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2023 Best Value Student Counseling Schools in North Carolina

Identifying Quality Schools at More Affordable Prices

15 Colleges
$16,422 Avg Tuition & Fees*
$40,923 Avg Salary

Finding the Best Student Counseling 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 Schools in North Carolina ranking. Our analysis looked at 15 schools in North Carolina to see which 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 Schools in North Carolina

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

Top 10 Best Student Counseling Schools

#1

East Carolina University

Greenville, NC

Our 2023 rankings named East Carolina University the best value school in North Carolina for student counseling students. ECU is a very large public school located in the small city of Greenville.

The average tuition and fees for an in-state undergraduate at ECU are $7,297 a year.

As a testament to the quality of education it offers, ECU also is in the top 20% of our Best Student Counseling Schools in North Carolina ranking.

Read full report on Student Counseling at East Carolina University

You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around you if you attend University of North Carolina at Charlotte. The school came in at #2 on this year’s Best Value Student Counseling Schools in North Carolina list. Located in the large city of Charlotte, UNC Charlotte is a public college with a fairly large student population.

UNC Charlotte undergraduate students pay an average of $7,188 in in-state tuition and fees each year.

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The excellent programs at Appalachian State University helped the school earn the #3 place on this year’s ranking of the best student counseling schools in North Carolina. Appalachian State is a very large public school located in the town of Boone.

The average tuition and fees for an in-state undergraduate at Appalachian State are $7,410 a year.

Appalachian State did well in our overall quality rankings, too. It placed #5 on our Best Student Counseling Schools in North Carolina list.

Read full report on Student Counseling at Appalachian State University

$3,495 Average Tuition & Fees

You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around you if you attend University of North Carolina at Pembroke. The school came in at #4 on this year’s Best Value Student Counseling Schools in North Carolina list. UNC Pembroke is a moderately-sized public school located in the town of Pembroke.

The average tuition and fees for an in-state undergraduate at UNC Pembroke are $3,495 a year.

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

#5

Salem College

Winston-Salem, NC

The excellent programs at Salem College helped the school earn the #5 place on this year’s ranking of the best student counseling schools in North Carolina. Salem is a small private not-for-profit school located in the city of Winston-Salem.

The average tuition and fees for an in-state undergraduate at Salem are $31,016 a year.

Full Student Counseling at Salem College Report

Western Carolina University did quite well in this year’s ranking of the best value schools for student counseling students. It came in at #6 on the list. Located in the distant town of Cullowhee, WCU is a public college with a fairly large student population.

The average tuition and fees for an in-state undergraduate at WCU are $4,367 a year.

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University of North Carolina at Greensboro ranked #7 on this year’s Best Value Student Counseling Schools in North Carolina list. Located in the large city of Greensboro, UNC Greensboro is a public college with a large student population.

The average tuition and fees for an in-state undergraduate at UNC Greensboro are $7,468 a year.

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

North Carolina Central University ranked #8 on this year’s Best Value Student Counseling Schools in North Carolina list. Located in the large city of Durham, North Carolina Central University is a public college with a medium-sized student population.

North Carolina Central University undergraduate students pay an average of $6,644 in in-state tuition and fees each year.

Full Student Counseling at North Carolina Central University Report

North Carolina A & T State University did quite well in this year’s ranking of the best value schools for student counseling students. It came in at #9 on the list. Located in the large city of Greensboro, NC A&T is a public college with a fairly large student population.

The average tuition and fees for an in-state undergraduate at NC A&T are $6,733 a year.

Full Student Counseling at North Carolina A & T State University Report

With a ranking of #10, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill did quite well on this year’s best value schools for student counseling students. Located in the small city of Chapel Hill, UNC Chapel Hill is a public college with a fairly large student population.

In-state tuition fees for undergraduate students at UNC Chapel Hill are $9,028 per year.

UNC Chapel Hill excels when it comes to quality. It’s ranked in the top 20% of all schools on our Best Student Counseling Schools in North Carolina list.

Read full report on Student Counseling at University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill

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 15 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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