSU excels when it comes to quality. It’s ranked in the top 10% of all schools on our Best Student Counseling Master’s Degree Schools in the Plains States Region list.
Concordia University, Nebraska came in at #8 in this year’s edition of the Best Value Student Counseling Master’s Degree Schools in the Plains States Region ranking. Located in the distant town of Seward, Concordia University, Nebraska is a private not-for-profit school with a small student population.
Concordia University, Nebraska graduate students pay an average of $8,650 in tuition and fees each year.
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Winona State University ranked #9 on this year’s Best Value Student Counseling Master’s Degree Schools in the Plains States Region list. Winona State is a medium-sized public school located in the town of Winona.
Winona State graduate students pay an average of $12,836 in tuition and fees each year.
As a testament to the quality of education it offers, Winona State also is in the top 10% of our Best Student Counseling Master’s Degree Schools in the Plains States Region ranking.
Stephens College did quite well in this year’s ranking of the best places for student counseling students to get a master’s degree. It came in at #10 on the list. Stephens is a fairly small private not-for-profit school located in the midsize city of Columbia.
Stephens graduate students pay an average of $9,230 in tuition and fees each year.
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 |
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Student Counseling Related Majors for Student Counseling
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 25 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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